Two new members of Floyd Mayweather's The Money Team blag their way into entourage to celebrate to celebrate with Justin Bieber
The Essex-born pair celebrated with the pop singer as Mayweather was announced the winner in his showdown with Manny Pacquiao
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Your support makes all the difference.Two men from Essex "hung out with Justin Bieber" after blagging their way into Floyd Mayweather's entourage for his victory of Manny Pacquiao in the biggest fight in boxing history.
Well the in-ring action failed to love up the showdown’s billing, Ifran Ahmed and Chris Stowe can count their Las Vegas trip an unrivalled success. Having brought so-called “cheap seats” – it’s worth noting that tickets started at £1,000 before going for nearly 100 times that through touts – the cheeky chappies decided to head to the fight in the best TMT (The Money Team) outfits.
As Mayweather’s wealthy entourage passed by the pair, they latched on the back of the group, and were soon enough mixing it up with the A-list celebrities that flocked to the MGM Grand Garden Arena to get a piece of the action.
Ahmed and Stowe managed to take pictures alongside the likes of Nicole Scherzinger, Mark Wahlberg and Verne Troyer, while they celebrated Mayweather’s victory with Bieber and discovered that Paris Hilton has a thing for British accents.
Speaking to The Sun, 29-year-old Ahmed explained how the night unfolded.
"We got some nosebleed seats on the cheap and then dressed up in all the gear,” said Ahmed. “When Floyd's entourage arrived we 'piggy-backed' them to get ringside."
Stowe added: "We hung out with Bieber for ages. We were hugging him when Floyd was announced the winner. He just thought we were part of The Money Team.
"Paris Hilton was really nice. She said she loved our accents."
Stowe has previous pictures on his Twitter account with both Mayweather and Pacquiao.
The tricksters have previous when it comes to deceiving security though. Four years ago they managed to talk their way onto the Wembley Stadium pitch as Barcelona defeated Manchester United in the 2010/11 Champions League final.
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