Paige Moorehead, the mother of the child and a dancer from the Mayweather-owned Girl Collection gentlemen’s club in Las Vegas, said she was in an intimate relationship with him for eight years until he ended matters once he found out she was pregnant in April 2021.

According to TMZ's report, Moorehead claimed Mayweather pressured her to get an abortion and ultimately fired her after working four years at the club.

The child was born in December 2021, and Moorehead asked a Nevada judge in June 2023 to legally declare Mayweather the father. Mayweather was served twice and ordered to take a DNA test, but he never followed through before a judge issued a default judgment declaring him the father.

Mayweather has been ordered to pay $32,850 a month in child support in addition to $933,050 in back support. Although he has paid nearly $151,000 of what he owes, a judge ruled that Moorehead can place a lien worth up to $2 million on property owned by Mayweather in California to ensure she gets the money.

The latest development arrives as Mayweather, 49, tries to get his life and career in order amid continuous reports that he’s in financial trouble after earning an estimated $1.15 billion during his career.

Mayweather is planning to end a nine-year retirement and fight Manny Pacquiao on September 25. He also has a pair of exhibitions scheduled as well, one against Mike Tyson this fall and the other against Greek kickboxer Mike Zambidis on June 27 in Greece.

Mayweather is also involved in a series of legal entanglements.

In March, the IRS filed a $7.3 million lien against him for unpaid taxes in 2018 and 2023. Separately, Mayweather sued former broadcast partner Showtime in February, alleging $340 million in misappropriated funds. Mayweather has also been the defendant for several complaints alleging unpaid tabs for private jet services, luxury apartment rentals and jewelry.

Mayweather also dropped a $100 million defamation lawsuit against Business Insider earlier this month.

During a press conference two weeks ago promoting his event in Athens, Mayweather spoke generally about how he's been in constant headlines of late.

“I just want to say thank you to the media,” said Mayweather. “Even though I'm not really on social media, because most of the time, I'm at home spending time building generational wealth, helping my children, helping my grandson.

“But just to be able to stay relevant, a part of it is the media. Whether you write a good story or a bad story, you're keeping me relevant. When you keep a guy relevant, the money still flows in. So thank you.

“Negative stories always go a lot further than positive stories. A lie will always go further than the truth. My whole goal is to always stay positive, continue to work hard, and continue to push the next generation to be great, teach them the way, and show them how they should move.”

Manouk Akopyan is The Ring’s lead writer. Follow him on X and Instagram: @ManoukAkopyan