The biggest news in the world of boxing on Wednesday was that the sentencing of Floyd Mayweather Jr. to 90 days in jail in relation to his role in a September 2010 domestic violence case involving two of his children and their mother, Josie Harris. Mayweather had been eyeing a May 5th return to the ring at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada but since he is scheduled to hit jail on January 6th, that means he won?t be released until early April, likely pushing back his ring return. There had been hopes by many that Mayweather would finally meet up with Manny Pacquiao in a long-desired fantasy matchup but once again we are left waiting.
Pacquiao himself lost a little luster on his career last month when he was pushed to the limit by longtime nemesis Juan Manuel Marquez for the third time. Pacquiao would pull out a majority-decision verdict on the night of November 12th but the consensus at the time seemed to be that Marquez, with his precise counter-punching and dictation of the ring, had done enough to steal the verdict.
