Duvall visits Pacquiao at Wild Card Gym. Photo by Chris Farinas/Manny Pacquiao’s Facebook account
MANILA, Philippines — Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao had a surprise visitor during his training at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Los Angeles on Friday (Manila time).
Academy Award winner Robert Duvall took time and paid Pacquiao a visit as the Filipino boxing champion prepares for his megabuck fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 2 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
The 84-year-old veteran actor and director Duvall appeared in classic films To Kill a Mockingbird and The Godfather I and II, to name a few.
Pacquiao on Thursday (Manila time) stood eye-to-eye with Mayweather before the media in a red carpet press conference held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.
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Hollywood celebrities Nicholas Cage and Elijah Wood had earlier visited Mayweather during his training camp in his gym in Las Vegas.
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