Floyd Mayweather Jr. donates six-figure sum to cancer research

Floyd Mayweather Jr. may be all about “the green” when it comes to his career but, at least for a short while, his mind was on the color pink after donating $100,000 to the Susan G. Komen organization, a non-profit specializing in breast cancer research. The contribution was made by Mayweather Jr. as part of a promise he made to the judge who sentenced him to 90 days behind bars this past December in relation to a battery case.

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Mayweather Jr. presented the figure to a Komen spokesperson in front of news cameras at his gym.

While his motivation might be in question there’s no doubt the unbeaten champion’s money will be put to good work. The Komen for the Cure fund is one of the largest, must trusted charities in the world and have raised billions of dollars for their cause.

The news marked the second time Mayweather Jr. was in headlines this past week, the other relating to his phone call to Manny Pacquiao. The 34-year old is set serve his sentence on June 1 and has been lobbying for a May 4 bout with “Pac-Man”