Floyd Mayweather Jr lately had a brief run-in with a security guard and that has landed him in the bad book of the law as a judge reinstated an arrest warrant for charges of misdemeanour battery against him.

Las Vegas police said required Mayweather to turn himself in or face arrest at any time.

Las Vegas justice of the peace Tony Abbatangelo signed the arrest warrant for Mayweather after a December 7 court hearing, but immediately quashed it.

Abbatangelo said at the time he would allow Mayweather to remain free, noting that the fighter was already at liberty on $33�000 (nearly R230�000) bail ahead of a January 24 arraignment date on an unrelated charge.

But prosecutors argued this week that Mayweather had received special treatment and the arrest warrent was reinstated.
If convicted of the misdemeanor battery charge, Mayweather faces a possible six-month jail sentence and a $1�000 fine.

The charge stems from a November incident in which Mayweather was involved in a dispute with a 21-year-old security guard outside Mayweather's home.

The fighter was accused of poking his finger in the face of the homeowners' association guard.

Mayweather, who has a record of 41-0 with 25 knockouts, was once regarded as the world's top fighter, pound-for-pound, but his inability to make a deal for a megafight with Filipino star Manny Pacquiao and legal woes have dimmed his star in the past year.

Mayweather is also facing charges of felony robbery, coercion and grand larceny as well as misdemeanour domestic battery and harassment charges in connection with an argument with the mother of his children at her house.