{"id":44593,"date":"2015-03-12T12:06:53","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T04:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=44593"},"modified":"2015-03-12T12:06:53","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T04:06:53","slug":"liam-neeson-will-back-pacquiao-in-the-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/03\/12\/liam-neeson-will-back-pacquiao-in-the-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"Liam Neeson will back Pacquiao in the ring"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MANILA —\u00a0“Two tickets, buddy, two tickets.”<\/p>\n

This was Liam Neeson’s request to boxing champ Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao as tickets for his fight with\u00a0Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 2 expected to be scarce.<\/p>\n

Neeson said he is off to give all-out support to Pacquiao during the fight.<\/p>\n

“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.”<\/p>\n

“This could be (like) the Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier fight of 1971,” he added.<\/p>\n

Neeson, who lent his voice to\u00a0Pacquiao’s documentary, “Manny: The Movie,” released earlier this year, also said that Pacquiao would be a great politician in the country.<\/p>\n

“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.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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