Suge Knight could be big winner in Floyd Mayweather victory

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A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy walks past part of the Tam’s Burgers parking lot, where the hit-and-run occurred. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

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Marion Suge Knight continues to talk while being led out of Los Angeles County Superior Court on Monday. During the hearing, he described his medical ailments and continued to speak over the judge, drawing a sharp rebuke. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

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Judge Ronald S. Coen accepts a plea from Marion “Suge” Knight of no contest to voluntary manslaughter in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom.

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Former rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight, left, with his defense attorney Albert DeBlanc, listens to the terms of his plea of no contest to voluntary manslaughter Thursday in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom.

(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

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A Los Angeles County sheriff’s patrol car blocks Central and East Rosecrans avenues in Compton, where a fatal hit-and-run occurred Thursday. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

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Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials at the site of a hit-and-run in Compton involving music mogul Suge Knight. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

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An officer at the scene of the hit-and-run, a restaurant parking lot. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

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Jose Salgado, 9, watches from Central Avenue as Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials investigate the scene in a Tam’s Burgers parking lot, where two men were struck in a hit-and-run involving music mogul Suge Knight. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

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A family photo of Terry Carter and his wife Lillian Carter. Terry Carter was killed by Marion “Suge” Knight in 2015

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Lt. John Corina of the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department at a news conference Thursday night on the hit-and-run involving music mogul Suge Knight. Investigators are treating it as a homicide. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times Times)

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Rapper Tupac Shakur, left, and Marion “Suge” Knight attend an Aug. 15, 1996, voter registration event in South Central Los Angeles. (Frank Wiese / Associated Press)

By Veronica Rocha

May 3, 2015 10:36 AM PT

Former rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight may end up being one of the big winners of Saturday’s Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao fight.

Matthew Fletcher, Knight’s attorney, said last week that if Mayweather wins the bout, he expects the boxer to cover his client’s $10-million bail.

Mayweather did win, but there has been no word since the fight about Mayweather’s plans. The boxer’s camp has not responded to calls seeking comment about Knight.

Fletcher has said Mayweather and Knight are longtime friends.

A lawyer from Mayweather’s camp reached out to Fletcher several weeks ago and asked about the specifics of bailing out Knight, the attorney said.

Fletcher said he talked to Knight on Wednesday about the possibility of Mayweather coming through with bail.

“Suge said, ‘Man, I was really going to pull for him to win, but now I’m going to have to pray for him to win,’” Fletcher said.

Knight pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder and attempted murder for allegedly plowing his truck into two men at a Compton restaurant earlier this year.

Knight’s bail remains at $10 million, even though his attorney requested it be reduced by half. A jury trial was set for July 7.

Some have expressed skepticism that Mayweather would actually cover Knight’s bail.

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