Boxing champion ,Floyd mayweather Jr. surrendered in a courtroom Friday to begin a three-month jail sentence for attacking his ex-girlfriend in September 2010 while two of their children watched.
Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Melissa Saragosa credited the undefeated five-division champion with attending weekly domestic violence counselling sessions including one the day of the May 5 fight she allowed him to make and with beginning to meet community service requirements she imposed in December.
Floyd being handcuffed and taken to his cell |
Mayweather probably will serve most of his time away from other prisoners in a small solo cell in the high-rise Clark County Detention Center.
He is expected to be released in August.