Tim Tebow joins Manny Pacquiao at Floyd Mayweather training

Are Tim Tebow and Manny Pacquiao the new Justin Bieber and Floyd Mayweather celebrity-fighter duo?
Tim Tebow joins Manny Pacquiao at Floyd Mayweather training
Tim Tebow joins Manny Pacquiao at Floyd Mayweather training /

Former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow paid a visit to Manny Pacquiao at a Los Angeles gym Saturday while the prize fighter trained for his upcoming bout with Floyd Mayweather, the Denver Post reported Saturday. 

"Awesome being with my Filipino and Christian brother," Tebow wrote on social media. Pacquiao was sparring with Kenneth Sims Jr., who also posted a photo with Tebow.

The move evokes pop star Justin Bieber's appearance by Mayweather's side at a press conference earlier this year. 

The Pacquiao-Mayweather fight takes place on May 2 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

We're wondering if Bieber and Tebow will sit across from each other at ringside. 

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Oscar De La Hoya, 1995

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Walter Iooss Jr

Floyd Mayweather Jr., 2005

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Clay Patrick McBride

Wladmir and Vitali Klitschko, 2002

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Bob Martin

Manny Pacquiao, 2011

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Robert Beck

George Foreman, 1975

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John Iacono

Bernard Hopkins, 1999

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Al Tielemans

Lennox Lewis, 1998

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Neil Leifer

Rocky Marciano, 1953

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Martha Holmes

Muhammad Ali, Don King, Joe Frazier, 1975

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Neil Leifer

Sonny Liston, 1967

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Neil Leifer

Tommy Hearns, 2000

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Ronald C. Modra

Muhammad Ali, 1970

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Neil Leifer

Mike Tyson, 2002

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Michael O'Neill

George Foreman, 1991

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Neil Leifer

Oscar De La Hoya, 1992

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Neil Leifer

Gerry Cooney, 1982

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Neil Leifer

Ken Norton, 1976

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Neil Leifer

Marvin Hagler, 1987

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Manny Millan

Leon Spinks, 1978

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James Drake

Tommy Hearns, 1980

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Paul Kennedy

Danny Lopez, 1979

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Richard Mackson

Joe Frazier, 1996

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Walter Iooss Jr

Muhammad Ali, 1965

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Neil Leifer

Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, 2003

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Walter Iooss Jr

Felix Trinidad, 2001

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Bill Frakes

Evander Holyfield, 1997

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Manny Milan

Sugar Ray Leonard, 1980

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Manny Milan

Floyd Patterson, 1956

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Dan Weiner

James Toney, 2006

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Manuello Paganelli

Chuck Wepner, 1975

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Neil Leifer

Roy Jones, 2001

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Nick Cardillicchio

Muhammad Ali, 2006

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Neil Leifer

Ingmar Johansson, circa. 1960

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Jerry Cooke

Manny Pacquiao, 2008

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Robert Beck

Mike Tyson, 1987

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Manny Millan

Larry Holmes, 1982

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Neil Leifer

Muhammad Ali and Billy Crystal, 2006

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Neil Leifer

Eric (Butterbean) Esch, 2013

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Robert Seale

Don King, 1975

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Neil Leifer

Mike Tyson, 1988

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Neil Leifer

Hurricane Carter, 1963

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Walter Iooss Jr

Arturo Gatti, 2004

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Clay Patrick McBride

Mike Tyson, 1988

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Neil Leifer

Oscar De La Hoya, 2000

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Robert Beck

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