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Melson Reflects on Career; Next Fight For a Seat in US Congress

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New York, NY (Enero 17, 2017) – Boyd “Rainmaker” Melson may be the only fighter in boxing history not in the sport for financial gain and even came out of retirement for one final match to raise funds for others.

 

A multi-time champion as an amateur that defeated future pro standouts Keith Thurman, Charles Hatley, and Deandre Latimore, Melson had a different vision of what boxing would do. Ang 2003 West Point graduate and Army Reserve Officer used boxing as a vehicle and a voice for causes close to his heart throughout his 18 sa pagpakig-away career, donating 100% of the money he earned in the ring.

 

Kinatibuk-an, Melson helped raise $400,000 between his boxing purses and charity galas. The majority of the funds was for Team Fight to Walk, sa usa ka 501(C)3 which raises funds and awareness for a clinical trial focused on to curing Chronic Spinal Cord Injuries. He also donated one of his purses to a childhood friend that had a son battling brain cancer and another to Big Vision, which helps people battle drug addictions among young adults.

 

Fighting for causes was his ultimate passion, but the literal fights were often very difficult. Melson spent the first few years of his professional boxing career traveling from his New York City residence to New Jersey where he worked for Johnson&Johnson as a medical device sales rep. When he was preparing for a fight, he’d run on his lunch break, train in the evening after working a full day and often run again in the middle of the night to help cut weight. Sa sama nga panahon, Melson served in the U.S. Army Reserve, having military duties one weekend a month and two weeks a year.

Dugang pa, Melson would teach fitness classes at Equinox Fitness to earn extra money and regularly traveled to public schools providing motivational speeches to students for free. The exhausting schedule was hard for Melson, who suffered multiple injuries including a stretched brachial plexus which temporarily paralyzed his right arm during his fight against Donald Ward, multiple tears in his left rotator cuff, kidney stones due to dehydration and a fracture in his left orbital bone. Bisan pa, he made weight for every fight in his career and finished 15-2-1 uban sa 4 daog pinaagi sa knockout, winning the WBC USNBC junior middleweight title against Mike Ruiz in May 2015.

 

Melson believed his championship winning performance would be his last bout as lingering injuries from boxing still bothered him and a laundry list of other commitments occupied much of his time. He came out of his unofficial retirement for one final match last November against Courtney Pennington. Melson’s fight financially assisted the aforementioned Big Vision, an organization which he works very closely with that has a mission of helping young adults battling drug addictions return to sobriety. Subo nga, Melson took extreme measures to cut 30 libra sa 8 weeks and entered the ring devoid of energy, losing via 7th round stoppage.

 

Following the fight, Melson officially announced his retirement and plans to run for U.S. Congress in 2018. Promoter Lou DiBella, who promoted most of Melson’s fights including his career finale, said to the crowd at the Foxwoods Casino “I’ve never promoted a better man than Boyd Melson.”

 

Kinatibuk-an, Melson is satisfied with his boxing career and is greatly appreciative for the incredible support from the boxing community.

 

“When I turned pro, I had no idea how far or long professional boxing would take me. This is a brutal sport not just physically but mentally as well. There were many days where I wanted to stop fighting for a number of reasons, but it was on those days that I had to always remind myself that I needed to fight to help others. The causes I fought for and continue to fight for outside of the ring are as important as anything in my life. Through boxing, I made many great friends and am incredibly thankful for that. I also appreciate everybody that donated to Team Fight to Walk or Big Vision as well as all the media that helped raise awareness for these great causes by covering my career.”

 

With the gloves hung up, Melson’s focused on running for United States Congress, advancing his career in the US Army Reserve, assisting others in need and continuing his growing career as a public and motivational speaker.

 

“I fell on my sword in order to compete in this last fight. The weight loss took the fight from my body, so I used every bit of strength in my mind to give whatever I had. I had one purpose for this last fight, and that was to raise awareness and money to help combat the heroin epidemic in Staten Island. I took a beating for this mission and I hope my example demonstrated the need to risk everything, even your body, when you believe it will help the lives of others suffering. Boxing has created a future that has continued to allow me to serve mankind now that I have left the ring as a competitor. I am on the board for the charities Boxer Inc., Stop Soldier Suicide, Team Fight To Walk, and hopefully Big Vision sometime soon. I was recently asked to join the 501c3 titled “The In Bed and Chair Recovery Foundation” so that I can serve on their board. They have a patented multi-faceted exercise apparatus which is meant for anyone who is confined to a wheelchair or a bed. They’ve asked me to help raise money through donations so that they can provide their unit, free of charge to groups of people in need such as disabled veterans and children battling cancer. There is a lot of pressure I continue to put on myself through various commitments and organizations I’m involved with, but this is what makes my world go round as I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

 

“I continue to have more opportunities presented to me so that I can positively reach children through my words. Although I have only fought once in order to help create a larger awareness regarding the heroin epidemic in Staten Island, my mission for this cause has only begun. My goal is to begin offering my time to host free boxing clinics on the Island at Rustam’s Boxing Gym as well as one of Teddy Atlas’s boxing gyms. These clinics will be meant for heroin addicts, and the aim is to knockout heroin on Staten Island. My hope is to help Staten Island’s heroin addicts fall in love with boxing and have that as a vehicle to help overcome the addiction. These human beings are sick but they’re are not criminals. Sometimes people who are sick are not able to be healed on their own and when that happens it is upon us as human beings to come together to help heal them.”

