Ex-Pacquiao sparring partner charged with murder

By Daily Sports on June 26, 2018

According to the Las Vegas Review Journal, one-time lightweight prospect Kevin Hoskins (7-3, 5 KOs) has been charged with first-degree murder, after a fatal shooting at an apartment near Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas.

The shooting happened on June 15th at The Rubix apartments near Las Vegas Boulevard North, according to Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Dori Koren said.

Hoskins, 26, has claimed self-defense. He claims a man he didn’t know was trying to enter his third-floor apartment, so he opened fire.

However, the local authorities indicate that the altercation occurred in a hallway, not in the shooter’s doorway as police were initially told. Local police are stating that Hoskins fired two rounds in the hallway.

Hoskins was being held without bail at the Clark County Detention Center.

This not his first brush with the law. In 2014, he faced charges in Las Vegas for aiming a firearm at a person and assault with a deadly weapon. Those charges were dismissed after he completed impulse control counseling.

The man who was shot dead was identified as Charles William Johnson, 68, of Las Vegas. Johnson also lived at the same apartment complex.

Hoskins has been inactive since losing back to back fights, by knockout, in 2013.

Hoskins gained some fame in 2012, when Manny Pacquiao hired him as a sparring partner to prepare for the first meeting with Timothy Bradley - who shocked Pacquiao with a controversial decision in June of that year.

“[Pacquiao is] too fast. I was told to do a lot of head movement, but in the end I could not do anything because his footwork and angles are crazy. Ridiculous power, it comes so fast I compare it to a Lamborghini. It hits so hard and so fast. He’s very strong. The straights, left hooks, the uppercuts, everything. It [sparring] was a great experience. I would have done it even for free," Hoskins detailed about his sparring sessions with Pacquiao, when speaking to the Inquirer back in 2012. (Boxing Scene)

Source Daily Sports

Posted June 26, 2018


 

You may also like...
Van Gaal makes peace with Mourinho

Calhanoglu Switching From AC Milan To Inter

Premier League: Aston Villa Pip Arsenal, Newcastle Beat...

Sergey Kovalev stops Vyacheslav Shabranskyy in round 2...

Xhaka Sent Off As Burnley Stun Arsenal

Boboye eyes Sunshine turnaround after first win

 

Latest News CAF awards: Ajibade, Nnadozie, Edo Queens bag nominations Lagos SWAN, PAACC Hold SWAN Day At Golfview Hotels, Ikeja Crisis looms as Eagles’ form raises AFCON, W’Cup concerns Ex-Nigerian Super Falcons player handcuffed, children assaulted as police storm Anambra Football Academy Sports NFF, teammates console Nwabali on father’s death Abia Govt hails Nigeria Olympic Committee over staging an admin course in Umuahia Libya deliver Eagles 2025 AFCON ticket Eagles battle Cheetahs for 2025 AFCON ticket Yellow Greens gear up for T20 W’Cup qualifiers Tyson tips Fury to beat Joshua Sadiq absent as 22 Eagles train in Abidjan Eagles’ striking trio hot for Cheetahs, Amavubi clashes

 

Most Read Rangers International going, going . . . (55,164 views) Amaju Pinnick: A cat with nine lives (46,307 views) Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx (44,370 views) Missing $150,000 IAAF Grant: Solomon Dalung’s Hide and Seek game (44,015 views) Sports Development: Zenith Bank on the zenith (43,948 views) Current issues in Nigerian sports: Matters arising (43,904 views) Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s solid footprints, commitment to sports development in Kano State (43,743 views) NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy (43,312 views) Olopade, BET9A wave of revolution in NNL (42,366 views) Commonwealth Games 2018: Shame of Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung (41,054 views) Ibrahimovic’s Man U exit: Whose decision is it? And in whose interest? (39,507 views) John Mikel Obi: Segun Odegbami’s Outrageous Call! (38,931 views)

 

Phone numbers

Tel: +234(0)8066020976
+234(0)8055068145
+234(0)7013416146
+234(0)8094272884

Email addresses

info@dailysportsng.com
support@dailysportsng.com
publisher@dailysportsng.com

Office address

No 3, Adetoun Close, Off College Road, Ogba, Ikeja Lagos.
Website: www.dailysportsng.com

Social Media