BERNARD HOPKINS TO "FIGHT FOR THE FIGHT" AND SUPPORT JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FUND

 

FRIDAY, MAY 9 AT 7:30 A.M.

Joe Hand's Boxing Gym

WHO:                 BERNARD HOPKINS, Unified Light Heavyweight World Champion and Oldest Fighter 

To Hold A World Title

WHAT:               Recently crowned Unified Light Heavyweight World Champion Bernard Hopkins will 

lace up the gloves and "Fight for the Fight" in support of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund (JDRF). Tickets to the four-round sparring session cost $25 donation and include breakfast, a t-shirt and a Hopkins signed glove. Proceeds go to the JDRF.

WHERE:           Joe Hand Boxing Gym

         543-547 N 3rd St.

                             Philadelphia, PA 19123

WHEN:              Friday, May 9

                             7:30 a.m. ET

FACTS:              JDRF is the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. 

JDRF's goal is to progressively remove the impact of T1D from people's lives until we achieve a world without T1D. JDRF collaborates with a wide spectrum of partners and is the only organization with the scientific resources, regulatory influence, and a working plan to better treat, prevent, and eventually cure T1D.