 

Melson is currently on military orders at Fort Meade, Maryland for 9 weeks in total. He is in school there being trained for his new duty as a Public Affairs Officer in the U.S. Army Reserve. Upon completing training in March, Melson will be looked at in April for a much welcomed promotion to the rank of Major. When he is finished, Melson looks to take his political aspirations to the next level.

 

If elected, Melson’s mission will involve helping many aspects of human beings’ daily lives with a focus on battling bullying, sickness and disease, poor health care for veterans, veteran suicide, heroin addiction, racism, hunger and unemployment.

 

“Every part of my journey these past 6 years as a professional boxer has led me to my decision to run for U.S. Congress in 2018. I hope to make my official announcement some time in 2017. Various celebrities and generals have given me their words that they will stand by my side in the public during this run. I am tired of being the human being always asking for help and never being the one asked for help. My mission is to bring the type of fight I brought every fight into the ring and implement it while serving the people as an elected official. I’m confident I can be very effective in using my abilities to help improve the lives of human beings that I am responsible to and for. Labing importante, I need to inspire the hearts and minds of those necessary to help get me elected.”

 

Melson is also proud to announce that the cause that brought him to boxing, Team Fight To Walk, should have FDA Approval to conduct the clinical trial here in the United States by this Fall. Melson, along with Christan Zaccagnino and publicist Matt Yanofsky have raised $400,000 to help conduct this clinical trial. The trial will consist of 27 Spinal Cord Injured human beings in total. It will divide the 27 into three groups of nine treated between the University of Newark Hospital in New Jersey along with Mount Sinai and Long Island Jewish Hospitals in New York.

 

The study presented to the FDA was published in May of 2016 in the Medical Journal “Cell Transplantation,” with its results being heavily investigated by American physicians. All reviewing physicians agreed with the results, a requirement in order to be published. This exact study conducted in China resulted in 15 gikan sa 20 Spinal Cord Injured patients, as a group paralyzed an average of 7 ka tuig, now able to walk at least 10 meters with the help of a walker. The results also showed that 12 out of these same 20 had their bladder and bowel functions restored. Melson, Zaccagnino and the rest of Team Fight to Walk believe this is the beginning of our long awaited cure for Spinal Cord Injuries in the United States.

 

Fans can keep up with the latest on Boyd and contact him via Twitter @Boydmelson, Facebook at Boyd Melson, and Instagram @BoydMelson

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Melson to coach charity game; host boxing clinic for recovering heroin addicts

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New York, NY (Oktubre 23, 2016) – “The Rainmaker” Boyd Melson, a professional boxer and WBC U.S. Boxing Champion, Captain in the U.S. Army Reserve, West Point Graduate, philanthropist, and humanitarian will serve as a coach in the Team Fight To Walk Celebrity Charity Basketball Game and is also hosting a special event to help young adults with addictions.
The game pits a celebrity team against the North Rockland Volunteer Firefighters and takes place Biyernes, Oktubre 28 at North Rockland Hills High School at 7 pm. Members of the celebrity team include former Super Bowl Champions Odessa Turner, Kevin Dockery and Brandon London all of the New York Giants. Other members of the celebrity team include former Giants running backs RJ Cobbs and Billy Taylor along with Harlem Globetrotter great Derek “The Wizz” Murphy.
Melson will coach the celebrity team, and all of the proceeds will benefit Team Fight to Walk’s efforts to cure Spinal Cord Injuries. Tickets can be purchased by going tohttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/team-fight-to-walk-celebrity-basketball-game-tickets-17808173727. Tickets to an autograph signing session will be available at the event.
Two days later, Melson is volunteering his time by organizing and running a boxing clinic for the charity Big Vision at Mendez Boxing Gym in New York City. Big Vision was established as a 501c3 Non-Profit with the mission of helping young adults with addictions. Big Vision conducts constructive events for their members to participate in pretty much on a monthly basis. These positive events, surrounded by other battling addictions, helps to serve as an escape from the environment that traditionally leads to drug relapses. This past May of 2016, Melson volunteered his time and conducted a boxing workshop for Big Vision at Mendez Boxing Gym.
Sa miaging bulan, Melson told Eve Goldberg, founder of Big Vision, that he wants to help again by conducting another boxing clinic at Mendez for them. Helping Melson with the event will be charismatic heavyweight contender Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller, WBC Women’s Champion Alicia “The Empress” Napoleon and Jose Guzman. The clinic will host 20-30 adults between the ages of 19-30. It will be approximately three hours and include a full workout, workshop, constructive events and motivational speeches. Goldberg, whose son passed away from an overdose, will provide a heartfelt speech to conclude the event.
“I’m extremely pleased to help two causes near and dear to my heart,"Miingon Melson, who returns to the ring Nobyembre 19 and is donating his purse to help combat the heroin epidemic on Staten Island. “Raising funds and awareness is crucial for the clinical trial. The clinical trial I have fought and risked my life now for almost 6 years is on track receive its FDA approval here in the US sometime next summer. it is that close to happening here in our own country. In regard to helping human beings, especially young human beings, with their battle to overcome their addictions to drugs, I have chosen to take a highly proactive approach.”
“I came out of retirement to use my platform as a professional athlete to bring attention to the heroin epidemic in Staten Island specifically. It is not in my nature nor my character to stand by and do nothing to help fellow human beings when I believe I can help. Heroin seems to be the drug that is killing human beings at the greatest frequency, so that is where I am focusing most of my attention.”
“Staten Island is the borough that is being beaten down the greatest by heroin, and Staten Island is the only borough after Brooklyn that was part of my childhood. I had a meeting with the Staten Island DA last month to discuss bringing Big Vision to Staten Island. The DA shared that 74 people were reported as dead from heroin overdoses in Staten Island since January 1st, and I’ve joined the fight to do whatever I can do to keep former addicts clean while helping those with serious addiction overcome it. I have chosen to now put myself in harms way so that I can bring attention to this plague in Staten Island. I have chosen to literally fight for Staten Island. My family has a history of addiction and finding the cure for paralysis has been one of the most important things in my life for more than a decade.”
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Melson to headline November 19 at Foxwoods Casino

