Sunday morning’s fight was a spectacle to behold – if not for the action in the ring, then at least in the boxers’ entrances and who shuffled to the ring beside them.
Now we know that Floyd had pop superstar Justin Bieber (you know, that guy who is always seen with Kendall Jenner) strut to the ring as part of his posse, but who was that weird guy in the hat sans expression?
It was of course late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel, and it appears he was making sure Manny was a straight talker. This from Huffington Post:
…when Pacquiao joined Jimmy Kimmel Live in April, Kimmel asked Pacquiao whether he would consider allowing Kimmel to join his entourage. “I will,” he said. Pacquiao, a man of his word, obviously decided it was a great idea.
Supposedly, Kimmel was going for a Bieber-esque look, since Bieber always seems to be within five feet of Mayweather when he’s fighting.
It is a sign of just how big the fight was that the Biebs was relegated to a footnote in the fighters’ strut to ringside, with the singer’s quiff barely visible.
Anyone who mocks Bieber is good in my books.
Books, Justin, they’re those things with all the words and pages.
[source:huffpost]
