(1888PressRelease)
May 29, 2009 - Atlanta, GA - VMG Worldwide, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vexiom Corporation, is the world’s most preeminent and diversified sports, entertainment, and media companies, is proud to announce the signing of Floyd Mayweather Sr. to an exclusive worldwide marketing agreement. Mayweather, professionally known as the “Greatest Trainer in the World”, is a part of the world famous Mayweather boxing family, fought professionally from 1974-1990 and finished his professional boxing career with a very impressive record of 29-6-1 19 ko's.
He has since moved on to have an extremely successful career as a boxing trainer. He has trained world champions Floyd Mayweather Jr., Oscar De La Hoya, Chad Dawson, Joan Guzman, Steve Forbes, Laila Ali, and most recently Ricky Hatton for his highly marketed fight with Manny Pacquaio.
One of the most notable and popular figures in professional boxing, Floyd Mayweather Sr. is beloved by fans worldwide. Never one to avoid an autograph request or a picture request, Floyd Sr. spends hours upon hours with his fans and friends. During the climax to the recent Hatton-Pacquaio fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Floyd Sr. spent numerous nights literally hours talking, reciting poetry, signing autographs, and taking pictures. “In this day and age of professional boxing portraying a dark cloud reputation it's great to see such a notable figure take as much time out of an extremely busy schedule to take care of the fans, and nobody does that quite like Floyd Mayweather Sr.” said Nicholas Sampson, VP of VMG Worldwide.
Tyler Barr, President of VMG Worldwide, added, “Floyd is the greatest trainer in the world and VMG is honored to represent Floyd to support his endeavors in and out of the ring. His track record and immediate success as a professional are truly impressive, while his work ethic, charming personality and desire to be the best makes him a legend in professional sports and loved by fans around the world. “
About VMG Worldwide
VMG Worldwide, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Vexiom Corporation, is the world’s most preeminent and diversified sports, entertainment, and media companies. VMG’s diverse businesses include marketing and advertising, recorded music, artist and talent management, sports marketing and promotions, client representation, event management, digital media, filmed entertainment, and television programming to a global and passionate audience.
For more information on Vexiom, go to www.vexiom.com.
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