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SWANSON COMMUNICATIONS FORSETI OG BUFFALO, KELLY SWANSON INN í NEW YORK INN Í BUFFALÓHRING 44 HNÍFAHALL OF FAME Á FÖSTUDAGINN, SEPTEMBER 23

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(Vinstri mynd frá vinstri til hægri: Swanson ásamt áhugamannaboxara ársins Kristin McMurtree, box dómari & vígður Dave Moretti, fyrrverandi þungavigt & ráðinn Billy Tompkins & Bob Caico, forseti Buffalo Veterans Boxing Association; Hægri mynd: Swanson með fjölskyldu sinni)

BROOKLYN (September 26, 2016) – The Buffalo Veteran Boxers Association vígður Swanson Communications President Kelly Swanson inn í Hringinn 44 Frægðarhöll Buffalo Boxing á föstudaginn, September 23 sem hluta af þess 20th flokkur.
Swanson, ásamt fimm öðrum nýliðum, þar á meðal Dave Moretti, Billy Tompkins, Dummy Burns, Stan Myka og Pete Tamalonis voru heiðraðir á árlegum kvöldverði samtakanna og verðlaunaafhendingu á Ilio Dipaolo veitingastaðnum í Blasdell, NY
“Það er mikill heiður að fá viðurkenningu frá heimabæ mínum fyrir störf mín í hnefaleikum sl 20 ár,” sagði Swanson, Norður-Buffalo-ættaður sem hefur starfað við hnefaleika í yfir tvo áratugi, fulltrúi nokkur af stærstu nöfnum íþróttarinnar þar á meðal Floyd Mayweather, Bernard Hopkins og Riddick Bowe. “Ég er stoltur af því að vera frá Queen City og ánægður með að taka þátt í ótrúlegum flokki innleiðinga.
“Hnefaleikar eru tækifærisíþrótt og hún hefur opnað svo margar dyr fyrir mér. Ég hef notið þeirra forréttinda að vera með nokkrum af bestu bardagamönnum og vinna að nokkrum af stærstu viðburðum sem íþróttin hefur orðið vitni að á þessum tíma 20 ár. Ég man ekki tíma þegar ég elskaði ekki hnefaleika og ég hlakka til að halda áfram að kynna og kynna bardagamenn og viðburði í mörg ár fram í tímann.”
“Óskum Kelly til hamingju með heiðurinn,” Said Mayweather. “Við höfum verið saman í langan tíma, meira en 10 ár, og ég er ánægður með að hún fái viðurkenningu fyrir allt sitt frábæra starf.”
“Það er engin kona í þessum leik sem hefur afrekað eins mikið og Kelly,” Said Hopkins. “Hún er í efsta sæti hvað varðar auglýsingamenn og allir vita það. Ég hef verið með henni í 10 plús ár og hún gerði alltaf sitt besta og tók starf sitt alvarlega. Hún á ekki í neinum vandræðum með að segja hvaða bardagamanni sem er – frá tilvonandi til meistara – hvernig henni líður og hvað hún trúir á að muni ná árangri. Þessi heiður er vel verðskuldaður.”
Swanson vinnur ekki bara í hnefaleikum, en heldur áfram að taka þátt í íþróttinni á frítíma sínum líka. Hún æfir í hinu fræga Gleason's Gym í Brooklyn, húsaröð frá skrifstofu hennar í New York. Hún er einnig stjórnarmaður í líkamsræktarstöðinni “Gefðu krakki a Dream” program, sem býður börnum úr bágstöddum bakgrunni stað til að þroska sig líkamlega og andlega með hnefaleikum.
“Ég hef unnið fyrir Kelly í meira en átta ár og er enn að læra,” sagði Lisa Milner Goldberg, Varaforseti Swanson Communications. “Ég finn mig stöðugt í lotningu yfir hugmyndunum sem hún dreymir upp, sköpunargáfu hennar og tryggð við viðskiptavini sína. Hún á mjög skilið þessa viðurkenningu, sérstaklega vegna þess að hún er svo stolt af heimabæ sínum.”
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BOXING’S TOP WOMEN TO HONOR KATHY DUVA WITH “RAGING BABE LUMINARY” AWARD AT RAGING BABE BRUNCH, NEW YORK, NEW YORK

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NEW YORK – Maí 24, 2016 – The weekend of June 11th, boxing’s most influential women will gather for brunch in the Big Apple for the 7th Raging Babe event of its kind, dubbed New York, New York. Attendees will include promoters, network executives, public relations representatives, referees, fighters and others, and come from diverse backgrounds, cultures and levels of experience. Women who have attended Raging Babe events have networked, forged business and personal relationships and have been inspired by the stories of success and persistence shared by the hundreds of attendees over the past few years. There may be no woman that better personifies a story of success and persistence than Kathy Duva, who will be honored with the Raging Babe Luminary Award at the brunch.

