Professional Boxer Matt Remillard is more than capable of fighting with his fists, but after a fateful night of violence he picked up a baseball bat and bludgeoned a man nearly to death over their common relationship with a woman. The promising career of the 25-year-old Connecticut boxer will now be put on hold for the next five years, as Remillard serves out his sentence for the attack.
Remillard boxed out of Hartford, Connecticut and last fought in the ring back in March, suffering his first loss after starting his career with 23 straight wins. Remillard had to pick himself up off the canvas three times in the bout against Featherweight Miguel Angel Garcia, who was 24-0 going into the contest. Born in Manchester, CT, Remillard found his first success in the town’s Police Athletic League boxing program. He became a professional boxer in 2005. Before losing his last fight in March, he was a top-10-ranked featherweight.
The victim of the January 5, 2010 attack, Jordan Evans, needed seven plates and thirty screws for two skull fractures the arrest warrant states, adding that one plate and eight screws were needed to repair fractures in his left hand. Evans also reportedly suffers from double vision in his left eye and no feeling in his forehead.
The incident took place in Marlborough, Connecticut. First, Evans spotted Remillard’s car at a store. Evans followed the vehicle to 121 Ogden Lord Road, the home of Danielle Napolitano. Evans and Remillard both shared a dating relationship with Napolitano at different times. The warrant explains that Evans asked Remillard what was going on with him and Danielle, and he and Remillard “got into each other’s faces” and started punching each other before Evans left.
Napolitano sent a text to Evans after he stormed off, asking him to come back to her house. She wrote that she was all alone, the warrant states. The ex-boyfriend turned around and drove back to the house. When he arrived, Danielle Napolitano was waiting for him at the door, inviting him into a darkened room.
“Evans stated that when he turned the corner he saw a baseball bat hitting him in the face,” the warrant states. He turned around and “Remillard swung the baseball bat at him again and again, hitting him in the arm and the hand.” The woman’s brothers Adam Napolitano and Richard Napolitano then punched him in the face, Evans told the state police.
Evans left the house and ran to his car, where Remillard reportedly hit him two more times with the bat, and the Napolitanos again punched him, the warrant states. Once he got into his car, Remillard started smashing the windshield and sun roof, saying he was going to kill him and his family, it states. Evans wound up going to a neighbor’s house for help.
