Not quite two weeks into his three month sentence in jail, Floyd Mayweather Jr. is seeking an early release.
Mayweather began his jail sentence on June 1, according to ESPN.com, for pleading guilty to misdemeanor domestic battery charges and two counts of harassment against his ex-girlfriend while his two children watched.
ESPN.com reports that Mayweather already has an 87 day cap on the sentence with time already served. His attorney Richard Wright is hoping for a reduction to house arrest.
According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the motion states that Mayweather would find an "appropriate location" to serve his house arrest, but does not state whether or not it is his 12,000 square-foot mansion.
The motion addressed that Mayweather’s stay in solitary confinement is already becoming detrimental to him, and he is being treated inhumanely. Dr. Robert Voy, Mayweather’s physician, claimed that the boxer is beginning to lose his physique and muscle tone due to his confinement, which could potentially end his career boxing career.
Voy also says that Mayweather has an inadequate diet of less than 800 calories a day. The boxer is accustomed to a diet of up to 4,000 calories a day. Voy inspected his living conditions and concluded that 23 hours a day in confinement denies Mayweather the use of the recreational and exercise facilities. Voy says the boxer may withdraw into depression and develop anger issues without the opportunity to exercise.
Prosecutor Lisa Luzaich responded, “He has the ability to exercise, he just chooses not to. It's jail. Where did he think he was going? The Four Seasons?”
She argued that lessening his sentence to house arrest would be just another form of accommodation, which he has already been given when his sentence was postponed to start in June instead of January to allow him to fight Miguel Cotto.
Meanwhile, Sam Quinn, a senior analyst at Bleacher Report writes that the long-anticipated Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao fight must happen now to overshadow the controversial split decision in last week's match between Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley.
If the match happens at all, writes Quinn, it may happen in a year, perhaps after Pacquiao and Bradley get a rematch to settle their score.
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