Hvar, the CEO of Main Events, and a mother of three, has been involved with boxing for nearly forty years, entering the business while in college with her then boyfriend Dan Duva. The Duvas teamed up to promote some of boxing’s top talent over the years under the Main Events banner, including Evander Holyfield, Lennox Lewis, Pernell Whitacker, Arturo Gatti and Fernando Vargas, all while cultivating powerful relationships with HBO and other networks. Kathy continued her husband’s legacy after his passing in 1996, becoming one of the most recognized figures in boxing. Nú nýlega, Duva and Main Events have developed one of boxing’s most avoided superstars in Sergey Kovalev.

“Kathy Duva is the perfect honoree for our first New York City Brunch,” said Raging Babe founder and namesake Michelle Rosado. “Box, like the ‘Concrete Jungle,’ has so many hard edges, and can be tough to navigate…but like New York City, it is full of opportunity for the right type of person, and Kathy Duva is that kind of person. She’s a headstrong, smart and persistent woman, who has an uncanny ability to endear people to her while not taking any gruff from anyone. It’s our honor to recognize her at the brunch.”

Past Raging Babe event honorees have included the “First Lady of Boxing” Jackie Kallen, Almannatengsl Ás Kelly Swanson, TV brautryðjandi Claudia Trejo, heart transplant recipient Kennedy Cunningham, Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame Chief Operating Officer Michelle Corrales-Lewis, and Golden Boy’s Monica Sears. “It’s a privilege to stand in a room with women of this caliber,” said Rosado. “The Raging Babe Brunch started as a concept…something we might try to do yearly, but it’s become such a powerful and valuable event for attendees, we’re growing and doing more than one event per year. We’re able to do this because of the women of boxing that continue to support the event, and of course, thanks to our event partners.
The East Coast is well overdue for a Raging Babe Brunch, and I’m so pleased to be able to work with our partners to bring the event to New York City.”

The Raging Babe Brunch is made possible by the generous support of World Boxing Organization (WBO), War Tape, Box Stats, Boss Case (owned and operated by Raging Babe Livvy Cunningham), Heimur Boxing Council (WBC) and Youth Fighting Forward.

Til að fá upplýsingar um að mæta eða styrktaraðili þessa virtu atburði, vinsamlegast hafðu samband viðmichelle@ragingbabe.com.
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Áhrifamestu konur box til að “STAY GOLDEN” AT ofsafenginn babe brunch

