Nueva York, Nueva York (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 Jueves, 18 de febrero in Raritan, Nueva Jersey.
La 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. En el 18º, 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.
La semana pasada, 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.”
Para obtener más información sobre Team Fight to Walk, por favor visiteTeamfighttowalk.com. Las donaciones deducibles de impuestos se pueden hacer en el sitio web o enviando un mensaje de texto con la palabra "Walk" a 20222.
Anillo 8 historiador Henry Hascup (derecho) elogió e hizo un homenaje histórico al difunto Herschel Jacobs, que falleció el pasado mes de diciembre a la edad de 75 (en la foto a la derecha). Jacobs (27-20-2, 11 KOs) luchado profesionalmente entre 1960 y 1978. Su victoria más notable fue una decisión de 10 asaltos en 1971 contra tres veces campeón mundial de peso semipesado y miembro del Salón de la Fama, Harold Johnson, en el famoso Sunnyside Garden en Queens. Jacobs también dio Frotar “Huracán” Carretero (4-0) su primera derrota profesional en 1962 por decisión de seis asaltos.
