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Mayweather in custody on assault charge

ESPN staff
December 17, 2010
Floyd Mayweather Jnr beat Shane Mosley in May © Getty Images
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Floyd Mayweather Jnr is in custody in a Las Vegas jail after being arrested on an assault charge.

Police Officer Jacinto Rivera confirmed that Mayweather was arrested late on Thursday at a Las Vegas casino and was being held without bail at the Clark County jail

The charge relates to an alleged altercation with a security guard in November.

A hearing is due to take place on Monday, with Mayweather Jnr remanded in custody.

Mayweather, who is unbeaten in his professional career, has been linked as a potential opponent for Amir Khan but he has fought just three times since December 2007.

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