The finer things in life: A touch of irony as Floyd Mayweather arrested on charges of grand larceny -- Examiner

By Chris Robinson, Examiner.com

On the heels of yesterday’s reports that Floyd Mayweather was the suspect in a domestic violence case, the 33-year old fighter has now reportedly been arrested on charges of grand larceny. The above developments are all in relation to accusations that came from the mother of three of Mayweather’s children, Josie Harris.

Harris claims that Mayweather reportedly entered her house around 2 in the morning yesterday and confronted her about dating another man. She phoned police around 3 in the morning and Mayweather was then escorted from the scene, reports the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Mayweather would return hours later after knocking on their son’s door and awakened Harris who was then sleeping on her couch.

Harris claims that Mayweather physically assaulted her after pulling her off the couch, punching her in the face, pulling her hair and attempting to break her arm as well. Harris told her children to flee the scene but Mayweather replied he would assault them in the same fashion. Harris fled to the garage and claimed that Mayweather threatened her life, saying he would ‘take care of’ her and her boyfriend. The superstar pugilist would then flee the scene.

Brett Zimmerman, captain of the Crimes against Youth and Family Bureau, said that Mayweather met with police at 9 this morning and was booked in the Clark County Detention center at roughly 10:45 AM.

The arrest is not because of the domestic violence case but was based out charges of larceny as Harris claims Mayweather took some of her personal items, including a cell phone that she can’t find.

Mayweather’ attorney Richard Wright expects his client to post the $3,000 in bail and to be released from jail later today.

A touch of irony

I find it slightly ironic that Mayweather has been booked on charges of grand larceny as I was considering penning a piece roughly a week ago about his penchant for the finer things in life. After speaking to a member of Floyd’s camp much was said about his lavish lifestyle and his fondness for cash.

The member told me that Mayweather loves to gamble and blow through his money, typically spending on clothes, shoes, jewelry, cars as well as eating out. Mayweather likes to hit up Nike Town and Caesers while also betting mostly on NBA, especially the Los Angeles Lakers. They also said he loves to fly on private jets and that you would rarely catch him at a regular airport.

I asked the insider what they would do to improve Floyd’s image if they had the chance.

“I would have him market himself a little bit more,” they continued. “When it comes down to it I don’t feel that he has had enough endorsements. You don’t see him like a Tiger Woods with a lot of powerful endorsements. He’s with Reebok. Look at Manny Pacquiao, there is a difference between them. You don’t see him all over commercials. That would make him a lot more money.”

Following his recent UStream tirade against Manny Pacquiao, in which he insulted the Filipino fighter’s race and abilities as a fighter, Mayweather has subsequently lost his sponsorship deals with AT&T and Reebok.

There once was a time when Floyd was extremely close to his brother Jeff, who served as his manager earlier in his career. Asked about Floyd’s fascination with bling, the hard-working Uncle recalled a time in the late 90’s when Floyd and good friend Zahir Raheem took things over the top.

“I remember Floyd actually helped him get signed with Top Rank,” Mayweather stated of the Atlanta-based fighter. “Zahir was more of a street kid anyways and he was always hustling in the streets so basically him and Floyd came in one day wearing mink coats into Top Rank’s offices. It wasn’t cold outside at all and I don’t even know what the point was other than they just wanted to show off. I don’t know but it was very hilarious. I think he wanted attention more than anything else. I guess they just wanted to come in and show off.”

Asked where Floyd’s love of lavishness stems from, Jeff revealed that despite the animosity that has existed between the star fighter and his father Floyd Sr. for years, that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

“I think that he is a lot like he father,” Jeff said. “I think he is always going to be that way it was just a matter of him taking time to get the money he needed. But his dad has always been that way. They have a lot of similarities about them and that is actually why they have had clashes. Part of it is because they are one in the same.”

Of course in the wake of Mayweather’s UStream tirade last week and his recent skirmish with the law, all of this seems elementary at this point. Regardless of what happens Mayweather’s image has really taken a hit and who knows how receptive people are going to be towards a possible ring return from him now.