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New York, NY (Oktubre 11, 2016) – Boyd “Rainmaker” Melson makes his return to the ring to help the fight against heroin in Staten Island Sabado, Nobyembre 19 at the Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket, CT.

Melson’s fight headlines a DiBella Entertainment promoted Pro-Am card as part of the recently relocated but wildly popular Broadway Boxing series. This fight card is a special event. Broadway Boxing by way of Lou DiBella, is offering a Veterans Appreciation fight card with 4 of the undercard bouts consisting of Cadets from the West Point Boxing Team boxing against Cadets from the Coast Guard Academy.

Living and fighting out of New York City, Melson’s made a name for himself in and out of the ring. His outstanding professional ledger stands at 15-1-1 uban sa 4 knockouts and in May 2015 he won the WBC-USNBC junior middleweight championship by dominating Mike Ruiz. Since the victory, he’s spent most of his time doing public speaking around the country as well as raising funds and awareness for various charitable causes such as Suicide Prevention among Armed Forces Veterans, working with disadvantaged youth and helping fight drug addiction among youth and young adults.

Following the match, Melson’s donating 100% of his purse to help combat the severe heroin problem across Staten Island, NY.

“I was fortunate enough to have had a meeting with the Staten Island District Attorney Mike McMahon a few weeks ago,” said Melson. “My dear brother Ibrahim Kurtulus arranged my requested meeting I asked him to help set up after I read an article published in May of 2016 discussing the heroin plague in that borough. The article stated that through May of this year, there were 40 reported deaths in Staten Island due to overdosing on heroin. During my meeting with McMahon, he told me that the number is now at 70. McMahon forced the issue to have a change in the local law in Staten Island where users arrested for using heroin will be sentenced to rehabilitation instead of prison. The commencement date for this policy has not yet begun.”

Melson, who considered himself retired from boxing, came back to the sport in part to help combat the problems in Staten Island.

“I need to come out of retirement so I can start going to bat for the people in the borough of Staten Island. Staten Island is the borough that I spent my childhood in while growing up in Brooklyn. I was a frequent visitor at Bayley Seton Hospital as a child for weekly allergy shots, Fort Wadsworth to visit my friends and on Arthur Kill Road to visit my aunt. I decided that I needed to find a way to help and draw attention within the five boroughs to Staten Island; a borough that residents say they feel forgotten in. I also decided that I am going to donate my purse to an organization within the borough aimed at helping addicts once they leave their rehabilitation. It also means a lot to me as a West Point graduate that I’ll have the opportunity to box on a card with Cadets that are coached by the same man that coached me while I was a Cadet in Colonel Dr. Ray Barone.”

“I’d like to thank Lou DiBella for this great opportunity. He has been an incredible supporter of my career and what I’ve fought for every single punch of the way and he his actions always remind me of this. I considered myself retired from boxing after my last fight. I told my family that I am done boxing. I have not been boxing or in the gym for a year and a half. After reading that article on the heroin problem in Staten Island, I could not sit around helpless when I believed I could help. Heroin is the number one issue harming the quality of life in Staten Island as well as the taker of lives. So I decided to suffer one more time with making weight and getting in shape so that the people of Staten Island know that they are not facing this plague of heroin alone. My family has a history of addiction so I understand how severe it can be.”

