Floyd Mayweather, a well-known American boxer and promoter, wishes to establish a boxing academy in Africa, particularly in Nigeria, to teach new boxers.
Mayweather, a former WBC Super featherweight champion, said as much when he made a visit to Rotimi Amaechi, APC Presidential candidate and Minister of Transportation, at his Abuja house early Monday.
According to Mayweather, Amaechi is always interested in elevating youths, thus his help is needed to achieve his aim of building the boxing academy.
“The ultimate plan is to find the next Mayweather. I want to work with kids, I will come over to meet and talk to make sure we are all on the same page, and slowly start building these fighters.
“We just want to help. It’s all about giving back, helping the youths and the young generation coming up. I want to build a boxing camp for the kids. Different American trainers will come over and work with them.
“There are so much talents in the sport world over there in the United States, and Africa is dominating in the U.S now. There are so much hidden talents, so much skills, so we want the world to see these skills.
“We don’t want it to be hidden, like I was able to display my skills and talents to the world, here I am today. I want to build an academy just for the children to grow,” Mayweather said.
In response, Amaechi informed the boxing legend that he felt the Federal Government would back any project that would help the country harness more talent while also creating jobs.
