Former heavyweight contender James "Quick" Tillis was once a household name. He traveled the world and boxed legends like Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield. He was also inducted into Boxing Hall of Fame located in Rochester, New York. Despite his illustrious career that spanned 23 years and 65 matches, Tillis has paid less than $2,600 in child support since 1990 to Beatrice, the mother of one of his daughters.

Tillis has been married six times and has several children. He faced felony charges in 1999 for not paying child support and spent four months in jail in 2002 for not paying court-mandated child support.

The only income that Beatrice has really seen has been residuals from the movie "The Color Purple." Tillis played an abusive boyfriend opposite Oprah Winfrey. According to Beatrice, the movie only provides $30 or $50 every now and then.

Even though his career is over, his winnings are estimated to have been as high as $10 million, yet the child support case was closed by a judge. At the time the case was closed it was reported he owed $69,232 in child support and $70,789 in interest, a total of $140,341. Beatrice may never see a penny of the arrears owed to her.

Tillis and Beatrice's daughter is now 22 and attending a state university. She was accepted to Berkley College of Music, but could not afford to pay tuition for more than one year.

The reason that the child support case was closed is that Tillis has fallen on hard times and now lives on Supplemental Security Income due to boxing-related injuries. The burden of proof has now fallen on Beatrice.

Even though the case has been closed by the judge, the child support debt will remain.

Source: Tulsa World, "Case closed on deadbeat dad boxer," Ginnie Graham, Dec. 18, 2011