Melson’s opponent in this eight round middleweight contest will be announced shortly and tickets can be purchased by going to http://knockoutpublicity.com/tickets-to-boyd-melsons-november-19-fight/.

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The Real People’s Champ: Melson making a major difference outside of the ring

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New York, NY (Abril 15, 2016) – WBC USNBC junior middleweight champion Boyd “Rainmaker” Melson is remaining busy outside of the squared circle raising funds, speaking to various groups and helping multiple causes.
Sa miaging bulan, Melson spearheaded a fundraiser at SPiN NYC that netted $5,000. To help fundraising efforts, Melson literally let anybody who donated $50 or more at the event get in the ring with him for three minutes and throw punches at him. The funds were split 50/50 between Team Fight to Walk an BOXER INC. Melson recently joined the Board of Directors for BOXER INC. which is a NYC based nonprofit founded by Melson’s close friend and former amateur boxer Mustafa Abullah. BOXER INC. is a mentorship program through the use of boxing to help develop leadership, discipline and offer exercise to youth at inner-city schools in New York City. Academy Award Winner Susan Sarandon, a part owner of SPiN, helped promote the event on social media and personally expressed her interest in running a second fundraiser this fall.
Less than 24 hours after the SPiN event, Melson was a special guest speaker at the United Spinal Association Connecticut Chapter’s annual gala. The Connecticut Chapter honored Melson’s speaking at their gala by donating $2500 to Team Fight to Walk.
Sa Martes, Abril 12, Melson, sa usa ka 2003 West Point grad, headed to the the army base of Fort Bragg, North Carolina. During his time at Fort Bragg, he spoke to Delta Company, 3rd Military Information Support Battalion (Airborne). This Battalion is a PSYOP (Psychological Operations) Battalion in the US Special Operations Command that directly supports the United States Army Special Forces. At the end of Melson’s speech to Delta Company, he was asked to return two more times this year.
This request involves Melson, an Army Reserve Captain himself, returning in July to deliver a speech to the entire 3rd Military Information Support Battalion followed by a speech to the United States Special Operations Command Care Coalition in the fall. The Care Coalition was formed to offer support to Armed Forces members that served in the Navy Seals, Delta Force, Special Forces, or Ranger Battalion, and were injured in combat now facing physical disabilities.
In the last few months, ang “Rainmaker” has voluntarily offered his time addressing youth of all ages at multiple tri-state area elementary, middle and high schools as well as delivering a pre-game pep talk to the Johns Hopkins University Women’s Basketball Team prior to their game. Melson, upon invitation, attended the Jewish Youth Organization BBYO’s (B’nai B’rith) annual event in Baltimore. He was partnered with former NFL Quarterback Jay Fiedler as they both took turns sharing their individual journeys as Jewish professional athletes with a few hundred Jewish high school aged teens.
Four days after visiting Fort Bragg, Melson will be in Aston, Pennsylvania for a three day Spinal Cord Injury and Concussion forum. The event features a special exhibition hockey game featuring many former NHL players and other notables helping raise money for both of these physical challenges. The event is sponsored by Johnson&Johnson, a company Melson once worked for. During this event, Melson will speak on Spinal Cord Injuries and perform a ceremonial puck drop to kick the game off.
"The universe continues to conspire. When you follow what is in your heart with divine love, I believe that the universe submits. When this submission takes place allowing its elements to conspire, what is beating in your heart with divine love becomes a tangible space. I just have to keep moving forward with the same type of stamina I needed inside the ring. I can’t get tired. This fight has many rounds to it. Our FDA Approval to begin conducting this study is less than a year out- that round is almost here!
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Melson to speak to Veterans Leadership Council in February at Johnson & Johnson Town Hall Meeting

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New York, NY (Enero 22, 2016) – WBC USNBC 154 pound champion Boyd “Rainmaker” Melson will serve as a special guest speaker for Johnson & Johnson during their Veterans Leadership Council Town Hall Meeting Huwebes, Pebrero ika-18 nga in Raritan, New Jersey.

 

Usa ka 2003 West Point graduate, Melson was personally invited to speak by retired Army Colonel and current J&J employee Irving Smith, who was Melson’s Minority Admissions Representative and mentor when he applied to West Point as a teenager. Sa 18th, Melson will present to J&J employees who are part of J&J’s Veterans Leadership Council with respect to the topics of Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury. A former standout salesman for J&J’s Ethicon Division, Melson’s success in and out of the ring is still closely monitored by J&J’s CEO and fellow West Point graduate Alex Gorsky.

 

“Johnson and Johnson will always exist within an independent aspect of my heart. I am overwhelmed with pride that the honor of speaking to J&J’s Veterans Leadership Council is now extended to me as I was once myself a Veteran working for J&J” said Melson.

