(CNN Philippines) — The fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. took six long years to put into reality, but in the hours before and after the bout, social media had a frenzy with images and comments from the Fight of the Century.
One of the photos that drew the most clicks saw Pacquiao receiving a pre-fight blessing from his mother, Dionisia:
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#Pacquiao & his mom sharing a pre-fight prayer. #MayPac pic.twitter.com/yhPSqQ8TAt
— SHOWTIME SPORTS (@SHOsports) May 3, 2015
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The People’s Champ’s selfie with his coach, Freddie Roach, Jimmy Kimmel, and the rest of his team, has received over 66,000 retweets as of posting time.
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14 years in the gym for 1 night in the ring. #MayPac pic.twitter.com/VWWxeEkyN9
— Manny Pacquiao (@MannyPacquiao) May 3, 2015
Pop star Justin Bieber’s photo of him with Floyd Mayweather received over 800,000 likes on Instagram:
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Apart from the stars fighting in the ring, movie, TV, music, and sports personalities were some of the notable guests at the MGM Grand Hotel:
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We know who @mark_wahlberg is taking for #MayPac. Who you got? pic.twitter.com/cRWOkGS7Ih
— MGM Grand Hotel (@MGMGrand) May 3, 2015
Show
em how it's done #JakeGyllenhaal!
We expect some hard hits in the #MayPac
ring tonight! pic.twitter.com/SxZoKGagCg
—
MGM Grand Hotel (@MGMGrand) May
3, 2015
Hey
@MattBomer! Enjoy #MayPac
tonight. pic.twitter.com/4UBgeV2EsJ
—
MGM Grand Hotel (@MGMGrand) May
3, 2015
#ClaireDanes looking
beautiful on the #MayPac
red carpet. @SHO_Network pic.twitter.com/0KtbQoMO46
— MGM
Grand Hotel (@MGMGrand) May
3, 2015
Also seen in the audience at the MGM Grand Hotel were Beyonce, Jay-Z, Mike Tyson, Drew Barrymore, Paris Hilton, Bradley Cooper, Sugar Ray Leonard, Liev Schreiber, Magic Johnson, Robert de Niro, Christian Bale, and Denzel Washington.
Whether they were Team Pacquiao or Team Mayweather, celebrities showed their support through their tweets:
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I'm rooting for you PacquiaoEllie Goulding (@elliegoulding) May 3, 2015
And
I'm awake ! Cmon pacman !
— Niall Horan (@NiallOfficial) May
3, 2015
.@FloydMayweather Good luck
tonight Floyd.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May
2, 2015
I
hope Pacquiao wins tonight. I love both fighters but i hope Manny wins.
—
Wayne Rooney (@WayneRooney) May
2, 2015
Max Kellerman — a veteran boxing journalist who interviewed Pacquiao right after the match — also went to Twitter to explain his side to Pacman’s followers and clear things out as some of the fans thought Kellerman disagreed with Pacquiao’s statements during the post-fight interview.
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.@MannyPacquiao fans: I love Manny. He's pleasure to deal with & to watch fight. Manny disagreed w/judges. Had to ask him about it. #MayPac
— Max Kellerman (@Max_Kellerman) May 3, 2015
Overall, even the celebrities joined the thousands of netizens who took to social media to share their feelings regarding the fight:
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MANNY PACQUIAO Without a Doubt the single Bravest, and most EXCITING fighter to ever lace on gloves… No one comes close . SEEN them ALL!
— Sylvester Stallone (@TheSlyStallone) April 20, 2015
Mayweather
should get a track award for running away!
Mayweather NEVER FOUGHT A
WAR IN HIS CAREER!
HE WILL NEVER BE CONSIDERED W/GREATS!
— Rob
Schneider (@RobSchneider) May
3, 2015
@jimmykimmel: Disappointing result
but what a fight – thank you for making me your Bieber @MannyPacquiao
– you are a champion
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) May
3, 2015
People
can loathe Mayweather all they like, but nobody's beaten him & I doubt
they will. He's a brilliant boxer.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan)
May 3,
2015
