(CNN) — Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. doesn’t have to report to jail on a domestic violence conviction until June, after a Nevada judge acceded Friday to a defense request to push back the date until after a May bout.
Last month, the WBO welterweight champion was told to report to jail Friday, Clark County, Nevada, courts spokesman Mary Ann Price said then.
But on Friday, Judge Melissa Saragosa said that reporting date could be delayed so that Mayweather could fight on May 5, as seen in a video feed of the proceeding from a Clark County courtroom.
No opponent has been announced for that date, though the boxer — who is undefeated in 42 matches — has suggested that he’s open to a much anticipated showdown then with Manny Pacquiao.
“I’ve been told May 5 is open,” Mayweather said last November in a video message linked from his official Twitter page “Losing is in Pacquiao’s mind, because he lost just last week. He lost to Marquez three times. May 5 is the date, sign the contract, I’m waiting.”
The Filipino boxer, who has won titles in eight divisions, actually won the bout that Mayweather was referring to — a controversial defeat of Juan Manuel Marquez. Afterward, Pacquiao said that he was keen to take on Mayweather.
With Saragosa’s decision, Mayweather is now scheduled to report to jail on June 1.
In December, he was sentenced to serve three months in jail and fined $2,500 in connection with a domestic violence incident, according to court officials and CNN affiliate reports.
This followed his arrest in September 2010, police said, after he punched the mother of his children at his home, according to CNN affiliate KVVU. According to an arrest report, Mayweather threatened Josie Harris, saying, “I’m going to kill you and the man you are messing around with,” the station said.
Mayweather later pleaded guilty to a charge of battery and two counts of harassment, prosecutors said. Felony charges of coercion, robbery and grand larceny were dismissed as part of a plea agreement, CNN affiliate KNSV reported.
He was sentenced to six months in jail on the misdemeanor charges, but 90 days of that sentence will be suspended if he serves 90 days, Price said last December. He must also perform 100 hours of community service and attend long-term domestic violence counseling, she said.
