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BOXING - AT&T (NYSE: T) with over $111 billion in revenue for 2009, and U.S. apparel manufacturer Reebok International are denying that they have an existing endorsement deal with troubled boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr (41-0).
A spokesman for the telecommunications giant, Steve Schwadron, informed Examiner.com (Marv Dumon):
"AT&T does not sponsor Floyd Mayweather Jr. We have sponsored several boxing matches, including one that Mr. Mayweather fought in (vs. Shane Mosley on May 1, 2010), but AT&T hasn’t and currently does not sponsor Mr. Mayweather personally . . . . The initial media report stating that we sponsored him was wrong and we are in the process of correcting that . . ."
The company said that its business relationship with the boxer was limited to a 2009 television commercial. (However, these commercial ads were also shown in 2010.)
Reebok also denies a current sponsorship deal with the American boxer. At Footlocker stores across the United States, large Mayweather posters promoting Reebok's ZigTech running shoes previously filled stores, but those posters have been replaced with a photo of NFL wide receiver Chad Ochocinco.
(The boxer's rival, Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao (51-3-2), has his "MP" products available at select Nike stores around the world. Reebok and Nike are competitors.)
Reebok spokesman Daniel Sarro informed the Las Vegas Review-Journal: "Reebok does not currently have an endorsement contract with Floyd Mayweather Jr. We had a relationship with him in 2009 and earlier this year, which was centered around two specific fights."
A spokesman for the telecommunications giant, Steve Schwadron, informed Examiner.com (Marv Dumon):
"AT&T does not sponsor Floyd Mayweather Jr. We have sponsored several boxing matches, including one that Mr. Mayweather fought in (vs. Shane Mosley on May 1, 2010), but AT&T hasn’t and currently does not sponsor Mr. Mayweather personally . . . . The initial media report stating that we sponsored him was wrong and we are in the process of correcting that . . ."
The company said that its business relationship with the boxer was limited to a 2009 television commercial. (However, these commercial ads were also shown in 2010.)
Reebok also denies a current sponsorship deal with the American boxer. At Footlocker stores across the United States, large Mayweather posters promoting Reebok's ZigTech running shoes previously filled stores, but those posters have been replaced with a photo of NFL wide receiver Chad Ochocinco.
(The boxer's rival, Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao (51-3-2), has his "MP" products available at select Nike stores around the world. Reebok and Nike are competitors.)
Reebok spokesman Daniel Sarro informed the Las Vegas Review-Journal: "Reebok does not currently have an endorsement contract with Floyd Mayweather Jr. We had a relationship with him in 2009 and earlier this year, which was centered around two specific fights."
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