Mayweather's Passport Revoked, Fights in Jeopardy

0:00On May 1st, Floyd Mayweather is in hot water with IRS over a tax debt topping $7,250,000, and now they are, pushing to revoke his passport. That could ground his whole fight schedule, starting with a big exhibition bout in Greece on June 27th against Kickboxer Mike Zamedis. The trouble kicked off with an IRS notice back in late March, right before he hyped that Greece fight. Without a passport, international travel is off the table, and it is messing with other plans too. Like talks for a rematch with Manny Pacquiao around. September 19th in Las Vegas, Pacquiao is holding firm, saying he only wants a real professional fight, not some exhibition, which has left those negotiations up in the air. Venues keep shifting between spots like the MGM Grand and T-Mobile Arena, but nothing is locked in yet. There is also that proposed exhibition, with Mike Tyson floating around since last September, with promoters scrambling for dates and places like THE.

1:01Democratic Republic of Congo, the IRS laid out fixes like full payment or an installment plan, but Mayweather's camp has not responded publicly. All this uncertainty is putting major breaks on what could have been a stack of high-dollar paydays, leaving fans and fighters watching to see if money can settle up and give back in the ring.