UPDATE:

FLINT, MI – Claressa Shields’ older brother is charged with the assault that disrupted her weigh-in earlier this month.

Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton issued a statement Wednesday, Oct. 16 stating Artis J. Mack, 28, of Flint has been charged with one count of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder.

He’s alleged to have punched James Ali Bashir in the face from behind at the Oct. 4 weigh-in event taking place at the Dort Federal Event Center in Flint ahead of Shields’ fight with Ivana Habazin.

An on-duty police officer spotted Mack running from the building, noting he fit the description of police radio traffic in relation to an assault that’d just happened.

The officer followed Mack into a nearby neighborhood and took him into custody, Leyton said.

Ali was taken out of the arena on a stretcher after EMTs put him in a neck brace, having suffered facial fractures that required emergency surgery.

Ali was transported to a local hospital where treatment was administered.

“Due to complications, the victim was transported to Henry Ford Medical Center and shortly after was deemed to be in good condition,” per a Flint Police Department statement.

The fight between Shields and Habazin scheduled for that Saturday night was canceled, but the rest of the fight card took place as planned.

Shields issued a statement following the incident asking for prayers for the trainer while calling the incident “inexcusable” and “unbearable.”

Attorney Frank Manley has been retained to represent Mack.

A statement released Wednesday evening by Manley notes “Although the facts are unclear at this time" there is a video showing "inflammatory rhetoric leading up to the incident that may provide context to the alleged assault.”

The charge Mack faces carries a possible maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.