Boxing: Mayweather’s jail term postponed
Floyd Mayweather will not have to serve a 90-day jail sentence.
LAS VEGAS:
Unbeaten US boxer Floyd Mayweather will not have to serve a 90-day jail sentence until after a planned fight in May, according to a court ruling. Mayweather had been scheduled to begin serving the term on Friday after pleading guilty on December 21 to domestic violence charges. A Las Vegas judge also ordered Mayweather to complete 100 hours of community service and gave him a $2,500 fine. However, the same judge now ruled that Mayweather could postpone his sentence in order to train for a fight on May 5. Mayweather’s camp has reserved the MGM Grand Garden Arena for a pay-per-view bout on that date, though the opponent is yet to be named.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 8th, 2012.
Unbeaten US boxer Floyd Mayweather will not have to serve a 90-day jail sentence until after a planned fight in May, according to a court ruling. Mayweather had been scheduled to begin serving the term on Friday after pleading guilty on December 21 to domestic violence charges. A Las Vegas judge also ordered Mayweather to complete 100 hours of community service and gave him a $2,500 fine. However, the same judge now ruled that Mayweather could postpone his sentence in order to train for a fight on May 5. Mayweather’s camp has reserved the MGM Grand Garden Arena for a pay-per-view bout on that date, though the opponent is yet to be named.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 8th, 2012.