LAS VEGAS -- Former heavyweight contender Ike Ibeabuchi will spend time in a state mental health facility before facing charges he sexually assaulted an outcall dancer who was sent to his hotel room.

Over Ibeabuchi's objections, a judge ruled that he should be sent to a state facility for mentally ill offenders until doctors determine he is competent to stand trial.

The ruling came late Wednesday after three doctors interviewed Ibeabuchi to see if he understood the charges against him.

"He doesn't share the same reality as the rest of us in this courtroom," Dr. Thomas Bittker told District Judge Joseph Bonaventure.

Ibeabuchi, considered one of the top heavyweight title contenders before his arrest, at first refused to acknowledge the judge in the courtroom. But he nodded his head when asked if he would agree to be interviewed by the doctors.

Ibeabuchi told the judge he did not want to be sent to Lakes Crossing, the state's facility in Sparks, Nev., for the mentally ill.

"I'm not suffering from any psychological or mental ailment," he said.

Ibeabuchi, 26, faces multiple felony charges stemming from the incident last July at the Mirage involving the dancer, who testified earlier that she was sexually assaulted after she was sent to strip for him in his room.

Bittker said two hours of talking to Ibeabuchi showed he had an overwhelmingly narcissistic personality that prevents him from perceiving others' point of view.

He said the boxer has some paranoia and does not grasp the relationship between behavior and consequences.

Bonaventure ordered doctors at Lakes Crossing to keep Bittker apprised of Ibeabuchi's treatment.

"I'm going to try to get you back as soon as possible so we can clean up this matter," he told the boxer.

Ibeabuchi had to be removed from the courtroom during an appearance after his arrest when he became unruly. He did not display the same attitude in his latest appearance, although he made his points with force.

"My life is already messed up, and I don't care which way it goes from now on," he said.

Ibeabuchi, a native of Nigeria, was 20-0 with 15 knockouts and ranked No. 2 by the IBF when he was arrested.