On Tuesday, WBC welterweight champ and reigning face of American boxing, Floyd Mayweather Jr., agreed to a plea deal on a felony domestic violence case. Wednesday, the fighter was sentenced to 90 days in the Clark County Detention Center, effective January 6, and ordered to perform 100 hours of community service by judge Melissa Saragosa in Las Vegas Justice Court.
Criminal justice buffs notwithstanding, the real issue brought up by Wednesday?s sentencing has to do with how this news affects a possible Mayweather bout with Manny Pacquiao.
Of course, this is assuming that a Mayweatther-Pacquiao bout was in the works? which it wasn?t.
Team Mayweather has set aside a May 5th date at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and, assuming Mayweather serves the full 90 day sentence, he?ll be a free man on April 4th. This leaves little time for real training and even less time for his usual promotional tour.
So, maybe the May 5th date is not realistic considering the circumstances. Also not realistic is the belief that this will affect a potential Mayweather-Pacquiao bout because, again, there were no plans at all to make it.
According to Manny Pacquiao promoter, Bob Arum, there have been super secret negotiations going on behind the scenes to finally make boxing?s biggest mega-fight. So secret are these negotiations that even Mayweather, one-half of the bout and head of Mayweather Promotions, was unaware they were going on.
Since issuing an informal challenge to Pacquiao for a May 5th bout late last month, the fighter has repeatedly denied that any deals are even being discussed.