 

Sa miaging semana, Melson was honored at Johns Hopkins University as a military superstar. He was their guest of honor for their Men’s and Women’s basketball game, and upon personal request from the women’s basketball team’s coach, he delivered a pre-game inspirational talk to the ladies on that team.

 

In regard to J&J, Melson said it “it was a great place to work. They were extremely supportive of my boxing career and the mission of Team Fight to Walk. Many of J&J employees are loyal supporters that purchased tickets to see me fight. I am personally asking J&J CEO Alex Gorsky to attend this lecture on the 18th. It is very important to me that he learns how close we are towards receiving FDA Approval to conduct the clinical trial in the United States that Team Fight To Walk has worked the past 5.5 years to raise money for.”

 

For more information about Team Fight to Walk, palihug bisitaha angTeamfighttowalk.com. Tax deductible donations can be made on the website or by texting “Walk” to 20222.

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Melson to be Recognized at Johns Hopkins University!

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New York, NY (Enero 11, 2016) - 2003 West Point graduate, philanthropist and WBC USNBC junior middleweight titlist Boyd “Rainmaker” Melson will be recognized as a military star prior to the Johns Hopkins men’s basketball game Sabado, Enero 16 at the Goldfarb Gymnasium in Baltimore, MD.

 

An active Army Reserve Officer who was chosen for the World Class Athlete Program (WCAP), Melson won four United States Army Championships, a gold medal at the Armed Forces Boxing Championship and was selected as an alternate for the 2008 US Olympic Team. Melson turned pro in 2010 and donated 100% of his purses towards a pending trial to help cure Chronic Spinal Cord Injuries. Kinatibuk-an, he’s raised more than $350,000 between his 17 propesyonal nga away, three charity galas and other events.

 

Sa 16th, Melson will present the game ball to officials while being escorted by Johns Hopkins’ ROTC cadets and the school will play a video at halftime titled “Still Fighting for the Cure”, which chronicles Melson’s journey to raise funds for a pending clinical trial that could impact hundreds of thousands suffering from Chronic Spinal Cord Injuries.

 

“There are so many brave men and women that serve or served our country, especially in that region” said Melson. “The fact they thought of me is amazing. Never in a thousand years did I anticipate being honored as a military star by one of the best colleges in the country for my efforts in the ring and with Team Fight to Walk. I believe the video will move those in attendance and have them feeling the same way I did the first time Christan told me her story. It is truly a blessing that I have been chosen for this at a time where we need all the support we can get as we move closer towards the trial taking place.”

 

The video can be watched by going tohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4KvLQYWQ0E. Melson also partook in a candid interview with Donna Drake on CBS talk show “Live it Up” that can be seen athttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbnXF6srafA.

 

For more information about Team Fight to Walk, palihug bisitaha angTeamfighttowalk.com. Tax deductible donations can be made on the website or by texting “Walk” to 20222.

 

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Melson Nominated for Most Inspirational of 2015!

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New York, NY (Disyembre 29, 2015) – Junior middleweight boxer and philanthropist Boyd “Rainmaker” Melson has been nominated for Most Inspirational by Ring Magazine.

Having dedicated most of his life during the last 13 years to help cure Chronic Spinal Cord Injuries, Melson’s selfless efforts have been chronicled by various media outlets. The visibility of the cause he fights for and organization he donates 100% of his fight purses to, Team Pakigbisog sa Walk, has grown tremendously during the last few years.

Ang 2003 West Point graduate also helped organize three successful “Fighting for the Cure” galas and successfully lobbied New York’s powers that be to reinstate a bill that allocates a percentage of each moving violation towards Spinal Cord Injury research. Last summer, ang 15-1-1 junior middleweight along with Dr. Maalamon nga Young, Dr. Patricia Morton and others met with Congressman Chaka Fattah at a briefing at the Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC to discuss clinical trials that could help hundreds of thousands suffering from Spinal Cord Injuries walk again. Word from Congress about the trial going forward is expected within 90 adlaw.

Kinatibuk-an, Melson’s raised more than $350,000 for Team Fight to Walk.

"Last December the WBC honored me with their Ambassador Of Peace Award and this past July the NABF honored me with their Humanitarian Award,"Miingon Melson, who captured the WBC USNBC title with a career best performance in May 2015. “A sport that I was forced to first partake in because of a mandatory gym class at West Point my Plebe (freshman) year along with my belief how I could use the boxing ring in order to help find a way to help people walk again has turned into this.”

"My only hope is that any human being learning of this story, especially children, internalize the following: understand your power of creating a vision, understanding what your own abilities are to achieve that vision and prepare to suffer while holding on to that vision for as long as their is air in your lungs. I believe my experience throughout this journey so far has shown again how one person can be the raindrop that creates the storm of change. What is real in our minds is real. I’m honored that Ring Magazine included me and I hope the publicity helps raise funds and awareness for Spinal Cord Injuries. Thank you to the sport I love for sharing my dream.”

