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01st May 2015

Team Mayweather v Team Pacquiao: Celebrities make their picks

Who's Team Mayweather and who's Team Manny?

Darragh Murphy

With the biggest fight of our generation just a few days away, we’ve looked at how divisive the fighters are.

Everyone and their mother have weighed in on whether they’re Team Mayweather or Team Pacquiao as the pair of welterweights set to do battle in Vegas on Saturday.

Fighters, celebrities and Lethal Bizzle have all thrown their hat into the ring on which boxing legend will take the victory this weekend and we decided to take a look at who is picking whom.

Team Mayweather

– Justin Bieber: The gone-off-the-rails, used-to-be-so-cute, wheres-his-funny-haircut-gone popstar is a close friend of Floyds and will be accompanying him to the ring on Saturday by all accounts.

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– Wladimir Klitschko: “Maybe his [Mayweather’s] fights are not as impressive as Pacquiao’s but they’re effective. So I think that from a boxing standpoint, I think a slight advantage is on Mayweather’s side because of his size and technical capabilities. “So I’m going to [go] with 51-49 for Mayweather. On a boxing standpoint, we’re not talking about personal likeness.”

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-Andy Murray: “That’s his [Mayweather’s] hometown. He’s spoken a little bit about how much he means to the economy of the city. If it goes to the scorecards, I would think it would be tough for Pacquiao to win.”

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– Shaquille O’Neal: “Mayweather, seventh round knockout!”

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– Bill Maher: “Mayweather’s gonna win!”

– Jamie Foxx

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– Canelo Alvarez: “Pacquiao is a great fighter, one who has fought the best, but I honestly think Mayweather will win by decision.”

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– Lethal Bizzle: “I’m going to go with Mayweather. I think it’s going to go 12 rounds but I think Pacquiao might get knocked down.”  

Team Pacquiao

 

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– Adrianna Lima: “The fight of the century … Pacquiao!”

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– Ronda Rousey: “Pacquiao’s been very, very nice me, so I’m going to root for him.”

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George Foreman

https://instagram.com/p/1RXwfGOd6D/?taken-by=mannypacquiao – Charles Barkley: “Manny is an aggressive person. He got punches coming from every angle.”

– Julio Cesar Chavez Sr: “Pacquiao because of his heart!”

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