Source: examiner.com

Floyd Mayweather Sr: "I don’t like that Little Floyd did that because it shows me a sign of weakness" -- Eastside Boxing

By Geoffrey Ciani, Eastside Boxing

This week’s 90th edition of On the Ropes Boxing Radio featured an exclusive interview with Floyd Mayweather Senior. His son, Floyd Mayweather Junior, recently made headlines as a result of insulting Pacquiao in what many observers viewed as a mean-spirited and racially charged attack. Mayweather Senior provided his thoughts on his son’s comments, and also talked about a potential fight between his son and the Filipino sensation. He also shared his views on Chad Dawson’s first professional loss at the hands of Jean Pascal. Here is a complete transcript of that interview.

JENNA J: Anyway guys, it is time for the main guest of this week’s show. It is the father of Floyd Mayweather Junior. He is Floyd Joy Mayweather Senior. Hey Floyd.

FLOYD MAYWEATHER SENIOR: Hello.

JENNA: Floyd, your son’s been getting a lot of criticism in the press of late because of comments made about Manny Pacquiao. What do you think about that whole situation?

MAYWEATHER: I just got through talking to somebody about that. From what I understand, it’s been all over the radio and stuff. I heard somebody talking about how he made racial statements. Those are not racial statements that he made. You know, talking about what somebody eats. What’s racial about that? If that’s the case, then when you talk about black people you can talk about what they eat chicken, and they eat yams, and collie greens, and black eyes peas. You can go on and on and on, but I’m just telling you the whole thing is, to me, I don’t like that he did that because it shows me a sign of weakness and I don’t like it. He didn’t say nothing wrong that I’ve seen, because all of this stuff is boxing talk. It’s boxing talk. What does he have to apologize for? He ain’t done nothing wrong.

JENNA: So do you think when he made the comment that he was going to “cook the little yellow chump” that he was talking maybe “yellow” as in coward?

MAYWEATHER: It depends on however he said it. I mean, depends on however he said it. I’m just saying that if you go back to one of my things on the internet, I think you’ll hear me calling him yellow as well. However they want to take it, that’s on them. If they want to take it that he’s a yellow man or they want to take it that he’s yellow as in a coward, you can do that to. It don’t make any difference which way the want to take it. However I said it is in my mind how I said it and how I wanted to say it, but it’s on them on how they want to determine it. That’s on them, but to me, I haven’t seen any racial statements that he made. I just don’t like when he apologized for something that he didn’t say. You apologize when you really have done something wrong. He didn’t do nothing wrong. This stuff is boxing talk. He talks, all of them talk.

JENNA: Floyd, last time I interviewed you it was a very candid interview and you mentioned that you thought Pacquiao was one of the twenty biggest bitches in the sport. You mentioned a lot of things about him. You made similar comments and you didn’t get the same criticism. Do you think he’s getting more criticism because he’s a prominent athlete in this game today?

MAYWEATHER: It could be that way, but even if I was the athlete that he was today, if I speak my mind and I say something, I stay with that. I’m not going to back up. For what? What are you backing up for? That show “Enemy” right now, he’s out to get you and you’re out to get him. So why in the hell do you got to apologize for? You don’t owe him no apology. For what? He did nothing wrong. He ain’t said nothing wrong. The whole thing is, you look on the internet and you will catch me on there. I was talking about him. I ain’t got no respect for him. I called him a bitch on there. He’s a little faggot whore. That’s what he is. You think I’m going to take that back? I said way more than he said.

JENNA: Yeah, I know. I interviewed you that day there. You said your son doesn’t have anything to apologize for. What do you think of all the people that are attacking him now for what he said?

MAYWEATHER: Well they all are attacking him, they want him to fight really. That’s what they want him to do right now. They want him to fight Pacquiao. As soon as he beats Pacquiao’s ass, guess what? He’s the greatest fighter that ever lived and all that stuff. That’s all that is right there, but the whole thing is if a guy or whatever’s going on, the whole thing is he’s got a right to take his time fighting Pacquiao because Pacquiao wouldn’t take the test. When he offered Pacquiao to take the test and make the fight, he didn’t take the test. Nobody said nothing about that. Now all of a sudden now, he said he wants to take a vacation. Pacquiao held his off, so he can’t do the same thing? The only thing I can tell you is my thing is, Pacquiao was scared, simple. My thing is, I know my son and I do know one thing about him—I know he’s not scared of Pacquiao. Especially if he takes that test, the Olympic test. If he takes that test right there I know what’s going to happen to him. I ain’t even got to talk to you about that. The world will see. So all this stuff, there is no reason to blame Floyd. They’re going to blame people. Right now they’re going to do what they want to do. You got the majority of people thinking Floyd is scared. Floyd ain’t scared of no damn Pacquiao. That’s the last thing little Floyd is scared of is Pacquiao. I said one thing and I’ll say it again, take the test! Take the test and we’ll find out.

