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Judge OKs $25,000 bond for boxer Jermain Taylor

FILE - In this July 14, 2009, file photo, boxer Jermain Taylor gestures during a news conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. A judge has set bail at $25,000 for boxer Jermain Taylor after the former middleweight champion was jailed overnight in Little Rock, Ark., in connection with a shooting that wounded his cousin. Taylor appeared via video from the Pulaski County jail for an initial appearance Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/POLFOTO, Jens Dige, File) DENMARK OUT FILE - In this July 14, 2009, file photo, boxer Jermain Taylor gestures during a news conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. A judge has set bail at $25,000 for boxer Jermain Taylor after the former middleweight champion was jailed overnight in Little Rock, Ark., in connection with a shooting that wounded his cousin. Taylor appeared via video from the Pulaski County jail for an initial appearance Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/POLFOTO, Jens Dige, File) DENMARK OUT

By Associated Press August 27, 2014 1 min read

MAUMELLE, Ark. (AP) – Boxer Jermain Taylor is free on a $25,000 bond after the former middleweight champion was jailed overnight in Little Rock in connection with a shooting that wounded his cousin.

Taylor appeared via video from the Pulaski County jail for an initial appearance Wednesday.

District Judge Wayne Gruber also granted a defense request for Taylor to travel out of state to train and compete in a bout against Sam Soliman in October.

Pulaski County Sheriff’s Lt. Carl Minden says Taylor was arrested on suspicion of domestic battery and aggravated assault in a shooting that wounded Taylor’s cousin, Tyrone Hinton.

Minden says the shooting happened Tuesday at Taylor’s home in Maumelle, a suburb of Little Rock.

Taylor held the middleweight title from 2005 until 2007.