MAYWEATHER’S CHARITY HAND TOUCHES VEGAS

Posted on | August 18, 2009 | No Comments

Las Vegas (August 18)…Floyd Mayweather showed his champion spirit last Friday when he spoke with a group of teenagers from Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth (NPHY) at their Safe Place Drop-In Center in Las Vegas. Mayweather, who will meet Juan Manuel Marquez in the ring on September 19 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas and live on HBO Pay-Per-View®, was received by the NPHY group with great admiration and appreciation for taking time out of his training schedule to give them a message of hope and inspiration.

“It is great to have a professional athlete like Floyd Mayweather come in and teach our kids what it takes to rise to the top of his profession,” said Tim Mullin, NPHY Director of Operations.

The youth, who attend the NPYH life skill program once a week, were affected by Mayweather’s message and related to the Champion’s own trials and tribulations.

“Today was one of the most inspirational days of my life,” said Breanna Watkins, age 18. “It is not easy to keep your head up and push through the storm, but after today, I realize that no matter how much you struggle, it is possible to make it out on top. I really appreciate that Floyd Mayweather and his team took the time out of their schedules to give us words of encouragement.”

“Today I felt more inspired, no, I am more inspired to make a difference in this world,” said Dominique Contrevo, age 17. “Having the opportunity to meet all of these amazing people is reassuring that there is still good in this world.”

In addition to visiting the Safe Place Drop-In Center, Mayweather and his team frequently prepare hundreds of packed lunches for distribution to homeless people living on the streets and in makeshift tents throughout Central Las Vegas. Yet, the opportunity to interact with the youth living in these difficult conditions, is something he feels strongly about giving back to and it touched him in a different way.

“I have been fortunate enough to rise above what I was faced with as a young kid in Grand Rapids,” said Mayweather. “If even a fraction of what I said to these kids today can give them hope, then I have done what I came here to do.”

Floyd Mayweather (center) poses with the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth clients following a life skills lesson led by the boxing star on Friday, August 14 in Central Las Vegas.

Photo Credit: Mayweather Promotions

Floyd Mayweather poses outside of the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth (NPHY) Center in Central Las Vegas on Friday, August 14 following an hour long life skills class Mayweather hosted for 10 of the NPHY youth clients.

Photo Credit: Mayweather Promotions

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Mayweather vs. Marquez: “Number One/Numero Uno,” is promoted by Mayweather Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions in association with Marquez Promotions and is sponsored by Cerveza Tecate, Quaker State, AT&T, Dewalt Tools, Affliction Clothing and Southwest Airlines. The 12-round bout will take place Saturday, September 19 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV.

The Mayweather vs. Marquez pay-per-view telecast, beginning at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT, has a suggested retail price of $49.95, will be produced and distributed by HBO Pay-Per-View® and will be available to more than 71 million pay-per-view homes. The telecast will be available in HD-TV for those viewers who can receive HD. HBO Pay-Per-View®, a division of Home Box Office, Inc., is the leading supplier of event programming to the pay-per-view industry. For Mayweather vs. Marquez fight week updates, log on to www.hbo.com.

HBO’s Emmy®-Award-winning all-access reality series “24/7” returns to HBO® with an all new edition as “Mayweather/Marquez 24/7” premieres Saturday, August 29 at 10:15 pm ET/PT. The four-episode series will chronicle the preparations and back stories of both fighters as they train for their September 19 pay-per-view showdown.

The Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth started in 2000 when a group of concerned community members formed a coalition to address the needs of abused, neglected and abandoned youth in the Las Vegas valley. The organization’s mission was, and continues today, to eliminate homelessness among Nevada’s youth. Since then, the Partnership has helped more than 5,000 youth receive services and is recognized as the only nonprofit youth service provider in Nevada with a continuum of services extending from street outreach and a 24-hour crisis intervention team to a full-time drop-in center and independent living program.

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