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Floyd Mayweather Has Been Denied His “Get Out Of Jail Free” Card

The ol’ “I don’t drink tap water” technique was not enough to get Floyd Mayweather transferred to the general prison population, or better yet his house, for the remainder of his three-month prison sentence.

As it turns out, the conditions for an inmate in solitary confinement are not awesome. Between being on lockdown for 23 hours a day, having “barely” enough room to do push-ups in his cell, and slowly deteriorating into a normal person because the food sucks and he doesn’t drink tap water, Mayweather isn’t having a good time. That’s why his lawyers asked that his remaining few months be served anywhere but in his tiny cell.

It seems that everyone, from the Internet to the Nevada prosecutors (“Where did he think he was going, the Four Seasons?”), thinks that’s a bunch of bullshit. And considering he’s guilty of beating up a former girlfriend while two of their children watched, that sounds about right. Justice of the Peace Melissa Saragosa agreed with everyone in her decision to deny the request.

From the Las Vegas Sun:

“After consideration of the arguments of counsel, the criminal record of the defendant and the seriousness of the crime committed, the court determined that a jail sentence was appropriate,” she said.

“The Court finds the alleged dehydration of the Defendant to be self-induced as water is made available to him 24 hours a day,” Saragosa wrote.

“The Court further finds the estimated intake of only 800 calories per day is also self-induced as Defendant chooses not to eat the food provided,” she wrote.

“Finally, the court finds that while the physical training areas and times provided to Defendant may not be consistent with his prior regimen, he is indeed provided sufficient space and time for physical activity if he so chooses.”

So that settles it. Mayweather will have to get used to his New York City-apartment-sized bedroom for the next 75 days (or less, depending on whether or not he’s a good boy and gets the sentence reduced).

Our unsolicited advice, Floyd? You, one of the greatest pound-for-pound fighters ever, beat up your girlfriend. You could have gone to jail for 34 years. Take what they’re giving you. And try the tap water. You might even like it.

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