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Manny Pacquiao Preps For Fight With $4,200 Lunch At Hollywood's Kabuki
Manny Pacquiao at Wild Card Boxing Club on April 15, 2015 in Hollywood (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
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Manny Pacquiao just left Los Angeles this week for a road trip to Las Vegas for his big upcoming fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. Before his send off, he treated friends and family out to a mega sushi meal at Hollywood's Kabuki, spending about $4,200.
After church service on Sunday, the 36-year-old boxer brought nearly 100 guests with him to the sushi restaurant, The Philipine Star reports. Pacquiao dropped $3,700 at the same spot just a week earlier, and was there earlier this month as well. He must really like Kabuki.
Lunch with Manny & Jinky PacquiaoKabuki Hollywood April 12, 2015
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For the past eight weeks, he's been training at Hollywood's Wild Card Boxing Club with renowned trainer Freddie Roach in preparation for his boxing match, the L.A. Times reports. He'll fight with Mayweather this Saturday at MGM Grand.[h/t: Eater LA]
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