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LAS VEGAS – Nóvember 5, 2015 – Í minna en þrjár vikur, berjast í lofti og efst hæfileika iðnaður bardaga sögunnar frá öllum heimshornum mun stíga á “Hnefaleikar Capital of the World” fyrir mjög sjá skellur á milli Sál “Canelo” Alvarez og Miguel Cotto. Á að morgni 21 nóvember lokauppgjör, bjartasta og áhrifamestu konur box mun safna fyrir brunch á Mandalay Bay til að heiðra Golden Boy Promotions’ Vice President aðgerða, Monica Sears. Atburður á þessu ári, kallaður “Dvöl Golden,” mun halda áfram löng Raging Babe hefð hýsingu atburðum sem eru einir, powerful platforms for building personal and professional relationships between boxing businesswomen.
Raging Babe Brunch á þessu ári, sjötta svo atburður, verður haldin “Ofsafenginn Babe” Michelle Rosado, og “The First Lady of Boxing,” Jackie Kallen. Honoree þessu ári, multi-hæfileikaríkur Monica Sears, hófst ferð hennar með Golden Boy Promotions í 2007 sem upplýsingafulltrúi. Hún stofnaði fljótlega sig sem fara-til manns fyrir félagið, bardagamenn þess, Sjónvarp, Veitingastaður á staðnum og kostun samstarfsaðilar, og fjölmiðla. Í 2010, hún var gerður að framkvæmdastjóra samskiptasviðs og viðburðir. Það var í þessu hlutverki sem hún unnið dubbun riddara fyrir hana “í skurðum,” allur-umkringja stíl að framleiða box viðburði. Ef hún var ekki greiðvikinn eða credentialing fjölmiðla á atburði, hún var baksviðs, í hringnum, ráðleggja myndavél rekstraraðila besta horn… Í stuttu máli, hún var alls staðar. Í 2013, hún var gerður að núverandi hlutverki sínu sem yfirmaður Aðgerðir box orkuver. Sagði Eric Gomez, Golden Boy Promotions’ Sr. Vice President af Sears, “I am very proud of Monica and her development as a promoter. In my opinion she is the hardest working woman in boxing. It is a pleasure to have her on our team.”
Eldri Raging Babe atburður honorees höfum talið Jackie Kallen, Almannatengsl Ás Kelly Swanson, TV brautryðjandi Claudia Trejos, Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame Chief Operating Officer Michelle Corrales-Lewis, og, The nýlega, hjarta ígræðslu viðtakanda og ímynd af a “Ofsafenginn Babe,” Kennedy Cunningham. “The Raging Babe Brunch og aðrir viðburðir ert meiri einhver væntingum sem ég hafði þegar ég varð þunguð þessa hugmynd að færa konum saman til net og deila reynslu sinni og triumphs og konur í box iðnaður,” sagði Michelle Rosado. “Ævi vináttu og viðskipti samstarf hefur verið svikin í fyrri atburðum, og Stay Golden verður ekkert öðruvísi. Það er ánægjulegt að fá tækifæri til að heiðra Monica Sears, og ég er spennt að sjá atburði halda áfram að vaxa og ná árangri.”
Rosado lærimeistari Jackie Kallen, sem hefur verið viðvarandi viðveru á Raging Babe viðburðir, mun vera á hönd til co-gestgjafi the atburður. “Ég gæti ekki verið ánægðari með að stíga inn í hlutverk samstarf gestgjafi á þessu verðmæta atburði,” Said Kallen. “Ég er spennt að sjá bæði ofsafenginn babe félagið, og 'Raging Babe’ Michelle Rosado halda áfram að koma konum saman til að halda áfram í skapandi hátt í box iðnaður. Monica Sears er fullkominn honoree fyrir þetta tilefni, miðað við umfang átök sem helgi, og margir aðrir sem hún framleitt.”
Atburður á þessu ári er gert mögulegt með örlátur stuðnings Heimur Boxing Council og Youth Fighting Forward, a New York-undirstaða non-gróði organization hollur til kreatín meistarar innan og utan hringinn. Youth Fighting Forward hefur útibú í Brooklyn og í Danbury, Connecticut.
Til að fá upplýsingar um að mæta eða styrktaraðili þessa virtu atburði, vinsamlegast hafðu samband viðmichelle@ragingbabe.com.
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Floyd Mayweather MEDIA símafundur Transcript

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Kelly Swanson

Takk, allir, for joining us today. Today on the call we have none other than ‘TBE’ the greatest fighter on the earth, Floyd Mayweather, 11-time World Champion. We also have Leonard Ellerbe, Forstjóri, Mayweather Kynningar. Leonard, please start with the introductions. Þakka þér.

 

Leonard Ellerbe

Þakka þér, allir, for joining us on the call. We’ll jump right into this without further ado. None other than Floyd Mayweather himself.

 

Floyd Mayweather

Hey, how is everyone doing? I want to thank Leonard. I want to thank Kelly. I want to thank my team. I want to thank all the media from around the world that have been covering this fight. I want to thank everyone, I just want to say that you guys are doing a great job and I appreciate you.

 

Q

That thing on SportsCenter the other night, when you were talking about your place in boxing history and you said you thought you were greater than Muhammad Ali. Can you expand on your reasons why you feel that way?

 

F. Mayweather

I just feel like, like I said before, I take my hat off and then acknowledge all of the past champions. Eru, I think he was a legend. I respect Ali like I respect any other champion. I just feel like I’ve done everything I can do in this sport over my whole life, for 30-something years. I feel like I’ve done just as much in this sport as Ali did.

 

There’s no disrespect to him. I just feel like, when you look at it, Ali was great in one weight class, which is heavyweight. But he stood up for a good cause; he stood up for a hell of a cause in his era.

