Boxer 'Pretty, Boy' Floyd Mayweather Jr. is a perfect 42-0 in the ring and has dodged significant jail time several times in domestic violence cases in Las Vegas and Michigan.But his courtroom streak came to an end Wednesday when a Las Vegas judge sentenced the 34-year-old boxer to 90 days in jail after he pleaded guilty to a reduced battery domestic violence charge and no contest to two harassment charges.The case stemmed from a hair-pulling, punching and arm-twisting argument with his ex-girlfriend Josie Harris while two of their children watched in September 2010.According to an arrest report, Mayweather had threatened Ms Harris, saying: "I'm going to kill you and the man you are messing around with."Punishment is appropriate," Justice of the Peace Melissa Saragosa said after a prosecutor complained that Mayweather has been in trouble before and hasn't faced serious consequences.'No matter who you are, you have consequences to your actions when they escalate to this level of violence,' she said.Mayweather stood still in a striped olive vest and showed no reaction as the judge sentenced him to six months in the Clark County jail then suspended half the term.She gave him credit for three days previously served in jail and ordered him to complete 100 hours of community service, pay a $2,500 fine and complete a yearlong domestic violence counselling program.Good behaviour could knock several weeks off Mayweather's sentence. but he will likely serve most of the sentence set to begin January 6, said Officer Bill Cassell, a Las Vegas police spokesman.Mayweather and his manager, Leonard Ellerbe, declined comment outside the courtroom.The jail time raises doubts about a possible showdown between Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, a champion fighter from the Philippines against whom Mayweather's welterweight success is usually measured.A long-awaited fight between the two men regarded as among the best of their generation has been delayed by stalling techniques and verbal sparring.The two men have a defamation lawsuit pending in Las Vegas federal court stemming from statements by Mayweather that he suspects Mr Pacquiao was taking performance-enhancing drugs.Mayweather returned in September from a 16-month layoff to continue his undefeated record with a controversial knockout of Victor Ortiz in Las Vegas.
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