{"id":2871,"date":"2010-06-05T00:56:40","date_gmt":"2010-06-05T04:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=2871"},"modified":"2010-06-05T00:57:47","modified_gmt":"2010-06-05T04:57:47","slug":"floyd-mayweather-jr-makes-a-wish%e2%80%9d-comes-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=2871","title":{"rendered":"Floyd Mayweather JR Makes a “Wish\u201d Come True"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Boxing king Floyd Mayweather, one of the top athletes in the world today, \u201cmade a wish\u201d come true yesterday for one of his biggest fans when he met Armando Carral, a 17-year old Hodgkin\u2019s disease patient who asked to meet the boxing champion through the Make-A-Wish Foundation, a non-profit organization that grants the wishes of children with life-threatening diseases.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a rewarding experience and I\u2019m grateful to be in the position where I can make a difference in Armando\u2019s life,\u201d said Mayweather, who met Armando at his gym on Wednesday. \u201cHe is a very nice young man and I would like to congratulate him for staying strong and finishing high school.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mayweather and Armando were brought together thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation\u2019s \u201cWish to Meet\u201d program. The young man, who arrived at the Mayweather Boxing Gym with his mother, Maria Arias, and older sister Irasema Carral, was ecstatic to meet his long-time idol. Armando has been following boxing for most of his life and is an avid fan of the sport and of Mayweather, his favorite boxing superstar.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am so happy to meet Champion Floyd Mayweather,\u201d said Armando. \u201cI am a big fan of such a great boxer and I admire him for his hard work and belief in himself. I am a believer too.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very happy for this opportunity for my son,\u201d said Maria, Armando\u2019s mother. \u201cHe has always wanted to meet Floyd and thank you to Floyd and Make-A-Wish Foundation.\u201d<\/p>\n

While together Mayweather chatted with Armando and his family while signing autographs and posing with them for photos. Mayweather was extremely impressed with the fighting spirit of the young man.<\/p>\n

\u201cArmando has met challenges that many of us will never see in our lives,\u201d said Mayweather. \u201cHe is strong and so is his family.\u201d<\/p>\n

Granting Armando\u2019s wish was just another example of Mayweather\u2019s continuing efforts to give back to the Las Vegas community where he generously donates his time and financial resources to those less fortunate. Through his Floyd Mayweather Jr. Foundation, he has counseled troubled youth and feed the homeless to name a few activities.<\/p>\n

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Press Release Boxing king Floyd Mayweather, one of the top athletes in the world today, \u201cmade a wish\u201d come true yesterday for one of his biggest fans when he met Armando Carral, a 17-year old Hodgkin\u2019s disease patient who asked to meet the boxing champion through the Make-A-Wish Foundation, a non-profit organization that grants the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[27,105,267,929],"class_list":["post-2871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-27","tag-boxing","tag-floyd-mayweather","tag-make-a-wish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2871"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2871\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}