Floyd Mayweather wants to spend the rest of his sentence on House Arrest

[redsforlife]

Floyd Mayweather Jr. learning lesson the hard way just 12 days into three-month jail sentence
Mayweather lawyer argues boxing champ's prison conditions 'inhumane'

So Floyd Mayweather Jr. doesn’t like jail. As heavyweight champion Joe Louis said when he was told that an opponent didn’t like to get hit in the body, “Who do?”

With his client just 12 days into a three-month jail sentence on domestic battery at the Clark County Detention Center, Mayweather’s lawyer, Richard Wright, filed an emergency motion on Monday to have the 35-year-old pound-for-pound king finish his sentence under house arrest.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal got a copy of the 35-page motion, which paints Mayweather as a man who is more than just a little homesick. Wright said the boxer’s physical condition is deteriorating with the stress that he’s under while in jail and his boxing career is in jeopardy.

Wright called Mayweather’s condition “inhumane.” For his own safety Mayweather is in segregation and spends 23 hours a day confined to his cell in a part of the jail that houses felons. He has access to the recreation area for one hour a day, but can’t use the training facilities. Along with being subjected to the poor prison food, he is getting out of shape.

In the motion Wright stated that others who have committed similar offenses are treated differently and Mayweather’s celebrity status “cannot be accommodated at the CCDC.”

You don’t want to make light of Mayweather’s situation, but it is jail. It’s supposed to be an unpleasant place.

Mayweather is learning a tough lesson, one that many people of privilege and great wealth often learn the hard way . When you go to jail, you lose many of the privileges and luxuries that you took for granted — such as being able to go to the 24-hour fitness center or having your chef prepare you a healthy meal anytime you want.

This is the penalty for being guilty of assaulting his ex-girlfriend in front of their children in September of 2010. The bigger lesson here is: Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.

Mayweather already got a pass when he was allowed to delay his jail sentence so that he could get in his match against Miguel Cotto on May 5 . He can’t expect another major pass .

You could tell that when he talked about going to jail during the week of his fight against Cotto that Mayweather had no idea what he was in for. You knew it was going to be hard on him because he loves being the center of attention and he has a rather large retinue .

All of Mayweather’s wants and needs have been catered to since he was 19 and destined for great things in boxing. When he went from “Pretty Boy” to “Money,” Mayweather’s personal pampering shifted into overdrive.

While the emergency motion, which includes a report from Mayweather’s doctor who examined him on Friday, points to physical deterioration, it is the mental strain of spending all that time in isolation that should be of greater concern . You can rebuild muscle , but it’s how you fix your psyche .

Bernard Hopkins, who spent five years in jail on an armed robbery charge, talked about what Mayweather was in for back in January when Mayweather was first supposed to begin serving his sentence. While Hopkins said Mayweather wasn’t going to be exposed to the same horrors that he saw in prison — rapes and murders — because he would be isolated from the general population, he would have to find a way to keep his wits about him.

One of the things Hopkins suggested was that Mayweather use the time to reflect on his life and his future once he gets out.

“Because he won’t be in the population, it will be easier for him to think about himself,” Hopkins said. “He can evaluate the things that he’s proud of, the things that he’s not so proud of, what he wants to do and where he wants to go.”

He wants to go home to his mansion to serve out the rest of his sentence. If he had gone there instead of his ex-girlfriend’s place and assaulted her in front of their children that night back in 2010, he wouldn’t be sitting in his jail cell now thinking there’s no place like home.

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So Floyd Mayweather wants to spend the rest of his sentence on house arrest instead of jail. I think this is the biggest load of crap I've ever heard. It's 3 months, not 3yrs. He should have to spend that entire 3 months in jail. 3 months is not long enough time for his fitness and health to drop too much that he could no longer box, and if it messes with his mind, than he shouldn't have committed the crime. House arrest would be a complete slap on the wrist for this guy. I mean, he would have everything he could ever want at home. I really hope that they don't consider letting him go on house arrest.

[Adi]

Nobody gives a damn about his fitness.  He's in jail ffs.  Think about it... when someone goes to jail, who cares if they lose their fitness?  That's like someone committing white collar crime, then arguing they can't take care of their business because they are in jail.  Yes, that's right, you can't!  You broke the law and now you're in jail.  Of course you're going to miss out on personal and business time... that's the point.  He needs to be a man and do his time.  I'm tired of seeing him "make it rain" with all his cash anyways.