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Las Vegas boxer Floyd Mayweather sued for assault

Las Vegas, NV (KTNV)- Another lawsuit has been filed against Las Vegas boxer Floyd Mayweather Junior. This time the accusations are related to an assault that allegedly occurred outside the Palms Hotel-Casino last year.

Anthony Cliff, who lives in Clark County, filed a suit Friday in a state court in Las Vegas against Mayweather, his company Mayweather Promotions LLC and others.

According to Cliff's attorneys, Gazda & Tadayon, the incident happened on March 27, 2010, in the valet parking area of the Palms.

Cliff claims that he tried to take the boxer's photo and made some comments about a potential fight for Mayweather, when Mayweather replied that Cliff was disrespecting him and gave the thumbs-down sign to his bodyguards.

That was a "signal for the bodyguards to attack Cliff, which they then did, striking Cliff in the face, knocking, pulling or pushing Cliff to the ground,"' the suit charges.

The suit then claims that Cliff's head struck the pavement and the bodyguards repeatedly kicked him in the back and side.

Mayweather and his company are being sued for assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligent hiring, training, supervision and retention of employees.

The Palms is also being sued for negligence, for failing to have adequate security in the valet parking area and failing to keep Mayweather and his entourage in check.

Mayweather is no stranger to run-ins with the law. Back in 2005, he was convicted in the beating of two women at a Luxor club. He was given a suspended one year jail sentence for that crime. Since then he has also been sued for various other crimes including domestic violence, harassment, grand larceny, and most recently, defamation.

We contacted Mayweather's attorneys but they have not yet responded.