JENNA: Alright now Floyd, mentioning Pacquiao, he has a fight coming up on November 13. He’ll be fighting against Antonio Margarito, a guy that was caught cheating in the ring. I’m just curious with yourself here, what do you think of that match-up and the guy that he’s choosing to fight?

MAYWEATHER: In my honest opinion, they can both fight each other because they’re both, to me in my mind, crooks. So they can fight each other and beat each other up all they want to because one is no better than the other one. Everybody’s doing something dirty. That’s what I feel and believe. To me, in my opinion, one is no dirtier than the other one. So it’s a good fight. Whoever wins is going to win. On the real thing, a guy is big as Margarito, you never see this stuff happening ever in the life of boxing that a little man was beating all these big men. You’ve never seen that. It isn’t because of a coincidence, because to me there’s a reason for it. There’s a reason for why he’s beating these guys like I said before. Whatever the reason is, it don’t sell with me. It don’t sell with me. Whatever’s happening, I’m looking at it the way my mind tells me it is. That’s the way I’m looking at it. I’m looking at it the real way. Pacquiao is probably going to end up beating Margarito.

JENNA: You said Pacquiao will probably end up beating Margarito, but how do you see the final result of it. Do you think it will be by knockout? Do you think it will go to the cards? How do you see it going?

MAYWEATHER: Let me explain something to you. Pacquiao has three losses and two draws and of course he got beat by—I don’t recall the guy’s name. The Mexican who used to fight. What’s his name? Barrera? His name’s Barrera. I can’t think of his name. It’s Barrera.

GEOFFREY CIANI: Morales.

MAYWEATHER: Yes! There you go. Morales, he got beat by Morales. Morales beat him first, then he came back and beat Morales, but that’s neither here nor there. He got beat by a little guy like that and he’s going to fight a great big old guy like Margarito? That stuff, it’s crazy. I already know little Floyd is not as big as Margarito, but I’ll tell you one thing—little Floyd would tear that ass apart. Shane tore Margarito apart, Floyd tore Shane apart. Right there, I mean, how in the hell is Pacquiao going to come and whop Floyd? Please, come on! I really want to know how that’s going to be done. It sure isn’t going to be done. If he takes all of his tests, and everything pans out like it’s supposed to, you will see and everybody else will see. My thing is all these high praises and stuff they got on Pacquiao is bullshit. Like I called him before, I call him “Freddie the Joke Coach Roach”. I call him “Freddie the Dope Coach Roach” now. I know what’s behind him.

JENNA: You mentioned that before, Floyd. You said that you thought Freddie Roach was a joke of a trainer. I’m just curious a little bit, why do you think that is with all he’s accomplished training his fighters?

MAYWEATHER: Let me tell you something! He’s winning and there’s a reason why he’s winning. He’s winning, there’s a reason why he’s winning. Figure it out why he’s winning. It’s simple to me.

JENNA: You think he does that with all of his fighters, including Khan and others?

MAYWEATHER: Let me tell you this right here. He can say what he wants to say. He can say what he wants to say but his gym has been known for that for years. It ain’t nothing that I’m saying. It’s something that the whole nation’s been talking about with his gym. There’s a whole thing about his gym. Many people that have come out of his gym have been like that. I’m not going to name no people off. There are just names I know, but hey, look. It iain’t for me to say. It makes no difference to me, but my thing is right now, I’m trying to straighten my business out with Pacquiao on this case here, and I ain’t trying to get in no trouble with Freddie as far as this situation about his gym, but hey. It is what it is.

JENNA: Floyd, I’m going to toss it quickly over to my co-host Geoff here for a couple of questions. Geoff?

MAYWEATHER: Yeah.

