Sugar Ray Leonard Selected as SupplySide West Keynoter

PHOENIX--Virgo Publishing announced that Olympic and professional boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard will deliver the keynote address at SupplySide West on Dec. 5 at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas.

Leonard's amateur career includes winning three National Golden Glove titles, two AAU championships, the 1975 Pan-American Games championship and the gold medal at the 1976 Olympic Games. During his 20-year professional career, Leonard won world titles in the welterweight, junior middleweight, middleweight, super middleweight and light heavyweight divisions, a record that still stands.

Outside of the ring, Leonard served as a television broadcaster for ABC, NBC, HBO and ESPN, and had endorsement relationships with companies such as EA Sports, Nabisco, Coca-Cola, Ford and Revlon. He has also served as the international chairman of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation's Walk for a Cure, and participates in many national and international causes benefiting needy children.

Unigen Pharmaceuticals Inc. (www.unigenpharma.com) and Aloecorp (www.aloecorp.com) are the sponsors of the keynote address. "We are excited to be a part of SupplySide West and sponsor a great and accomplished boxer and role model such as Sugar Ray Leonard," said Derek Hall, president of Unigen Pharmaceuticals, and Mick Anderson, president of Aloecorp.

SupplySide West 2002 is scheduled for Dec. 4 to 6 at the Venetian Hotel and Sands Exposition Center in Las Vegas. The keynote is set for 11 a.m. on Dec. 5, and the SupplySide West exhibit hall will open immediately following the address. SupplySide is produced by Phoenix-based Virgo Publishing Inc.; more information on the show is available at www.supplysideshow.com or by calling (480) 990-1101.