Undefeated pound-for-pound champion Floyd Mayweather recently spent time with the Make-A-Wish Foundation, a nonprofit organization that grants the wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses. In a recent Twitter update, Mayweather talked about the time he spent with an 18-year-old who has Hodgkin's Disease, a type of cancer. "I granted a wish today as a part of Make-a-wish foundation's wish program. Me & Armando in the pic. Armando is an 18 who has been fighting Hodgkin's Disease. He believes n hard work & determination. We r both fighters who believe," he commented in the Twitter update.
No stranger to spending free time with children, Mayweather has often expressed how important spending time with kids is to him. "I love the kids. Young kids are the future and not just the future of boxing. You just don't never know what the young generation that's in my boxing gym can grow up and be. And whatever it is, hopefully it's something that's positive," Mayweather would comment during a brief segment of an episode of 24/7 Mayweather vs. Mosley. Of course, seeing Mayweather in that light is not something that generates big ratings.
Although time and time again, Mayweather is portrayed as a villain, it's nice to take time out to recognize the good that he, and many other fighters, do throughout the community. Far too often, the media spends way too much time focusing on the negative aspects of the sport. It's a shame that a fighter of Mayweather's caliber can only get positive press through his own Twitter page. Fortunately for Mayweather, however, he's got 554,251 followers who can receive those updates.
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