Baltimore boxing trainer Calvin Ford appeared in a Las Vegas courtroom Tuesday morning for a preliminary hearing.
His accusers did not.
A Nevada judge dismissed two charges of assault with a deadly weapon in just a few minutes after witnesses failed to appear in court and appeared remotely. Ford, best known as the trainer of world lightweight champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis, appeared in court with his attorney, Karl Arnold, but was not required to utter a word.
It was the state's second appearance for a preliminary hearing since May, when it requested additional time to secure a Russian interpreter for a witness.
According to Las Vegas police, the trial stems from allegations that Ford threatened two people with a gun in February 2023. An arrest warrant was issued last October and Ford spent several weeks in a Baltimore jail on the charges before being released on bail in January.
Ford officials told the Baltimore Banner in January that the allegations were trumped-up claims by disgruntled business people and that the case would be resolved in Ford's favor.
Ford served 10 years in prison on organized crime and conspiracy charges but is best known for re-emerging as a trainer of Baltimore youth boxers at the Upton Boxing Center on Pennsylvania Avenue in the 1990s.
Ford, who spent much of last year facing charges in Nevada, was at the side of the 29-year-old Davis, who defended his belt with a knockout over Frank Martin last month at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
