01/26/10

LAS VEGAS (AP) _ A judge granted a delay for boxing trainer
Roger Mayweather's arraignment on felony charges that he beat and
choked a female boxer at a Las Vegas apartment last August.

Clark County District Court Hearing Master Kevin Williams made
it clear Tuesday that he was unhappy the 48-year-old Mayweather
didn't show for his scheduled 1:30 p.m. arraignment on coercion,
battery-strangulation and battery causing substantial bodily harm
charges.

Mayweather's lawyer, Jack Buchanan, says Mayweather will plead
not guilty.

The judge agreed to a Thursday morning time after Buchanan said
Mayweather keeps a tight afternoon training schedule at a Las Vegas
gym.

Among other fighters, Mayweather trains his nephew, Floyd
Mayweather Jr.

Roger Mayweather is currently free on $13,000 bail. The judge
warned that if he doesn't appear Thursday, he'll face arrest.

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