Floyd Mayweather Jr., right, walks into court escorted by his attorney Karen Winckler, center, and 50 Cent, left, to begin his 90-day jail term, Friday, June 1, 2012, in Las Vegas. The undefeated five-division champion surrendered Friday before the judge who sentenced him in December for attacking his ex-girlfriend in September 2010 while two of their children watched.
Rap artist 50 Cent, center, talks with Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s advisor, Leonard Ellerbe, left, after Mayweather turned himself in to begin a 90-day jail term, Friday, June 1, 2012, in Las Vegas. The undefeated five-division champion surrendered Friday before the judge who sentenced him in December for attacking his ex-girlfriend in September 2010— and then allowed him to remain free long enough to headline a May 5 fight
Floyd Mayweather Jr., left, appears with his attorney, Karen Winckler, before Clark County Court justice of the peace Melissa Saragosa, to turn himself in to begin a 90-day jail term, Friday, June 1, 2012, in Las Vegas. The undefeated five-division champion surrendered Friday before the judge who sentenced him in December for attacking his ex-girlfriend in September 2010, and then allowed him to remain free long enough to headline a May 5 fight
Floyd Mayweather Jr., left, is led away by court marshall Ron Johnson, Friday, June 1, 2012, in Las Vegas, to begin a 90-day jail term for attacking his ex-girlfriend in September 2010 while two of their children watched. The undefeated five-division champion surrendered Friday before the judge who sentenced him in December, and then allowed him to remain free long enough to headline a May 5 fight
LAS VEGAS -- Floyd Mayweather Jr. surrendered in a courtroom Friday to begin a three-month jail sentence for attacking his ex-girlfriend in September 2010 while two of their children watched.
Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Melissa Saragosa credited the undefeated five-division champion with attending weekly domestic violence counseling sessions - including one the day of the May 5 fight she allowed him to make - and with beginning to meet community service requirements she imposed in December. The judge then watched as Mayweather was handcuffed and taken away.
Mayweather didn't say a word.
"He'll be all right," Mayweather's friend, rapper 50 Cent, told reporters after arriving with Mayweather and speaking afterward with ring adviser Leonard Ellerbe outside the courthouse in downtown Las Vegas.
"It's an uncomfortable situation for everyone," he said.
Ellerbe declined to comment.
Mayweather pleaded guilty in December to reduced domestic battery charges in a hair-pulling, arm-twisting attack on Josie Harris, the mother of three of his children. The plea deal allowed him to avoid trial on felony charges that could have gotten Mayweather up to 34 years in prison if he was convicted.
"Everyone has a different version of the same story," said 50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis James Jackson III. He compared the dispute between Mayweather and Harris to the breakup of a marriage with children involved. Harris and their three children now live in Southern California.
"It's no different than anyone going through a divorce," the rap star said, "and how your friends can become your vested enemies."
Las Vegas police say that as a high-profile inmate, Mayweather probably will serve most of his time away from other prisoners in a small solo cell in the high-rise Clark County Detention Center.
Police released a statement Thursday saying visitation at the jail will be suspended Saturday for "inmate reclassification and housing changes." Officer Bill Cassell, a department spokesman, said the expected 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. lockout was not related to Mayweather's arrival.
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