Liam Neeson will back Pacquiao in the ring

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MANILA — “Two tickets, buddy, two tickets.”

This was Liam Neeson’s request to boxing champ Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao as tickets for his fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 2 expected to be scarce.

Neeson said he is off to give all-out support to Pacquiao during the fight.

“I’m definitely in Manny’s camp. Yeah, sure, I want him to beat this guy,” said Neeson, who plays hitman Jimmy Conlon in his latest movie, “Run All Night.”

“This could be (like) the Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier fight of 1971,” he added.

Neeson, who lent his voice to Pacquiao’s documentary, “Manny: The Movie,” released earlier this year, also said that Pacquiao would be a great politician in the country.

“I do know he’s gone into politics,” Neeson said of the “Pacman.

” “I think he’d be great for Philippine politics.

Get this fight over with. Completely retire. He’s made his money.”