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Manny Pacquiao has settled his defamation lawsuit against Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Who says the judicial system moves slowly? The resolution of this lawsuit has come much faster than the highly anticipated fight between the two fighters largely considered the best pound-for-pound fighters on the planet.

In fact, there's still no scheduled fight between the two despite hype that it may finally happen in 2013. But this could be one less hurdle to a fight actually happening.

Manny Pacquiao scored a victory over Floyd Mayweather in his defamation lawsuit.

Pacquiao brought suit against Mayweather claiming that Mayweather defamed him. A court did not rule on the underlying defamation claims, but did order Mayweather to pay Pacquiao more than $113,000 to cover the legal fees of a missed deposition last year, reports Reuters.

Pacquiao accused Mayweather of falsely telling reporters and others that Pacquiao was using performance enhancing drugs. The two had been working on scheduling a fight, and as a prerequisite, Mayweather wanted Pacquiao to undergo blood testing.

A journeyman boxer was arrested in a clever FBI ploy to collect DNA evidence worthy of a CSI episode.

Martin Tucker is a 32-year-old welterweight with a career 8-10 record. He hadn't won a fight in seven years. That is, until his victory over previously undefeated up-and-comer Michael Torres in April.

During the fight, Torres snuck a couple shots past Tucker's defense and was able to bloody the veteran fighter, reports the Boxing Scene. 

Little did Tucker know at the time, but these shots would lead to FBI evidence linking Tucker to a 2009 bank robbery.

A Las Vegas judge denied Floyd Mayweather's request to be let out of jail early. Mayweather had asked for an early release as he said his health was suffering from prison food and lack of bottled water.

The judge told Mayweather that he should eat and drink what's provided. The celebrity boxer will not receive any special treatment and will serve out the remainder of his 90-day prison sentence.

Seems fair, as the legal grounds of "I may never fight again" wasn't the strongest to begin with.

Undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. is wasting away in jail -- so much so, it could cause "irreversible damage" to his physique and his boxing career, his lawyers claim in an emergency motion to get him out.

Mayweather, 35, began a 90-day jail sentence June 1 after he pleaded guilty to beating his ex-girlfriend, a misdemeanor, in 2010. Jail officials are keeping Mayweather isolated from other prisoners for his own protection, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

But when Mayweather's personal physician examined him Friday, he found the boxer's isolation in jail "threatens to end or shorten Mr. Mayweather's boxing career," according to the emergency motion.

Is Floyd Mayweather's jail sentences too much for the boxer to bear?

The Oscar De La Hoya sex lawsuit may finally be coming to its end. A New York judge has knocked out the civil tort suit against the retired fighter.

Angelica Marie Cecora, the plaintiff, sued De La Hoya for $5 million alleging false imprisonment, assault, battery, and intentional infliction of emotional distress, New York Daily News reports.

Judge Paul Wooten called Cecora's suit frivolous. He followed with a one-two of his own by ordering Cecora to pay De La Hoya's legal fees and imposed a $500 sanction on both her and her attorney. 

That wasn't the end of it, either.

A Las Vegas judge has agreed to postpone Floyd Mayweather's jail term so he can train for a fight on Cinco de Mayo. Though he has no opponent, his managers have reserved the MGM Grand Garden Arena and made arrangements for pay-per-view television.

Mayweather was sentenced to 90 days in jail last month after he pleaded guilty to domestic violence. He was accused of violently attacking his ex-girlfriend while two of their children watched on.

Nelson Mandela's daughter plans to appeal a costly court ruling over plans for a Pacquiao-Mayweather fight that never happened.

The ruling follows a failed attempt by Mandela's daughter to organize a fight between the world's top two boxers, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, gossip website TMZ.com reports. The bout was supposed to coincide with Nelson Mandela's 93rd birthday bash in South Africa.

The fight fell through, and a boxing promoter sued Mandela's daughter, Zindziswa, for breach of contract. Among the promoter's claims: that Zindziswa promised him a 15% commission, and that Zindziswa failed to pay his expenses as promised -- including bills at a Los Angeles hotel where he was kicked out, the UK's The Week reports.

Bad boy boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr.'s domestic violence charges have netted him a 90-day jail sentence. Mayweather pled guilty in Las Vegas as part of a plea deal to a count of battery domestic violence against then-girlfriend Josie Harris. He also pled no contest to two harassment charges.

The assault occurred in 2010 after Harris informed Mayweather she was dating another man. Mayweather also threatened his children during the incident.

He could have faced up to 18 months in prison and $3,000 in fines, reports the Seattle Times.

"Sugar" Shane Mosley's divorce has just gotten a whole lot messier: Sugar Shane's championship belts? Three of them are going to his ex-wife, Jin Mosley.

The championship belt deal is part of the divorce settlement, reports TMZ. Mosley's last world title came in his knockout in 2009 against Antonio Margarito, a fight that gained him the welterweight belt. Who knows if he will end up keeping that one.

Each of Mosley's kids will get one of their dad's championship belts when they turn 18, TMZ reports. Undoubtedly, they'll be kind of a sweet memento.

The settlement, however, does not end there.