CIANI: Hey Floyd, good to talk to you again. I was just curious, the last time I had you on Floyd I asked you about Chad Dawson’s fight with Jean Pascal and that’s a fight that Jean Pascal wound up winning and pulling off the upset. Were you surprised by that fight, and do you think that’s a fight Chad should have won?

MAYWEATHER: Are you kidding me? He should have beat that guy easy. That was an easy fight. The guy couldn’t even fight to tell you the truth, and not only that, Chad was in better shape than him. Chad didn’t use his jab, he didn’t do nothing. The guy after five rounds, he was dead tired. So I’m just telling you, the man beat Chad when the man wasn’t even in shape. If the guy gets in shape, who knows, but he wasn’t in shape I can tell you that. After five rounds, I thought it was over for him. He was gassing then. He held, he danced, and run off a flurry off every now and then, then run back, and grab him, then run another flurry off on him and tie up. That was the rest of the fight.

CIANI: So what do you think was the main problem that Chad in that fight?

MAYWEATHER: He wasn’t using his jab. It was probably, well, I’m going to say it like this right here. I don’t know whether you know what happened with me and Chad in our situation, why we left each other, but he won the title with me and then he had a title defense with me. It probably was the same reason why that happened. If you all don’t know the incident that happened, we don’t worry about it, but it was something that happened between us why we split. It probably was the same thing. That’s why he was looking like he was looking.

CIANI: Now the guy that beat Chad, Jean Pascal, he’s supposed to fight Bernard Hopkins later this year and I’m wondering, based on what you know of Hopkins and based on what you saw of Pascal in the fight when he beat Chad, who do you think would win between Hopkins and Pascal?

MAYWEATHER: I’m going to say it like this right here. The guy has an awkward style and he’s strong. Hopkins is an older man as well, but if he fought like he did the other night, Hopkins got a chance but if the guy gets in better shape than he did when he was fighting Chad, maybe not.

CIANI: So you think that one could go either way?

MAYWEATHER: Well if the guy gets in better shape, I would have to favor the guy if the guy got in better shape. The guy wasn’t in good shape when he fought Chad, not at all. To tell you the truth, he could have done much more damage to Chad had he been in shape. The guy wasn’t doing nothing but throwing punches, then running for awhile, then he’d grab Chad here, then throw some more punches off and run again. But it didn’t make no difference, because Chad was doing nothing anyways but just standing there in front of him. He wasn’t doing anything anyway, so it didn’t make no difference.

JENNA: Alright Floyd, well I just have a couple of more questions for you and I was wondering, do you think the comments your son said will either help or hurt a future fight coming together between him and Pacquiao?

MAYWEATHER: I don’t see why it should hurt nothing, because if that’s the case, it’s supposed to be the richest fight in the world. Why wouldn’t he fight? Why wouldn’t Pacquiao fight? I don’t think it hurts nothing at all. If either one of them, my son or Pacquiao chooses not to fight, it’s because there has to be a reason for them not to fight. Otherwise, I know full well little Floyd ain’t turning it down. I don’t know about Pacquiao. They may just find a reason. Maybe not, because sometimes you got enough people out there in the background, but more than likely I think the fight will happen, though. I don’t think the fight would go astray because someone said something or the other one said something. I don’t think that fight will go astray. I think that still happens.

JENNA: Now Floyd, do you think this fight will ever happen if Pacquiao does not agree to Floyd’s drug testing requirements?

MAYWEATHER: I wouldn’t fight him, either. If he doesn’t take the drug test, I wouldn’t fight him either because why wouldn’t he take the test. I’m simply saying I wouldn’t fight him if he didn’t take the test. I wouldn’t fight him. If you don’t take the test, there’s a reason why you don’t take the test. I never heard about nobody getting weak because they took a pint of blood. That’s bullshit. That’s bullshit, so if the fight won’t go on if he don’t take the test, and if he don’t take the test there’s a reason why you don’t take the test. You can’t say you just ain’t taking no test because of a pint of blood. Shit, that pint of blood, it don’t mean nothing. So it’s got to be more than a pint of blood why he don’t take the test. All that stuff about a certain amount of days before you take the test because of blood, that’s bullshit. You take the same test the man takes and you’re both under the same obligation. You take the test, and fight. That’s it.

JENNA: Now do you think your son will be fighting somebody else other than Pacquiao next?

