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Biebs: Mayweather is ‘Misunderstood’

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Pop star calls the boxer a mentor.

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A nation of pubescent girls just went out and bought Raging Bull on Blu-ray. Teen heartthrob Justin Bieber accompanied Floyd Mayweather Jr. to the ring Saturday, and now TMZ reports that the “Baby” singer has become friendly with the hard-knuckled champion ever since he saw Bieber in Never Say Never. According to TMZ’s sources, Bieber thinks of Mayweather as a mentor who’s really just a “hardworking and clean-cut guy”—even though Mayweather’s about to spend a three-month stint in prison on domestic-violence charges. Bieber carried two of the super welterweight’s title belts to the ring when Mayweather took on Miguel Cotto Saturday.

Read it at TMZ