Rasheda Ali: My dad is a fan of Pacquiao | Inquirer Sports

Rasheda Ali: My dad is a fan of Pacquiao

By: - Reporter / @BLozadaINQ
/ 06:44 PM April 04, 2015

Actress Rasheda Ali, daughter of boxing legend Muhammad. AFP

Actress Rasheda Ali, daughter of boxing legend Muhammad. AFP

There is a rift inside the Ali family, and it has something to do with what’s happening on May 2 at MGM Grand Garden Arena.

Rasheda Ali, the daughter of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, insisted that her father is a fan of Manny Pacquiao, TMZ reported.

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READ: Muhammad Ali is ‘Team Pacquiao all the way’

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That, however, proved difficult for Rasheda as Lonnie, Muhammad’s wife, didn’t want the boxing great to appear to be siding to anyone.

 

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“For political reasons, or other reasons, or because my dad didn’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings, Lonnie didn’t want him to pick a side,” Rasheda told TMZ.

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Ali’s spokesman clarified that Muhammad did not pick either Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather Jr. in their welterweight unification bout, considered as the biggest fight in boxing history.

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READ: Ali denies picking Pacquiao over Mayweather–report
Rasheda added that what she previously told TMZ was true where she told the outlet that “it was extremely accurate. It was exactly what I said to the word.”

It was, as Rasheda said, when other outlets twisted the thought making it as if Muhammad was going to be at Pacquiao’s corner come May 2.

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For more updates on Pacquiao-Mayweather “Fight of the Century,” visit The Pacquiao Files.

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