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Boxer Floyd Mayweather surrendered in an Las Vegas courtroom today to begin serving a 90-day jail sentence for domestic violence. The very sentence Justice of the Peace Melissa Saragosa allowed him to delay to make that May 5th fight with Miguel Cotto.
Here are my thoughts on that delay in case you missed it.
Curtis Bunn at AtlantaBlackStar.com takes on boxing for NOT taking on Mayweather:
Sadly, boxing did nothing. No admonishment. No suspension. Nothing. So it’s no wonder that after all that, when he leaves the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas near the end of summer, he will have actually augmented his stature, his “street cred,” among many who deem it some warped mark of proud distinction to have been locked up.
Bunn also dissects Mayweather’s absurd comparisons between himself and Muhammad Ali. Bunn writes:
Ali once went to jail, too. And that’s where the comparisons should end, for Ali stood for something, whether you agreed with his position or not.
Read more of Bunn’s take-down of the current state of boxing and Mayweather’s lack of accountability.
*pic courtesy ESPN
“if a man hits a woman – i don’t care who you are – they should go to jail!” “I believe this will not be the end of this…he’ll will hit again!” A man that hits a woman isn’t man in my book.
Floyd is a THUG. Period! And he’s a poor excuse for a real man. He whines about nobody showing him respect when he almost starts a fight with HBO’s Larry Merchant (someone 50 years older than him) after the Cotto fight.. What a fool. He blames his woman for him having to beat the Hell out of her. That reminds me of another fool Chris Brown. If a society supports a fool then that says alot about that society. He’ll earn his “street cred” from going to jail from people like him. Thugs and fools.
What goes through a mans thoughts that he has to abuse his girl, if theres a heatedd argument there should be someone or somewhere to turn to,relationships are hard and part of the reason i dont settle, a time out is what they needed,”weather” his arogance got the the best of him maybe but thats a part of being a full fledge professional boxer,some people are good at the spot light and think about people before they do things that can affect their career and some just think their to high and mighty, in all DV is a personal matter but in no way should be treated as a matter of special treatment to those who have money or who are famous to have special privledges, he s been here before, hopefully he learns his lesson and he can find his home and mend his life back together because life is to short to lose the love that you have.some people are fortunate to have support from a loved one and dont do the right thing while others who deserve it miss their chance, in all, its about living happy, i try everyday.
It’s OBVIOUS to many if not all of us, the value or the lack there of that our justice system places on ppl. Doesn’t matter the race or gender or any of the human factors that they want to govern us by. If you have enough to pay the check and leave a tip then you’re who their looking for!!!! And society looks down on the common stripped but isn’t it funny how they Prostitute the Statue of Liberty. Just sayin.