By Edward Chaykovsky

Former two division world champion Timothy Bradley (31-1, 12KOs), who faces Manny Pacquiao twice, says a welterweight unification with Floyd Mayweather Jr. is now more of an evenly matched fight.

In the past, Bradley saw Mayweather having a clear edge in the contest. He now gives Pacquiao, who faces Chris Algieri on November 22 in Macau, a better shot to unseat the unbeaten boxer. Although he views the fight as a more evenly matched contest, he still sides with Mayweather to get the win.

Bradley won a twelve round controversial split decision over Pacquiao in 2012. Earlier this year, Pacquiao got revenge in their rematch with a dominating twelve round unanimous decision.

"I think that the fight is a little more even now. I’m gonna have to favor Floyd Mayweather because he’s just brilliant in his boxing ability but you can’t take anything away from Manny Pacquiao. I’m not trying to blow smoke up my ass but I’m a really difficult fighter to deal with and Manny Pacquiao was able to deal with me, and if Manny Pacquiao is able to deal with me, he’s able to deal with anybody else, I truly believe that," Bradley told On The Ropes Boxing Radio .

"I have a lot of hand speed, foot speed as well, Floyd has hand speed and foot speed as well. He’s a better defensive fighter than I am but Manny Pacquiao throws punches in combinations, punches in bunches, so I think the fight is kind of evenly matched."

"Floyd’s a little bit more flat footed and Manny is a little bit more cautious in his approach now. He’s not as tenacious and aggressive as he used to be — if he gets you hurt, he’ll definitely try to take you out but most times now he’s thinking. He doesn’t rush his attack anymore and just come in recklessly, he’s thinking about his approach now, a little bit more now since he got knocked out by Marquez."