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Floyd Mayweather, left, connects a punch against Andre Berto in their WBC/WBA Welterweight Title bout at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow him @Erik_Verduzco

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The license, which was granted on a 5-0 vote, is conditional on Mayweather reporting to jail June 1 to serve his 90-day sentence for domestic battery and staying out of trouble with the law prior to the fight.

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