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Floyd Mayweather Jr., left, connects on WBA super welterweight champion Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico during their title fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena Saturday, May 5, 2012.
Friday, June 15, 2012 | 9:31 a.m.
Floyd Mayweather denied house arrest
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KSNV reports that a judge denied boxer Floyd Mayweather's plea to be transferred from the Clark County Detention Center to house arrest due to inhumane conditions, June 13.
Justice of the Peace Melissa Saragosa presides during a hearing regarding the sentencing of boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Friday, Jan. 6, 2012.
Sun archives
- Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. completes plea deal in Vegas on misdemeanor battery case (12-30-11)
- Mayweather says jail ‘inhumane,’ asks court to serve out sentence under house arrest (12-30-11)
- Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. to spend 3 months in jail for battery (12-21-11)
- Attorney: Mayweather a no-show at federal defamation deposition (6-17-11)
- Live Blog: Floyd Mayweather stays unbeaten, wins decision over Shane Mosley (5-1-11)
- Floyd Mayweather’s misdemeanor trial over security guard incident postponed (4-25-11)
- Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s bench trial on battery charge delayed (2-3-11)
- Court orders Floyd Mayweather Jr. to stay away from sons (11-9-10)
- Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. charged with coercion, robbery (9-16-10)
- Police: Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s son witnessed attack (9-13-10)
- Floyd Mayweather Jr. freed from jail after Las Vegas arrest (9-10-10)
Now that Floyd Mayweather Jr. is stuck in an isolated cell at the Clark County detention center 23 hours a day, his bid for house arrest rejected by a judge who said he can darn well drink tap water and eat jail food, is his career really at risk? Without access to exercise equipment, will his finely honed body wither away as he completes his 90-day sentence? Is he doomed to a flabby future?
Nope, unless that’s what he wants.
“There have been a lot of athletes who have been out of training for extended periods of time, but it’s not that uncommon for them to come back pretty quickly,” says Carl Foster, a professor in the department of exercise and sports science at the University of Wisconsin La-Crosse and a member and former president of the American College of Sports Medicine. “While an athlete never likes to not train, sometimes it proves to be less harmful than they think.”
He can still commit to a regimen of push-ups, crunches and jumping jacks. Not high tech but useful nonetheless, trainers say.
“I suspect that a lot of the simple stuff is pretty effective. There’s a lot that can be done from basic methods,” says Foster. “Athletes have done creative things before. Is it optimal? Probably not, but it can work.”
Lester Pardoe, an exercise physiologist at Boulder Center for Sports Medicine in Colorado, says he doesn’t understand Mayweather’s fears that jail time could end his career.
“It would take pretty extreme circumstances for a person to be affected that severely,” says Pardoe.
He suggests, though, that a break from training can be beneficial for athletes.
“It’s easy to get burned out. From an athlete’s perspective, a little time off can be helpful,” says Pardoe. He said he took a break from training prior to the 1998 Winter Olympics — his last as a New Zealand speed skater — and, when he returned to exercising, performed even better.
What would the athlete do during the down time? Pardoe says it can be an effective opportunity to focus on mental and emotional issues.
“There is a big mental side to boxing,” says Pardoe, who explains that visualization can be key to sharpening an athlete’s mental state. “He could visualize himself winning, visualize his last fight, what went wrong, what he could do better. He could practice working on relaxation or how to keep calm as well.”
Mayweather is in jail for beating his girlfriend.
It is also probable that Mayweather will get day-for-day good time, meaning he will serve only half his sentence in confinement. If this is the case, given that he has already spent about two weeks in jail, in another 4 weeks he'll be out.
The whole thing is a crock. He's been in trouble before, has had incidents with security personnel and has generally held himself above the "commoners"...
The fact that the judge even had to make an "emergency" ruling is a crock. You think John Doe gets the same treatment?
Do your time as you agreed to. This bogus threat of retirement is directed at the Las Vegas economy which might lose some dollars if he decides to retire. Get lost.
Beating up your baby momma will make you wither away.
Don't beat up baby mommas and you wont wither away. How is that for a start? Pretty cool huh? Ever think of that genius?
Well, his grey matter might continue to wither.
This Mayweather character is a joke. He's man enough to beat up his girl in front of his kids but not man enough to do the time. He needs to pull up his panties and suck it up. Tyson sucked it up for years and still boxed. Michael Vick sucked it up for years and he's playing in the NFL. This idiot claims he may never fight again and only for a couple of months of incarceration. Shut the hell up and do your time like a man you punk. Don't complain about being locked down. You're lucky you are being protected because if you were in general population you would get your rear beat up by your jail boyfriend. Don't forget there are no gloves no rules, no bell nor a referee to save you from the beat down in jail.