To support Melson, please visit the comment section ofringtv.craveonline.com/news/407191-2015-ring-awards-finalists-for-most-inspirational or tweet @Ringmagazine. For more information about Team Fight to Walk, palihug bisitaha angTeamfighttowalk.com. Tax deductible donations can be made on the website or by texting “Walk” to 20222.

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Melson sa pagtapos aktibo sa Oktubre pinaagi sa pagtambong sa tulo ka mga umaabot nga gugma nga putli Galas!

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New York, NY (Oktubre 21, 2015) - WBC Estados Unidos Junior middleweight champion, philanthropist ug US Army Reserve Kapitan Boyd Melson humanon sa usa ka kaayo nga busy ka bulan pinaagi sa pagpadayon sa pagtabang sa uban. Pinaagi sa katapusan sa Oktubre, sa Class sa 2003 West Point graduate na mitambong sa TicTocStop Gala, Pirma chefs subasta, pasubasta ug Central Jersey taludtod Association Dinner nga ingon sa usa ka espesyal nga bisita. Melson usab nangutana dili lang sa pagtambong sa Marso sa mga dyes sintabos’ Pirma chefs subasta, pasubasta, apan sa co-emcee sa ilang fund raising event, nga madasigon siyang midawat.

Gitukod sa mga inila nga sports sa radyo pakigpulong show host nga Craig Carton, TicTocStop sa misyon mao ang pagtabang sa pagpalambo sa kalidad sa kinabuhi alang sa mga tawo uban sa Tourette ni Syndrome. Karton, nga may Tourette ni sama sa duha ka sa iyang mga anak, nga mitabang sa daghang pamilya pinaagi sa niini nga 501C3 gugma nga putli.

Ang TicTocStop Gala naglakip sa usa ka cocktail party, panihapon ug mga presentasyon ug makakuha dapit Huwebes, Oktubre 22 gikan sa 6-11 PM sa Battery Gardens sa New York City. Alang sa dugang nga impormasyon, pagbisita Tictocstop.com.

Kada tuig, labaw pa kay sa 15 milyon nga mga bata nga natawo nga wala sa panahon. Ikasubo, 1 milyon kanila mamatay sa wala pa sa ilang unang adlawng natawhan sama sa sa usa ka resulta. Ang Marso sa dyes sintabos makatabang pundo research, edukasyon ug suporta aron sa pagsiguro sa dugang nga mga bata mahimo nga pagsaulog sa ilang adlaw nga natawhan.

Sa Lunes, Oktubre 26 sa 6 pm, labaw pa kay sa 25 chefs, restaurants, gam, himoanan ug serbesa ug hinam-is nga designers nga pagpakigbahin sa ilang labing kulbahinam nga culinary kalipayan sa 200-plus mga bisita sa kamot sa Carlyle sa Green sa Farmingdale, NY. Ang tanan nga nanambong makatagamtam sa usa ka gabii sa networking, live musika ug vino ug mga espiritu. Tiket anaa pinaagi sa pag-adto sasignaturechefs.marchofdimes.org.

Giisip nga usa sa labing maayo pagtilaw mga panghitabo sa New York, ang Pirma chefs subasta, pasubasta makatabang sa pagsuporta sa misyon sa Marso sa mga dyes sintabos. Arlene Dayboch, Senior Community Director alang sa Marso sa mga dyes sintabos, gitudlo Melson ingon sa usa ka co-emcee uban sa Donna Drake gikan sa Live kini TV alang niining espesyal nga event. Drake ug Melson nga miduyog sa “Impyerno sa Kitchen” celebrity Chef Gordon Ramsay ingon celebrity bisita sa pagtambong aron sa pagtabang sa pagpataas sa salapi alang sa Marso sa mga dyes sintabos.

Usa ka non-profit, sa Central Jersey spinal cord Association gitukod sa 1987 ni Kevin Hoagland. Kini modagan lamang pinaagi sa usa ka volunteer board of directors ug nagpatunghag gibana-bana nga $80,000 kada tuig.

Sa Biyernes, Oktubre 30, sa Central Jersey taludtod Association host sa 29th Tinuig nga Vito Racine taludtod Research Dinner ug subasta, pasubasta sa Pines Manor Banquet Hall sa Edison, NJ. Cocktail takna binuhat sa 6:30PM gisundan sa panihapon sa 8PM. Nanambong mahimo usab nga bid sa mga butang lakip na ang autographed sports memorabilia, alahas, event tiket, gasa ug mga bukag nga collectibles. Tagsa-tagsa nga mga tiket mao ang mga $70 ug lamesa sa mga napulo ka mga presyo sa $700 mapalit sa cjsca.net. Ang tanan nga mga donasyon sa buhis ididak.

