FLOYD MAYWEATHER DONATES $100,000 TO THE SOUTHERN NEVADA AFFILIATE OF SUSAN G. KOMEN FOR THE CURE®

Posted on | January 20, 2012 | No Comments

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Welterweight World Champion Floyd Mayweather (center) poses with Executive Director of Susan G. Komen for the Cure Southern Nevada Affiliate Stephanie Kirby (far left) and breast cancer survivors as the undefeated boxing superstar donated $100,000 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure Southern Nevada Affiliate on Wednesday, January 18 at the Mayweather Boxing Gym in Las Vegas.

Photo Credit: Linda Quackenboss/www.lindaqphotography.com. Quackenboss is a breast cancer survivor.

Las Vegas, Nev. (January 19) – WBC Welterweight World Champion Floyd Mayweather donated $100,000 yesterday to the Southern Nevada Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The check presentation, which took place at Mayweather’s boxing gym in Las Vegas, was attended by Susan G. Komen executives and breast cancer survivors. Please click HERE to download the photo file.

The seven-time world champion Mayweather was honored to make the donation. “I think the Susan G. Komen for the Cure organization does a great job raising money for a cure for breast cancer and I hope my donation allows them to continue to do this outstanding work.”

Stephanie Kirby, Executive Director of Susan G. Komen for the Cure Southern Nevada Affiliate said of Mayweather’s donation, “Yesterday, in a word, was overwhelming! The depth of that kind of generosity is not something people see all that often. Susan G. Komen for the Cure serves women and men in communities across the nation, and globally, who are uninsured and underinsured. For Floyd to recognize the need in our community and step forward to make a difference shows that he too believes in the vision of a world without breast cancer.”