Boxing Legend Mike Tyson (left) with GVC Founder and Nobel Peace Nominee Yank Barry (Middle) and GVC Ambassador/Boxing Champ Evander Holyfield
In the fight against hunger, the Global Village Champions Foundation has landed a devastating haymaker with the signing of “Iron” Mike Tyson as a Global Village Champion.
A boxing legend, actor and philanthropist, Mike Tyson (On Twitter: @MikeTyson) is a former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world and holds the record as the youngest boxer to win the WBC, WBA and IBF heavyweight titles. “The Baddest Man on the Planet,” Tyson is the only boxer to successfully unify all three titles.
He has also been seen in the wildly successful “The Hangover” and “The Hangover Part II.”
“Me, five time heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield, legendary champion Muhammad Ali and Yank Barry are embarking on a new career to knockout world hunger,” said Mike Tyson in a video clip for the foundation.
The full video can be found on Global Village Champions’ YouTube page.
“Mike is not only a boxing legend, but he’s also an influential entertainment personality,” says two-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee Yank Barry (On Twitter: @YankBarry). “We’re honored to have someone with his heart and reach as a Global Village Champion.”
The foundation’s other recent signings also bolster its impressive boxing pedigree, which already included undisputed heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis, former champion and 90’s “Fighter of the Decade” Roy Jones Jr., three-division world champion boxer Juan Manuel Marquez, four-time heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield and boxing powerhouse and champion Manny Pacquiáo.
Other boxers recently joining the fight to knock out hunger: two-time heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe, three-time heavyweight champion Michael Moorer, welterweight, middleweight and light heavyweight champion Thomas “Hit Man” Hearns and legendary puncher Earnie Shavers.
Former lead singer of the rock n’ roll band The Kingsmen, Barry has been twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in the fight against world hunger. His most recent nomination comes from champion boxer and current elected politician in the Philippines, Pacquiáo and Gov. Chavit Singson, also from the Philippines.
Barry has received nearly two dozen awards since 1995 as a result of his ongoing fight against hunger, highlighted by the Gusi Peace Prize for Social Services, Philanthropy and International Humanitarianism in Manila, the India Humanitarian Service Award and the Bahamian Red Cross Humanitarian Award.
Founded in 1995 by Barry and longtime friend and boxing legend Muhammad Ali, Global Village Champions Foundation was created with the mission to feed the hungry and provide humanitarian relief. Since then, the foundation has delivered over 925,000,000 meals to the hungry around the world.
Learn more about Global Village Champions Foundation: http://www.gogvc.com or visit its YouTube channel.
About Global Village Champions Foundation: Started in 1995 by Yank Barry, Global Village Champions Foundation strives to become the undisputed world leader in private, humanitarian delivery of nutrition to needy persons across the globe, while sustaining human life and helping to eradicate hunger from the face of the Earth. With the help of donors and notable figures such as Muhammad Ali, Gary US Bonds, and Evander Holyfield, the nonprofit has provided nearly a billion meals to the hungry around the world.
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SOURCE: Global Village Champions Foundation
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