Lomalito Moala sure knows how to work the Scottish audience.
Tomorrow, the Commonwealth Games kick off in Glasgow and while for most of us the near two-week event is viewed with more curiosity than anything else, we reckon there is one Tongan boxer who will have a fair few fans on this side of the Irish Sea.
Lomalito Moala is Tongan boxer who is based in Sydney. The Lightweight won a bronze at the 2010 Games in Delhi and he hopes to go a few steps further in Glasgow this week. Ahead of the opening ceremony, Moala posted a tweet promising to don a Celtic shirt at the event if he got 100 retweets.
As you can imagine, he flew past that total in less than 40 minutes
Get me 100+ retweets I will carry the Celtic jersey opening ceremony #CommonwealthGames #Glasgow2014 #tonga #scotland
— Lomalito Moala (@lomalitomoala) July 21, 2014
About an hour later he posted this video to Instagram thanking the fans.
With this simple gesture, Moala has ensured a huge groundswell of support at the Games from the home crowd. Smart fella.
