YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - Kelly Pavlik now faces more serious charges for allegedly shooting a man with a pellet from an air rifle.

The Mahoning County Grand Jury handed up an indictment charging the former boxing champ with two counts of felonious assault.

The charges stems from an August 9th incident where Pavlik allegedly fired a pellet gun at Brian Bailing while both men were at Pavlik’s Canfield home.

Until Thursday's indictment, Pavlik had been facing less serious misdemeanor counts of assault. The new charges are felonies.

Pavlik has faced other legal troubles in recent years.

Last year, Weathersfield police charged Pavlik with assault and disorderly conduct for an incident outside the Foo Fighters performance at a record store.

The assault charge was dismissed, but Pavlik was fined $50 after he was convicted of disorderly conduct.

The previous year, Pavlik was convicted of OVI and disorderly conduct in separate cases. He was ordered to pay fines in both instances.

The former middleweight champ retired from boxing in 2013, partly due to a brain seizure Pavlik said he suffered the year before.