 

I think that it’s hard for a guy to beat me. I’m still sharp, still very, very sharp at the age of 38. Still going strong at the age of 38. There’s no disrespect to Ali, as I said before. I just feel like I’m the best, no different from how he called himself ‘The Greatest,’ I call myself ‘TBE.’

 

I’m pretty sure that I will get criticized for what I said, but I can care less. I couldn’t care less about the backlash. I believe what I believe like he probably got criticized at one particular time when he said that he was the greatest. He felt like he was better than Sugar Ray Robinson. The list goes on and on. I’m pretty sure there’s going to be another fighter that’s going to come along and say he’s better than Floyd Mayweather and he’s going to get criticized.

 

Q

Do you think that Manny Pacquiao believes anything that Freddie Roach is saying when it comes to the bad guy and all this other stuff? Or do you think he’s just blowing smoke?

 

F. Mayweather

I’m not going to speak negative about Freddie Roach. I don’t have to at all. If I say something about the guy, they’re going to think Floyd is picking on a guy, who is not 100 percent healthy.

 

Þá, if I comment on some of the stuff he says, he’s making this basically a God and devil type thing. The best way to handle a situation like that, is not to say anything at all, if you don’t have anything positive to say. He don’t have to get in there and fight, so when it comes down to it, it’s up to the two fighters.

 

He’s entitled to say what he wants to say, but the fighter is not speaking like that. I couldn’t care less because it comes down to the two fighters. I wish Freddie Roach nothing but the best; I don’t have anything negative to say about him. I’m truly blessed to be where I’m at and I’m thankful to be where I’m at.

 

Q

The magnitude of this fight, I know you treat it like just another fight, but what about your team? How has your team dealt with the press?

 

F. Mayweather

Ég er mjög ánægð, like I said before. A little bit of everything got me to this point. Everybody played a major key. I try to keep my team grounded. People talk about the money. That plays a major key. My place in history plays a major key. Performing well plays a major key. Everything plays a major, major key.

 

I just try to keep my team grounded and try to keep them focused and just try to teach them every day how to go out there and fish for themselves. That’s the only thing I try to teach my team. I tell them to stay positive, and what I’ve heard was keep a positive environment around myself, which keeps me comfortable and happy.

 

Q

Are you excited at any point of this fight? I know you say you treat this like a job, but are you excited to finally get in the ring and have this fight happen?

 

F. Mayweather

It’s just like I said before. I’m not really going crazy. It’s just a fight to me. I know it’s the biggest fight in boxing history, but I can’t approach it like that because I’m not going to put any unnecessary pressure on myself.

 

He’s a fighter that’s extremely talented, he’s a very good fighter also, and my thing is just to be Floyd Mayweather. People actually don’t know, how is this fight going to be fought? I can’t say. Like I said before, I’m not a psychic. I cannot predict the future. But I will be at my best May 2ND.

Q

Listen, if you believe Bob Arum, this fight might not happen. That there’s issues with tickets, there’s the contract has not been signed, whatever. Do you know anything about that?

 

F. Mayweather

When it comes to the business side, that’s for Leonard Ellerbe. I don’t try to worry about tickets; I try to worry about the guy that’s in front of in me, which is going to be Manny Pacquiao. That’s my whole focus. Tickets are something I don’t really deal with.

 

Q

Have you trained harder for any previous fight than you have for this one, and would that be down to your respect for Manny or the fact that you need to work a bit harder the older you get?

 

F. Mayweather

When you’re trying to perform, when you’re at this level, you always want to perform extremely well. You don’t want to overtrain. You want to train to where you know you’re completely ready. Go out there and be at just 100 prósent. As far as this training camp, I’ve trained extremely hard. I believe that we’ll just see how everything plays out.

 

Q

I’m hearing reports, Floyd, that you’re looking stronger and fitter than ever.

 

F. Mayweather

Jæja, some people say that, you might not believe that depending on who is telling you. Vonandi. Hopefully I am. We’ll just have to see. That’s why I’m at this level, at the pinnacle of my career, because I’ve been pushing myself for so long and working so hard.

 

Q

Can I just ask you about Amir Khan? Is he still in your plans?

F. Mayweather

My focus right now is the guy that’s in front of me. My last fight is in September. I never want to overlook anyone. I believe you take it one fighter at a time. As of right now, Manny Pacquaio is the guy that’s in front of me, and that’s my focus.