MAYWEATHER: He’ll probably fight somebody before Pacquiao. He’ll probably fight somebody else before Pacquiao, but I will assure you one thing, though—he’s not scared of Pacquiao. I’m going to assure you that and I’m going to assure you he’s going to whop Pacquiao’s ass. That’s what I’m going to tell you, and if he don’t whop him, you know just like I know because there ain’t no way. Pacquiao has no defense. How are you going to whop somebody if you got no defense at all? You know with little Floyd right here, you better have some defense and that’s something he don’t have and that’s something that Freddie “The Joke Coach” Roach can’t teach and you can’t teach nothing if you don’t know nothing. The whole thing is, evidently Pacquiao to me is so dumb, he don’t know what his trainer don’t know. He don’t know that his trainer don’t know. So he’s dumber than his trainer. He don’t know that his trainer don’t know, so he’s dumber than trainer. He’s so dumb that he don’t know his trainer can’t even teach it. Defense! If you ain’t got no defense, defense wins fights. That’s what you win fights with, defense. That’s what you win football with, defense. That’s what you win basketball with, defense. That’s what you win checkers with, defense. There are so many other games that you play, baseball, all of those games, any game that you play, defense wins. It’s not saying that you’re backing up every time you do defense, it’s just defense is the game, and that’s the game for all the games. Defense wins.

JENNA: Alright now Floyd, if your son does return against somebody other than Pacquiao, do you think he’ll face a top welterweight like an Andre Berto or someone like that in his next appearance in the ring?

MAYWEATHER: Do I think he is going to fight somebody like Berto? I can’t even say who he would fight to tell you the truth. Right at this particular time right now, I don’t think Berto is even a challenge. I don’t believe that he is. I’m not saying that he’s not a good fighter, but I don’t think he’s at little Floyd’s level yet.

JENNA: Alright, so you can’t think of anyone else out there that your son could fight? Maybe Sergio Martinez?

MAYWEATHER: I’m going to tell you right now. That’s the one that’s getting ready to fight Shane, ain’t it? Is that the one that’s getting ready to fight Shane Mosley?

JENNA: No, no. That’s Sergio Mora. I was talking about Sergio Martinez, that’s the middleweight champion.

MAYWEATHER: Okay. Which one is getting ready to fight Shane?

JENNA: That’s Sergio Mora, the former 154 pound champion.

MAYWEATHER: Okay, okay. Shane’s going to beat him, too.

JENNA: I have one final question for you. Is there anything you want to say all the boxing fans out there and the fans of your son? Is there anything you want to say to them?

MAYWEATHER: The only thing I can tell you right now is the way it stands. Right now, today, in the game of boxing, Floyd Joy Mayweather Junior is the best. For all the rest, there’s no contest, I must confess. That’s the end of the story.

JENNA: Alright, well Floyd it’s been a pleasure talking to you again. We do thank you for your time and wish you all of the best in the future.

MAYWEATHER: Thank you. I appreciate it.

CIANI: Thanks Floyd. Have a good one.

MAYWEATHER: Alright, take care now.

Source: eastsideboxing.com

Floyd Mayweather Jr. jailed in Vegas domestic case -- Associated Press

By KEN RITTER, The Associated Press

LAS VEGAS — Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. was jailed briefly Friday on a felony charge after his ex-girlfriend alleged he beat her and stole her cell phone during an argument in front of their three children.

Mayweather, 33, said nothing as he was released from the Clark County jail on $3,000 bail after being booked on a grand larceny charge. He could face up to five years in state prison if he is convicted of taking items valued at less than $2,500.

He is scheduled for an initial appearance Nov. 9 in Las Vegas Justice Court.

Mayweather's lawyer, Richard Wright, denied Mayweather was guilty of the criminal charges based on allegations by Josie Harris.

"He did not commit any grand larceny," Wright told The Associated Press. "Josie can't find her iPhone. We're attempting to find it or replace it. We'll cooperate in the investigation. We expect to get the matter resolved." An iPhone typically costs less than $500.

In a request for a Clark Court Family Court protection order, Harris said Mayweather threatened to kill her in a confrontation about 5 a.m. Thursday at a home she says is listed in his name in southwest Las Vegas.

She said he was angry about her a relationship with another man.

