Slap on wrist for low-life Mayweather...

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Slap on wrist for low-life Mayweather...

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Floyd Mayweather Jnr was fined and ordered to perform community service after pleading no-contest to a charge of misdemeanor assault and battery.
The 27-year-old boxer could have been sentenced to up to three months in prison which would have jeopardized his scheduled June 11 showdown with Arturo Gatti.
The charge stemmed from a bar altercation that left a bouncer injured. William Morris, who works at The Radio Tavern in Grand Rapids, told police he was knocked onto the floor of the bar in December 2003 when a man who was not Mayweather broke a bottle over his head.
While Morris was down, Mayweather kicked him, Morris said.
Morris sued Mayweather in Kent County Circuit Court. The lawsuit recently was settled out of court.
Mayweather stood silently for much of his sentencing hearing. He was labelled "crass, inhuman and uncaring" by the judge for kicking someone who had been beaten to the ground.
"Ninety days would ruin your career and I don't want to ruin your career," the judge finally told him.
Instead, Judge Christensen ordered the boxer to pay $935 in fines and costs and perform 80 hours of community service.
Mayweather, who missed several scheduled court appearances and was late on Wednesday, apologized to the judge for his tardiness and absences.

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Post by nickd »

Under the 'three strikes' rule in the US he should be going to prison as any normal man on the street would be. Although Mayweather is a great fighter he deserves to be treated just like all others and should be going on a little holiday.
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Post by jamesmcdonnell »

Does that law exist in every state, don't they have different laws state to state? Also, I think that is for felonies.
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Post by krikit »

the three strikes law are not national, and in the states they are used there are differences in what crimes count etc. Not sure about Nevada.
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Post by JimStone »

The only 'crime' in America is being poor. If you've got money you can almost always get out of going inside.
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Post by jamesmcdonnell »

Hallelujliah brother!
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Post by JimStone »

jamesmcdonnell wrote:Hallelujliah brother!
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Picture from this site: http://home.ewr-online.de/~ruhrig/framepage1.htm
He's not a bad snapper.
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Post by jamesmcdonnell »

What the?!

Is that a "talk to the hand girlfriend" picture?
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Post by JimStone »

It's a "hallelujah" picture.. She's just at the "lu" part of the word.
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Post by nickd »

Well, I read that somewhere. If you are convicted of the same crime three times you go to prison. This is Mayweather's third.....
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Post by KOJOE90 »

Maywether Jr needs to grow up and act his age.
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Post by Phenomenal-Nutrition »

Thats Witter-Gatti out the window. Fighting with a bouncers hardly the biggest crime though. I heard stories from Sheffield Naz lost a few fights to bouncers, don't know if they're true.
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Post by Freiheit »

I think the 3 strike rule is only in California.
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