 

Q

My question is regarding, Manny Pacquiao has said he thinks it’s Floyd’s time to lose. He’s almost implying that it’s maybe, God is on his side. I was wondering how you think, if God actually does care who wins prizefights?

 

F. Mayweather

I actually believe God loves us all. The people that are on this call, every writer, every fighter, every athlete that goes out there and competes. God loves us all. Enn og aftur, Ég er baráttumaður. What I do, I’m a professional prizefighter. I believe in God and I love God. I don’t think God takes sides.

 

Q

Lot of stuff gets reported in the fourth or the sixth weeks leading up to this. We don’t always get a chance to ask you yourself, so I want to give you the opportunity. Is there anything that was reported that you want to clear up that you want to actually say no, that isn’t true, you guys got it wrong?

 

F. Mayweather

Gera ekki, nothing at all. Because once my career is over, that’s when I’m going to read everything, samt, all the articles that people have written. When I come home, I leave boxing at the boxing gym. When I go to the gym or when I go to train, I work. I dedicate myself to my craft.

 

When I come home and I’m not on the computer, I’m not looking at myself. I’m not buying magazine covers with me on the cover. I’m not on the computer looking up articles. I could care less about all that. My job is to go out there and perform and be at my best, and be the best that I can be in the sport of boxing.

 

Q

My question for you is, in your opinion, what would a victory against Pacquiao do for your legacy? And then how much would it enhance your legacy.

 

F. Mayweather

It’s just another fight. I just look at the situation. He’s another guy that I faced. You’re just going to say in history, that these two faced each other at one particular time. It was hard to make the fight happen, eventually they made the fight happen, and we faced each other.

 

Q

Do you believe, þó, that a victory would in some way enhance your legacy?

 

F. Mayweather

I’m not sure, because I’m not the one that’s putting myself in the history books.

 

Q

Do you think it’s true that the winner of the fight will be declared, in essence, by the public, as the king of this era?

 

F. Mayweather

I can’t really say. I don’t really know. Just look at Ali’s career. When he fought, he looked like the best when he fought. I think he lost seven fights. When I got older I noticed that he lost seven fights and lost some other fight that he lost. He still was known as the greatest. Because that’s what he put out there. Svo, that’s what it is.

 

Q

The wonderment on a lot of people’s minds is when the career is over, will you have enough money for the rest of your life? Do you ever worry about losing at all?

 

F. Mayweather

Ég er blessaður. I made some good investments to where if I wanted to retire today, I could.

 

Q

That means there’s no fear of bankruptcy whatsoever in terms of the gambling and the other involvements that you’ve spent?

 

F. Mayweather

I made some good investments, and if I wanted to retire today, I could.

 

Q

My question is, you said at the press conference that you though that Pacquiao was surprised at how much bigger you were than him. Can you talk a little bit about that, and then also some of the strategic aspects of being the bigger fighter in the ring on Maí 2?

 

F. Mayweather

Normally when I face an opponent, they normally outweighed me by 17 að 20 pounds on fight nights. This has been going on for a good while now. You can read a guy’s body language. When Pacquiao first saw me in Miami, he didn’t expect to see me over there at the basketball game. He looked shocked, eins, ‘Damn, he is taller than me. He’s bigger than what I thought he was.’ Just being in the sport for so long, you’re able to read body language; you’re able to read a fighter’s eyes.

 

Q

Do you feel that some of the trash talking is Freddie Roach being nervous about the fight and trying to get a psychological edge on you?

 

F. Mayweather

I’m not fighting Freddie Roach, so I’m not worried about that at all. Freddie Roach, he’s Pacquiao’s trainer and he’s going to do what he has to do for his fighter to win. If that’s trying to get an edge, then that’s what he should do.

 

Q

All of your other fights, you’ve always been a very vocal, always been a vocal fighter. Why the silence this time?

 

F. Mayweather

This is exactly what I’ve said. Even in my interviews, I’ve said we had to bring a game plan. Even from day one when I was with Bob Arum, I said I wanted to work extremely hard to get to a certain point in my career, which is to get to a point to be the first fighter to ever make nine figures in one night.

 

It took a game plan to me going out there on my own. It’s just me speaking out with a very, very loud voice. Having a lot of personality. But as you get older, you mature. After trash talking for 17, 18 ár, and constantly saying, look what I’ve done. Líttu á mig. Líttu á mig. You know what I’m saying? I’m the best. Líttu á mig. And everybody they’ve put in front of me I’ve beaten.

