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Melson Nominated for Most Inspirational of 2015!

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New York, NY (December 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 Ntoa ho Walk, has grown tremendously during the last few years.

The 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, ea 15-1-1 junior middleweight along with Dr. Bohlale 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 matsatsi a.

Ka kakaretso, 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,"O ile a re 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 (ka tlhokomelo) 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, ka kōpo etelaTeamfighttowalk.com. Tax deductible donations can be made on the website or by texting “Walk” to 20222.

Team Ntoa ho Tsamaea ho amohela "Loantša For the Pheko" Gala October 15!

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New York, NY (September 24, 2015) - WBC-USNBC boraro a middleweight 'mampoli Boyd Melson le Christan Zaccagnino, Bathehi ba Team Fight ho Tsamaea, tla amohela mokhatlo o hlophisitsoeng la boraro selemo le selemo "Loantša bakeng sa Pheko" rua molemo gala gala Labone, October 15 ka 6:15 am

ka Beckwith Pointe a New Rochelle, NY.

Tickets le lihlapiso liphutheloana "Loantša bakeng sa Pheko" di a fumaneha ka ho ea teamfighttowalk.com/gala kapa bitsa 914-497-5727. All menehelo ea ba deductible ka ho ya ka IRS melao ea tsamaiso.
New York Knicks e khōlō John Starks tla sebeletsa e le le Honorary Molula-setulo sena se khethehileng mantsiboea 'me a mang a mangata baeti tla fumaneha ho mingle le tekete lipane. Hona joale moeti lenaneng ho akarelletsa ho pele e neng e lefatše 'mampoli le boima ba bakeng sa boima ba superstar Paul Williams, Super Bowl XXV Champion Stephen Baker ya New York linatla, middleweight 'mampoli Danny Jacobs, pele e neng e baemeli Junior Jones le Chris Algieri hammoho le pele e neng e New York Knicks Herb Williams le Johanne Wallace. More baeti tla ile a phatlalatsa nakoana ka. Ena e babatsehang mantsiboeeng a mang a boithabiso bo le temoso ho akarelletsa ho cocktails & appetizers, ya semmuso lijo tsa mantsiboea, ka pelong lelong, blackjack litafole, phela mino, bula bara, DJ le moeti libui.
Nakong ea ho qetela lilemo tse peli, Team Ntoa ho Tsamaea tšoaroa atleha galas a New York Featuring komedi liketso ho tloha Artie Lange le Damon Rozier tsamaea le maikutlo lipuo ho tloha Melson, Zaccagnino, Major Max Brewer, tsebahala haholo lefatseng lohle Dr. Bohlale Young, Eric LeGrand le kankere mophonyohi ile lefatše 'mampoli Boxer Danny Jacobs.
Ka June, Melson, Dr. Ba bacha le ba Dr. Patricia Morton ile a kopana le Congress a Washington, DC ho nehelana ka bopaki bo tsoang atleha lesapong la mokokotlo ntša kotsi liteko a China. The Chinese liteko o ile a bona 15 ka ntle ho 20 bakuli ba boela ba fumane le matla a ho tsamaea hape le 10 bakuli ba a bona a senya le mantle a mosebetsi khutlela. Sena ke e tobileng se moko ya e neng e tla ho ka sebediswang e America le ya semmuso karabo ho tse ngata FDA ka ho ye ka lebeletsoe ho tla ka pel'a ena selemo seo se fela.
Haeba liteko ba ho nka habité, litšenyehelo bakeng sa ho buuoa le phekolo ke $150,000 ka ho ya ka le mamello 'me 100% ea ba litšenyehelo ba ntse ba tsosoa ka setjhaba menehelo ea. Nyeoe e tla tshwarwa ka University Hospital a Newark, NJ 'me o tla ho akarelletsa 12 bakuli ba. Hona joale, federal government e sa ho fana ka thuso ya ditjhelete, le hoja ba likete ba masole a ba a khutla loana le lesapong la mokokotlo likotsi.
Ho tloha ka nako ba ile ba kopana ka Together In gigolo ha a ntse a boraro a le selemong sa West Point a 2002, ka ho fetisisa ntho ea bohlokoa ka Melson ea bophelo ba e bile ho bona Zaccagnino tsamaea hape. Christan ile hae molaleng a le lilemo li 10 ka mor'a hore a qoela hlaheloa ke kotsi le 'nile ba koalloa ho setulo sa likooa ho tloha ka nako. Ho etella pele dithuso tsa ditjhelete boiteko ba bakeng sa boletsoeng ka holimo teko, Melson ea fanoeng 100% ea hae purses ho tloha 16 ea hae 17 professional ho Team Ntoa ho Tsamaea, e 501(hoo)(3) le e mong oa hae purses ho ea ke tsala eo mora oa hae o ile a loantšanang le boko bo kankere. Pakeng tsa tse peli galas le hae professional linako, Melson ea ile a thusa phahamisa ho feta $330,000.
"Re haufi le ho feta ho etsa ea bohlokoa phapang in America,"O ile a re Melson. "Team Ntoa ho Walk o ntse a sebetsa haholo ho le thata hore sena 'me rona e kenyang chelete boiteko ba ba' nile ba sa khaotse. E sa ntse e, ho na le tsela e telele eo ho ea, esita le haeba re fumana kamohelo e tsoang ho le FDA. Our tse peli tse fetileng galas ba 'nile ba ikhethang, le re ntse u aiming ho hōlisa le ho feta chelete selemong sena lebisa sesosa. Re hloka thuso ho mong le e mong tsoa ho na le. Re lokela ho tsoha 'me ba phela letsatsi le letsatsi le taba ea hore re kopanela lefatše lena ea isang rona mafolofolo kelo-hloko. Our galas ba maikutlong ba ile ba fallela ba bangata ba ba tlileng kopanong ileng ba utloa ba lipale le mathata a ho ba ba nang le sa foleng lesapong la mokokotlo likotsi ba ke ke ra ba ho buuoa in America e neng e ka ba thusa ho tsamaea hape. Haeba u se u sa kgone ho ba teng Gala, o kotjwa hore o nahana ka donating ho Teamfighttowalk.com. Mong le e mong ya dollar etsa hore le phapang!”