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Watch: Jamie Foxx performs anthem at Mayweather-Pacquiao fight

Actor and singer Jamie Foxx performed the national anthem at the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight

Actor and singer Jamie Foxx performed the national anthem at the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight Saturday night.

According to ESPN's Lindsay Czarniak, Mayweather has asked Foxx to sing the national anthem "for years," and Foxx promised to do so if a fight with Pacquiao finally happened. 

Foxx has released four studio albums and has a fifth, Hollywood, set to be released in the coming weeks. He has also starred in movies such as Django Unchained, Ray, Law Abiding Citizen and, recently, Annie.

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Looking dapper in a black shirt and white jacket, Foxx put some frills on the Star-Spangled Banner and sounded pretty good.

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