{"id":14543,"date":"2012-12-08T01:12:21","date_gmt":"2012-12-08T01:12:21","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-12-08T01:12:21","modified_gmt":"2012-12-08T01:12:21","slug":"Mitt-Romney-sits-front-row-at-Pacquiao-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=14543","title":{"rendered":"Mitt Romney sits front row at Pacquiao fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Gov. Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, sat in the front row at the MGM Grand Garden to watch the Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez fight Saturday along with his wife, Ann.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Romney was a guest of Bill Brady<\/strong>, the chairman of the Nevada Athletic Commission. Brady worked for the Romney campaign. 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