"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's "Run All Night" co-star, Joel Kinnaman, who will play his estranged son, is not as sure, however.
"It's hard because I love both these fighters, and I think had it been five years ago, I think Pacquiao would have won," Kinnaman said. "Now, I think Pacquiao is more past his prime than Mayweather."
Neeson famously lent his voice to Pacquiao's documentary, "Manny: The Movie," which was released earlier this year.
"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."
But for now, Neeson has only a simple request to ask Pacquiao.
"Manny," he said, "Two tickets, buddy, two tickets."
Tickets to the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight are expected to be scarce, and highly expensive. Initial estimates have pegged ringside seats to cost as much as $5,000, and sell for more than twice that amount in the secondary market. -- Report from Don Tagala, ABS-CBN News North America.
source: www.abs-cbnnews.com