The document says Harris and Mayweather lived together for seven years and separated in May after 15 "on and off" years.

It says Harris sought another protection order five years ago and alleges that Mayweather battered another former girlfriend. The document does not mention an iPhone.

Harris also filed a police complaint Thursday. It has not been made public.

The nine-page request for a protection order alleges Mayweather pulled Harris's hair, punched her in the head and twisted her arm while she screamed for their children, ranging in age from 7 to almost 11, to call 911.

"He yelled and screamed that he was going to kill me and my boyfriend," Harris wrote. "Floyd has threatened to have other people do harm to me as well and if (there) is a way I can be protected from that please help me."

Police said Thursday that Harris was treated at a Las Vegas hospital for minor injuries.

A judge granted a 30-day protective order and Mayweather was served with a copy of the document when he was released from jail, Clark County courts spokeswoman Jillian Prieto said.

Mayweather is considered one of the sport's top performers, with a record of 41-0 and 25 knockouts. He goes by the nickname "Money" and earned more than $20 million in May from his fight in Las Vegas against "Sugar" Shane Mosley.

Mayweather made headlines earlier this month with an online video laced with expletives and sometimes racial rants against boxing rival and Philippine sensation Manny Pacquiao, who faces Antonio Margarito on Nov. 13 at Cowboys Stadium near Dallas.

Fans have called for Mayweather to fight Pacquiao in what could be the richest fight in boxing history, but negotiations have stalled amid suggestions from Mayweather's camp that Pacquiao has used performance-enhancing drugs. Pacquiao responded with a defamation lawsuit that is still pending.

Mayweather said during the video that he's on vacation "for about a year" and would easily defeat Pacquiao after that.

Pacquiao dismissed Mayweather's video as an "uneducated message," and Pacquiao's trainer, Freddie Roach, labeled it "a really cheap low blow."

Mayweather has been arrested several times since 2002 in battery and violence cases in Las Vegas and in his hometown of Grand Rapids, Mich.

He was convicted in 2002 of misdemeanor battery stemming from a fight with two women at a Las Vegas nightclub. He received a suspended one-year jail sentence and was ordered to undergo impulse-control counseling.

He was fined in Grand Rapids in February 2005 and ordered to perform community service after pleading no contest to misdemeanor assault and battery for a bar fight.

He was acquitted by a Nevada jury in July 2005 after being accused of hitting and kicking Harris during an argument outside a Las Vegas nightclub.

Harris, then 25, recanted her allegations and testified that she lied to police because she was angry Mayweather left her for another woman.

Harris told jurors that Mayweather was a "teddy bear inside" and said she knew "no matter what I did, he would never put his hands on me."

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Mayweather has 'got to get his life in order,' HBO executive says -- Los Angeles Times

By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times

Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s Friday arrest on a felony theft charge coming a week after he launched a racially charged, expletive-filled video attack on Manny Pacquiao are indications the unbeaten boxer has difficulty handling life away from his sport, say two of the most prominent businessmen in his career.

"He's got to get his life in order," HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg told The Times Friday after learning of Mayweather's arrest in Las Vegas on suspicion of grand larceny connected to the theft of his ex-girlfriend's cellphone, according to reports.

"This gives me pause. I've known Floyd for many years, and we've showcased him several times on [HBO's reality series] "24/7," with people engaged by his personality. Now people are repelled by his personality. I hope he can learn from these terrible mistakes. Someone has to do an intervention with him."

Mayweather, 33, has produced several compelling HBO pay-per-view events in the last four years, including the most lucrative bout of all time against Oscar De La Hoya in 2006, and the May 1 victory over Shane Mosley that generated 1.4 million buys. Sources close to Mayweather say he's earned more than $60 million in two bouts since last September.

But on the heels of Mayweather's video rant against Pacquiao, in which he accused the Filipino superstar of using performance-enhancing drugs, dismissed him as a future sushi chef and made other slurs, Greenburg said he felt compelled "to speak out. There's no place for that kind of behavior or that racist diatribe. I hope it never happens again, and that he's learned his lesson."

Mayweather did apologize, but on Thursday, his ex-girlfriend told Las Vegas police she was the victim of domestic violence committed by the boxer, and later reportedly filed a restraining order against him after being treated at a hospital for what police said were "minor injuries."

