NOW with Alex Wagner   |  December 10, 2012

Pre-fight 'words of wisdom' from Mitt Romney to Manny Pacquiao

What NOW?!: Mitt Romney attended Manny Pacquiao’s boxing match in Las Vegas last weekend – and offered some words of wisdom to the boxer before the match. Alex Wagner and the NOW panel discuss.

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>>> time for what's now? after being bloodied in the political ring just last month mitt romney showed up ringside at what turned out to be another knockout fight. the pacquiao-marquez saturday night brawl at the mgm grand . romney did not miss an opportunity to throw a few jabs at himself. according to pacquiao's publicist, romney introduced himself to boxer before the fight saying, hello, manny. i ran for president. i lost. frank --

>> get psyched, everyone. he showed him tattoos he has.

>> you do have to think, this is his re-entry, sort of, on to the american stage. michael steele , it sounds line you're going to give the dude a pass.

>> i give the brother a pass. you get your clock cleaned the way he did, and then to watch manny get his cleaned. this is a long evening all around.

>> this is a dude who was funded disproportionately by the casinos and casino magnets, and he was there at the invitation of the casino magnate.

>> he is on the board of the marriott. maybe will he go on the board of the mgm grand which held the fight. watching another knockout might have made him feel not so bad about his own.

>> i guess so. what a lead-in, though, right? hi. i lost.

>> we'll see where it takes him.

>> i ran for president. i lost.

>> it's endearing.

>> it is. thank you, my friends. thank you all. that is all for now. i will see you back here again tomorrow at noon eastern,