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Entertainment industry VIPs clearly love nothing more than a good fight, which is why Hollywood “heavyweights” turned up in droves to catch the super-fight between 11-time, five-division world champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather and eight-division world champion Manny “PacMan” Pacquiao at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
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Prior to the ‘fight of the century’ (which the undefeated Mayweather one by unanimous decision), a slew of stars headed to the SHOWTIME PPV and HBO PPV’s VIP Pre-Fight Party at Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill.
A-list names included Ben Affleck, Christian Bale, Charles Barkley, Drew Barrymore, Matt Bomer, Jerry Bruckheimer, Louis C.K., Jim Caviezel, Dave Chapelle, Kevin Chapman, Julie Chen, Don Cheadle, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Whitney Cummings, Claire Danes, Michael J. Fox, Antoine Fuqua, Elyes Gabel, Jake Gyllenhaal, Allison Janney, Joshua Jackson, Magic Johnson, Michael Keaton, Gayle King, Robert Kraft, Sugar Ray Leonard, Katharine McPhee, Dash Mihok, Reggie Miller, Shad Moss, Stephen Moyer, Anna Paquin, Jordan Peele, Amanda Peet, Brett Ratner, Gina Rodriguez, Charlie Rose, Gabriel Salvador, Liev Schreiber, Dax Shepard, Ben Silverman, Sting, Jon Voight and Mark Wahlberg.
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Also on hand were network executives Leslie Moonves (CBS Corporation President & CEO), Matt Blank (Showtime Chairman & CEO), Richard Plepler (HBO Chairman & CEO), David Nevins (Showtime President), Michael Lombardo (HBO President, Programming), Stephen Espinoza (Showtime Sports Executive Vice President And General Manager) and Ken Hershman (President, HBO Sports).
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Additional celebrities attended the fight sitting ringside at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, including Anthony Anderson, Beyonce, Justin Bieber, Mary J. Blige, Tom Brady, Chris Brown, Kevin Connelly, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Bradley Cooper, Robert DeNiro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Clint Eastwood, Julian Edelman, Jamie Foxx, Rob Gronkowski, Calvin Harris, Jay-Z, Joe Jonas, Nick Jonas, Michael Jordan, Michael B. Jordan, Jimmy Kimmel, Christina Milian, Nicki Minaj, Sugar Shane Mosley, Nicole Scherzinger, Michael Strahan, Tony Robbins, Donald Trump, Mike Tyson, Denzel Washington and Lil Wayne.
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Following the fight, talent from CBS and SHOWTIME along with VIP guests including Jim Caviezel, Don Cheadle, Claire Danes, Hugh Dancy, Pooch Hall, Shanola Hampton, Allison Janney, Michael B Jordan, Joshua Jackson, Diane Kruger, Dash Mihok, Shad Moss, Jordan Peele and more attended a post-fight VIP dinner at Craftsteak featuring Casamigos cocktails.
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