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09/25/2007 Archived Entry: "Mayweather To Make 1st Appearance on 'Dancing with the Stars' Tonight!"
Mayweather To Make 1st Appearance on 'Dancing with the Stars' Tonight!
Press Release
LOS ANGELES (September 25) – Fresh off his whirlwind global media tour to promote his December 8 welterweight championship against Ricky Hatton, the invincible boxing great Floyd Mayweather will make his first live appearance dancing the cha-cha tonight on ABC's Dancing With The Stars (8pm ET/8pm PT). Mayweather, who practiced with dancing partner Karina Smirnoff during several legs of the tour, is ready to give it his best shot and deliver a knock-out performance. "I am ready to dance my way to greatness and show everyone I am multi-dimensional, have natural rhythm and talent and will perform on the show like I perform in the ring."
Mayweather, who will be tonight's second dancer and who has already been labeled as the man to beat by several of the other contestants, will have a busy schedule in the coming months, dividing his time between practicing for the show and training for his fight against Hatton which will take place at the MGM Grand and air live on HBO Pay-Per-View. "I am ready for the challenge," said Mayweather. "I work out two to three times a day anyway so the dancing practice will only add to my overall preparation for the fight."
Dancing With the Stars contestants are judged and scored by a panel of three experts and then voted on by the television audience, which is estimated to be more than 35 million viewers. Mayweather, who is among a field of 11 other competitors, is appealing to the boxing public to make his stay on the show a lasting one.
"I need the support of all of my boxing fans so please tune in, call-in and vote for me."
"UNDEFEATED"— World welterweight champion " Pretty Boy" Floyd Mayweather will meet British icon and world junior welterweight champion Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton for the world welterweight championship Saturday, Dec. 8 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and Mayweather Promotions, and sponsored by Rock Star Energy Drink, Tecate Beer and Southwest Airlines, the fight will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View.
For more information on Mayweather vs. Hatton, visit www.goldenboypromotions.com .