"Sa Oktubre na sa usa ka kaayo nga busy ka bulan nga naningkamot sa pagtabang sa pagpataas sa salapi alang sa uban,"Miingon Melson, nga papel sa usa ka sentro sa Team away sa Paglakaw sa ikatulo nga tinuig nga "away alang sa Tambal" Gala sa Oktubre 15 ug misulti ngadto sa mga estudyante sa Pablo Roberson High School sa sayo pa karong adlawa. "Pagpauswag sa mga kinabuhi sa mga nag-atubang sa lain-laing mga hagit mao ang importante kaayo kanako. Ang pagtambong sa mga panghitabo nga sama niini mao ang dili lamang usa ka kadungganan, apan usa ka butang nga ako nagtuo nga ako kinahanglan gayud nga mobuhat. Kita tanan pagpakigbahin niini nga planeta ug kinahanglan nga makatabang sa bisan pa sa mahimo bisan kon kita halayo gikan sa pag-antos. "

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Team Pakigbisog sa Paglakaw sa host "away Kay ang Tambal" Gala Oktubre 15!

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New York, NY (September 24, 2015) - WBC-USNBC junior middleweight champion Boyd Melson ug Christan Zaccagnino, Founders sa Team away sa Paglakaw, host sa organisasyon sa ikatulo nga tinuig nga "away alang sa Tambal" kaayohan gala Huwebes, Oktubre 15 sa 6:15 pm

sa Beckwith Pointe sa New Rochelle, NY.

Tiket ug sponsorship pakete sa "away alang sa Tambal" anaa sa pag-adto sa teamfighttowalk.com/gala o pagtawag 914-497-5727. Ang tanan nga mga donasyon sa mga ididak matag IRS regulasyon.
Bag-ong York Knicks dakung Juan Starks moalagad ingon nga ang mga Honorary Chairman alang niining espesyal nga gabii ug ang usa ka gidaghanon sa uban nga mga bisita mahimong anaa sa pagsakot sa uban sa ticket. Ang kasamtangan nga bisita nga listahan naglakip sa kanhi world champion ug pound for pound superstar nga si Pablo Williams, Super Bowl xxv Champion Esteban Baker sa New York Higante, middleweight champion Danny Jacobs, kanhi champions Junior Jones ug Chris Algieri uban sa kanhi New York Knicks balili nga Williams ug Juan Wallace. Dugang mga bisita nga gipahibalo madugay. Kini nga talagsaong gabii sa kalingawan ug awareness naglakip sa cocktails & abrigana, sa usa ka pormal nga panihapon, hilom nga subasta, pasubasta, blackjack lamesa, live music, bukas nga bar, DJ ug dinapit nga mga mamumulong.
Atol sa katapusan nga duha ka tuig, Team Fight sa paglakaw host malampuson Galas sa New York nga nagpakita sa comedy buhat gikan sa Artie Lange ug Damon Rozier inubanan sa emosyonal nga mga pakigpulong gikan sa Melson, Zaccagnino, Major Max Brewer, nga inila sa kalibotan Dr. Maalamon nga Young, Eric LeGrand ug survivor sa kanser mibalik sa kalibutan champion boxer Danny Jacobs.
Sa Hunyo, Melson, Dr. Young ug Dr. Patricia Morton nakigkita Kongreso sa Washington, DC sa pagpresentar sa ebidensya gikan sa malampuson nga spinal cord Injury pagsulay sa China. Ang China pagsulay nakita 15 gikan sa 20 mga pasyente pag-usab ang abilidad sa paglakaw pag-usab ug 10 mga pasyente sa ilang pantog ug sa tinai function pagbalik. Kini mao ang eksaktong sama nga pamaagi nga gamiton sa Amerika ug usa ka opisyal nga tubag gikan sa FDA sa pagsulay gilauman nga sa atubangan niini nga tuig nga katapusan.
Kon ang mga pagsulay sa pagkuha sa dapit, ang kantidad alang sa operasyon ug terapiya mao ang $150,000 matag pasyente ug 100% sa mga gasto nga gibanhaw pinaagi sa public donasyon. Ang pagsulay nga gihimo didto sa University Hospital sa Newark, NJ ug nalambigit 12 mga pasyente. Pagkakaron, ang federal nga gobyerno dili halad pinansyal nga tabang, bisan pa sa liboan ka mga sundalo sa pagbalik gikan sa gubat uban sa spinal cord Injuries.
Gikan sa panahon nga sila nahimamat sa usa ka sayaw club sa panahon sa iyang junior nga tuig didto sa West Point sa 2002, ang labing importante nga butang sa Melson kinabuhi ni nga sa pagtan-aw pag-usab sa paglakaw Zaccagnino. Christan gigun iyang liog sa edad nga 10 human sa usa ka diving aksidente ug nga wheelchair sukad. Aron sa manguna sa pundo paningkamot alang sa aforementioned pagsulay, Melson ni gidonar 100% sa iyang mga bulsa sa bakus gikan sa 16 sa iyang 17 propesyonal nga ngadto sa Team Fight sa Paglakaw, sa usa ka 501(c)(3) uban sa usa sa iyang mga bulsa sa bakus nga moadto sa usa ka bata pa nga higala kansang anak nga lalaki nakigbatok sa kanser sa utok. Sa tunga-tunga sa duha ka Galas ug sa iyang propesyonal nga away, Melson ni nakatabang pagpataas sa labaw pa kay sa $330,000.
"Kami mga suod nga ingon sa walay katapusan ngadto sa paghimo sa usa ka mahinungdanon nga kalainan sa Amerika,"Miingon Melson. "Team Fight sa Walk nagtrabaho hilabihan lisud nga alang niini ug sa atong fund raising paningkamot nga hunong. Bisan pa, adunay usa ka taas nga nga paagi sa pag-adto, bisan kon kita sa pag-uyon gikan sa FDA. Ang atong katapusang duha ka Galas nga talagsaong, ug kita nagtinguha sa pagpataas sa bisan sa dugang nga salapi niini nga tuig ngadto sa hinungdan. Kita nagkinahanglan sa tabang gikan sa tanan gikan sa didto. Kita kinahanglan nga makamata ug mabuhi sa matag adlaw uban sa kamatuoran nga kita pagpakigbahin niini nga planeta padulong sa atong aktibo nga kahimatngon. Ang atong mga Galas ang emosyonal mibalhin sa daghan nga mga nanambong nga nakadungog sa mga istorya ug mga pakigbisog gikan sa mga nag-antos gikan sa Laygay nga taludtod Kadaot nga dili sa mga pag-opera sa Amerika nga makahimo kanila sa paglakaw pag-usab. Kon kamo dili makahimo sa pagtambong sa Gala, palihug hunahunaa ang pagdonar sa Teamfighttowalk.com. Ang matag dolyar ang usa ka kalainan!”
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Melson sa pagdula sa Heroes & Legends Charity Softball Game!

