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22nd Feb 2015

Pic: LA Times make an absolute balls of Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao article

That definitely isn't Floyd Mayweather

Ben Kiely

One of the photo editors at the LA Times might have lost their job over this massive mistake

The fight boxing fans have had to endure an excruciating wait for is finally happening. Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather will actually slug it out inside a ring at some stage this year.

The hype surrounding this bout means that it receiving extensive coverage, particularly from media outlets in the US. However, more content means there’s a greater chance that some errors will creep in. Some a lot bigger than others.

The LA Times had a huge blunder in one of their pieces on the fight. Instead of printing a photo of Mayweather, perhaps the most famous person in world boxing right now, they printed one of Pacquiao’s former opponent Timothy Bradley.

Oh dear…