Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. agreed to pay $5.6 million in back taxes before the Internal Revenue Service was poised to take the money from his purse after his Saturday comeback fight against Juan Manuel Marquez.
The IRS sent the Nevada Athletic Commission a levy notice on Sept. 4 ordering Mayweather's unpaid taxes from 2007 to be deducted from his $10-million fight purse, commission executive director Keith Kizer told the Associated Press.
Kizer said the IRS backed off one week later, after Mayweather agreed to pay the money. Mayweather won the fight in a unanimous decision.
Mayweather's tax attorney, Jeffrey Morse, told the AP on Tuesday that federal officials never intended to take Mayweather's purse, and the five-division champion has satisfied all his IRS debts.
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JURISPRUDENCE
Clemens files appeal in suit
Roger Clemens has filed an appeal of his dismissed defamation suit against Brian McNamee.
Clemens filed a notice with the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review the decisions of U.S. District Judge Keith P. Ellison, who threw out most of Clemens' case in February and dismissed the remainder of the suit Aug. 28.
The seven-time Cy Young Award winner sued his former personal trainer in Texas state court in January 2008, a month after McNamee's accusations against the pitcher were published in the Mitchell Report.
Professional golfer Jim Thorpe has pleaded guilty to failing to pay more than $2 million in income taxes. He faces a maximum of two years in prison and a $4.1-million fine when he is sentenced.
A New York judge has denied a motion by America's Cup champion Alinghi of Switzerland to disqualify challenger BMW Oracle Racing because the U.S.-based syndicate hasn't provided a measurement certificate for its 90-foot trimaran.
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PRO BASKETBALL
Odom to marry Khloe Kardashian
The Kardashians are adding another family member: Lamar Odom.
Khloe Kardashian's spokeswoman said the reality TV starlet will marry the Lakers' forward Sunday.
Kardashian, 25, appears with her family on "Keeping Up With the Kardashians."
Odom, 29, agreed to a four-year contract to stay with the Lakers this summer.
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TENNIS
Henin wants to win Wimbledon
Justine Henin is seeking the elusive Wimbledon title in her return to the WTA tour.
It's the only Grand Slam the former top-ranked player hasn't won. And it loomed large in her decision to end a one-year retirement from the sport.