The Associated Press reported the woman's restraining order request read: “Please order Floyd Mayweather to not try and contact me. Floyd has threatened to have other people do harm to me as well and if [there] is a way I can be protected from that please help me."

The woman and Mayweather have been together for more than 10 years and have three children together.

The boxer's lawyer, Richard Wright, told AP that Mayweather is accused of taking an iPhone from the woman, Josie Harris.

“He did not commit any grand larceny,” Wright told the Associated Press. “Josie can't find her iPhone. We're attempting to find it or replace it. We'll cooperate in the investigation. We expect to get the matter resolved.”

Harris made a police complaint and sought a family court protection order Thursday alleging Mayweather pulled her hair, punched her in the head and twisted her arm while she screamed for their children, who range in age from 7 to almost 11, to call 911.

Richard Schaefer, the Golden Boy Promotions chief executive who has co-promoted Mayweather bouts since 2006, said elite athletes such as Mayweather can become a "target," urging reporters to "cut Floyd some slack," and "not engage in a witch hunt." But Schaefer added the boxer's trouble reveals "the price of fame."

"The spotlight is a glorious light at times, but it can be a hard light too," Schaefer said.

Schaefer was asked if Mayweather is showing that he can't handle life outside the routine of anticipating a fight. He currently has no bout scheduled and failed to agree to fight Pacquiao in a second round of failed talks during the summer.

"For many, their athletic environment is a kingdom, a real place to find refuge from outside influences -- their safe haven," Schaefer said. "The same is true for Floyd. He's a gym rat. Maybe he needs to get back in there and fight again so we can all enjoy his amazing talents."

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Floyd Mayweather Arrested in Las Vegas -- Fox LA

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(NewsCore) - Boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr. was arrested in Las Vegas Friday and booked for grand larceny related to an alleged domestic violence incident, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.

The report said Mayweather’s arrest was related to allegations he took personal items from the home of Josie Harris, the mother of three of his children.

He was released from jail later Friday and immediately climbed into a swanky Maybach car, the entertainment website TMZ reported.

Earlier Friday, TMZ said Harris filed a request for a restraining order against Mayweather Thursday, saying in accompanying documents that he came to her Las Vegas home that morning and awoke her by "pulling me by my hair and throwing me on the ground in my living room and began punching me in my head."

Harris also claimed Mayweather "continued to beat me in front of [the couple's three children]" and told them if they “ran or tried to call the police he would beat them the same way."

In addition, TMZ said, Harris alleged Mayweather began "dragging me on the floor and twisting my arm back ... in attempt to try and break it."

Harris was treated at a hospital and released, one of her family members told the Review-Journal.

Last week, Mayweather, 33, who is considered one of the top boxers in the world, made headlines for a racially-charged video that criticized rival Manny Pacquiao. Mayweather later apologized for posting the video.

Source: myfoxla.com

Boxer Floyd Mayweather in jail for grand larceny of iPhone -- Examiner

By Cheryl Phillips, Examiner.com

Boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr was arrested and charged with grand larceny on Friday. The charges reportedly stem from claims that Josie Harris, the mother of his children, is missing her iPhone. This after she made a domestic violence call to the Las Vegas police that Mayweather attacked her and threatened to kill her.

Mayweather can't stay out of the Google trends over the past week, and it's not for boxing. News of Mayweather's arrest comes just a week after he posted a video full of racist comments about Manny Pacquiao, keeping his name floating around in the media for days.

According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal: Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. was been arrested and booked on charges of grand larceny. He was booked into the Clark County Detention Center about 10:45 a.m. and held on $3,000 bail.

Reports indicate that Harris already has a temporary protection order filed against Mayweather. The couple have three children together. She claims, as reported to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, that the boxer punched her in the head, pulled her hair and tried to break her arm after entering her home as she slept.

Mayweather's lawyer, Richard Wright, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that the grand larceny charge was related to Harris' missing cell phone.

"Josie can't find her iPhone ... We're attempting to find it or replace it. He did not commit grand larceny. We expect that to be resolved," Mayweather's attorney told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Floyd Mayweather is expected to post bail and be released on Friday. Stay tuned for his next video. Perhaps he will record it on the reportedly stolen iPhone.

Source: examiner.com