Mayweather says he didn't assault ex-girlfriend, but was just 'restraining' her

When Floyd Mayweather Jr. was accused of domestic abuse against Josie Harris, the mother of three of his children, he pleaded no contest to a pair of misdemeanor harassment charges and a reduced domestic-violence charge, and was ultimately sentenced to 90 days in jail.

According to Mayweather, there's far more to the story than what surfaced on news outlets. As "Money" tells it, he was only restraining Harris, who was allegedly on drugs at the time.

"Did I kick, stomp and beat someone? No, that didn't happen," Mayweather told Katie Couric, according to Complex.com's Justin Block. "I look in your face and say, 'No, that didn't happen.' Did I restrain a woman that was on drugs? Yes, I did. So if they say that's domestic violence, then, you know what? I'm guilty. I'm guilty of restraining someone.' "

The Harris case wasn't the first time Mayweather had been accused of domestic violence. The welterweight world champion and pound-for-pound great has reportedly faced assault allegations eight times by six different women, though the Harris case was the only time he's ever faced prosecution.

"I'm black. I'm rich. And I'm outspoken. Those are three strikes right there," Mayweather said about why the media paints him with a negative brush. "So, you know, when someone says, 'I got pushed or hit,' I'm a fighter, so I may not really hit a person. But guess what? I got to fight the case because I'm already guilty. They don't know if I really did it or not. But since I'm a fighter, they're gonna say, 'You know what? He did it.' "