 

I’m at a point where you just say, þú veist hvað? Það er það sem það er. I know what I can do. I know what I bring to the table. God has truly blessed me to be in this situation. I have a good team. My children are healthy, so I don’t have to do all that.

 

It’s more like I did all that loud talking and everything to get to a certain point. I’ve still got a lot of personality, I did what I had to do to get to a certain point in my career, og það er það sem ég gerði. It was a brilliant game plan.

 

Q

From your personal point of view, how has this fight and this promotion been different from the many other big events that you’ve been a part of?

 

F. Mayweather

It’s actually been kind of the same. It’s just a little bit over the top, but I just try to stay relaxed. That’s my main thing. It’s a very, very huge event. I can remember every day.

 

Sometimes I think about when Mike Tyson got out of prison and he was boxing, and when he was fighting at the MGM Grand. I would go to the MGM Grand, because I wasn’t a professional at that particular time. Just starting. I would go to the MGM Grand and some people would know me so I would take pictures and just sign a few autographs. Ég var eins og, einn, MGM Grand would never be this packed again. That’s what I thought. Ég var aðeins 19 years old at that particular time. That was in ’96. I kept believing though. I always believed that I could do record-breaking numbers. I just needed the right team with me and it took a little bit of everything. The right fights, the right team, and we made it happen.

 

Q

Beyond all the trash talk and salesmanship, you’ve always been a guy that, þegar það kemur niður á það, is very respectful of his opponents. I think it’s part of your secret. Is there anything that you admire about Manny Pacquiao, either the fighter or the person?

 

F. Mayweather

Jæja, he’s got to this point by doing something right. It’s obvious he’s done something right to get to this point. I have to respect that.

 

Q

The Filipino fans are expecting or hoping for a very aggressive Manny in the ring. Is this something that you’re training for, or are you just going in the ring to fight your fight, make the adjustments along the way as you have so successfully throughout your career?

 

F. Mayweather

If you’re basically asking what’s my game plan, my game plan is to win. That’s actually what my game plan has always been is to win.

 

Q

A lot of the animosity from the Filipino fans towards you is not directed to you as a great boxer, but more as someone who can put an end towards a Filipino hero’s career. Do you honestly believe that you would put an end to a Filipino hero’s career?

 

F. Mayweather

Jæja, my thing is this. I’ve heard that we’re all God’s children, whether you’re American, Filipino, African, Dominican, Asian, we’re all God’s children. People are going to root for who they want to root for and simple and plain I’m pretty sure I’ve got Filipino fans that like me, and I’m pretty sure that you’ve got some black American fans that like Pacquiao.

 

I never try to focus on anything like that. My focus is to give the people what they really want to see. Just facing the facts. That’s what I’ve done throughout my career. He’s one of the last guys, he’s one of the last good fighters of this era. It’s a fight that has to happen, and I’m glad that the fight is happening.

 

Q

How much strength and effort and support from family does it take to get you where you are right now?

 

F. Mayweather

Jæja, the support came a lot. I had a hell of a supporting cast to get to this point, before I became a professional. There’s this guy that I never talk about to anyone. I never say anything about him to anyone. And he’s doing extremely badly right now, not financially but health-wise. I believe he’s lost his memory, which hurts extremely bad. A guy by the name of Frank Brown, I’ve known him since I was the age of three.

 

He has supported me more than anyone. He has always said that, “Floyd, one day you will be the best fighter in the world.” He’s always taking me to church, taking me through different activities. He was like a grandfather to me. Frank Brown. When I used to fight, he would drive anywhere. It could be in Little Rock, Arkansas. He would drive from Grand Rapids, Michigan to come support me. He would sit in the room with me and say prayers with me.

 

He’s a guy that I would never forget, because he was there from the age of three until after I fought De La Hoya, because he’s up there in age now. He eventually lost his memory, so he’s at a home. He’s at an old folks’ heim. It really hurts, but I love that guy so much. I think about him all the time.

 

K. Swanson

Okay, that’s our last question. Þakka þér, allir, for joining us. Floyd, any final comments?

 

F. Mayweather

I just want to tell everybody, thank you for all the stories, and all the articles you guys wrote. Þakka þér svo mikið. My team appreciates you all, as well as myself. Þakka þér.

 

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