FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR.’S CHARITABLE DONATIONS
By: UK Boxing Writer Jai Singh
Boxing superstar and often trashed celebrity Floyd Mayweather Jr. is paying a nearly $50,000 hospital bill for a 11-month-old from Austin York, of Gardnerville, Nevada, who was born with a rare heart abnormality, according to one of Floyds assistants, David Levi, of Mayweather Promotions.
“I went to go to work this charity event, and I found out that they were raising money for someone in the organization’s nephew, who lived somwhere in Nevada,” said Levi of the Fight Night charity fundraiser that was organized by UNLV on March 15. “The child had had a heart abnormality and the family had racked up a huge bill at the hospital.
” He also said that the total cost of York’s medical bills will add up to “a little more than $49,000.”
“The family was unable to afford paying for the three major surgeries that Austin had had since he was born last year, on May 23, 2011,” said Levi.
“When I spoke with Floyd, he tried to swing by the event, and he asked me what the charity was for. I told him, and he said, ‘just let them know that I’ll take care of all of the medical bills.’
” When former two-time junior lightweight champion, Genaro Hernandez, died on June 7 of last year at the age of 45 following a three-year battle with cancer, Mayweather paid for his funeral in East Los Angeles, and claimed the reason he had done so was because Hernandez was the first fighter to give him a shot at a world title.
He also offered his financial support to cover the costs of recently deceased global boxing legend Smokin’ Joe Frazier’s funeral when he tragically passed away late last year.
Mayweather (42-0, 26 knockouts) dethroned Hernandez (38-2-1, 17 KOs) as WBC junior lightweight beltholder by eighth-round knockout in October of 1998 for his first crown.
Mayweather, the WBC’s current welterweight beltholder, will rise in weight to face WBA junior middleweight beltholder Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30 KOs), against whom he will pursue his eighth title belt over five weight classes in a Pay Per View dubbed ‘Ring Kings’ on May 5 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Follow REAL COMBAT UK BOXING WRITER JAI SINGH on TWITTER @REALCOMBATMEDIA
Join our FACEBOOK for the latest up to date fight news Real Combat Media.COM
Add us to your circle on GOOGLE PLUS: plus.google.com/Real Combat Media.
JOIN OUR NEW INTEGRATED FACEBOOK FORUMS :realcombatmedia.com/forum
English
No Comments Yet