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New York, NY (August 23, 2015) - WBC junior middleweight champion USNBC Boyd "Rainmaker" Melson moapil diha sa mga Heroes & Legends Charity Softball Game on Sabado, August 29 sa Unang Energy Park sa Lakewood, NJ.
Tagsa-tagsa nga mga tiket alang sa $10 ug $40 VIP lakip na ang panihapon, ilimnon ug panahon uban sa mga partisipante anaa pinaagi sa pagtawag sa 732-901-7000 o sa https://www.ticketreturn.com/prod2 / BuyClear.asp?EventID =149462&magpadayon = buynew.asp #.VXC1Ps9Vikr. VIP limitado ngadto sa unang 100 mga bisita.
Gates-abli sa 3 PM ug adunay usa ka home run derby sa 4:30, gisundan sa softball game.
Ang maong kalihukan nga gipresentar sa Kadagatan Unom ka Tinuod ug Partners. Proceeds makabenepisyo Sanctuary Island, usa ka non-profit nga organisasyon nga nag-alagad samaran Warriors ug sa uban kakulangan aron sa pagpalambo sa ilang panglawas ug sa-sa-kaugalingon pagtamod sa. The game was started aron sa pagtabang sa mga beterano 'rehabilitasyon sports mga programa ug sa pagtabang sa nagkalain-laing sa militar-based nga mga organisasyon,
Melson moduwa alang sa Purple Heart Heroes, usa ka team nga nagpakita sa daghan nga mga sundalo samaran sa pag-alagad sa atong nasud. Sila supak sa Ang Legends, usa ka iskwad nga gihimo sa kanhi mga atleta lakip na ang mga mayor nga leaguers Jeff Frazier, Jay Johnstone ug Andy Ashby plus Super Bowl xxv Champion Esteban Baker ug mga sakop sa panon sa mga sundalo bato Madison Bag.
Human sa duwa, WBC Cares Foundation Presidente Jill Diamond itugyan sa medalya sa mananaog nga team.
"Kini usa ka talagsaon nga kadungganan nga nangutana sa pagdula sa game,"Miingon Melson, ang usa ka Army Reserve Officer ug 2003 West Point graduate nga modonar sa iyang away puntil ngadto sa Team Pagpakig-away sa Paglakaw sa pagtabang sa pag-ayo sa Laygay nga spinal cord Injuries. "Ang mga samaron Warrior Project nga duol sa akong kasingkasing ug sa akong inahan mao usab ang usa ka dako nga supporter. Kini nga mga Purple Heart nakadawat angay sa bug-os nga labing maayo ug sa usa ka hitabo nga sama niini mao ang labing gamay nga atong mahimo alang sa mga isog nga mga sundalo naangol pagpanalipod sa atong kagawasan. "
Fans mahimo makig-uban Boyd pinaagi sa twitterBoydMelson ohttps://www.facebook.com/boyd.melson.9.