By Edward Chaykovsky
Former two-division world champion Timothy Bradley views Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao as a 50-50 fight.
Pacquiao suffered back to back defeats in 2012 - a controversial twelve round split decision drop to Bradley and then got knocked out in six rounds a few months later by Juan Manuel Marquez.
The Filipino boxer has since built up a three fight win streak, with victories over Brandon Rios, Bradley and Chris Algieri.
Bradley feels the time is perfect for Mayweather and Pacquiao to finally get it on.
"Do I think the fight will happen? I think the fight should happen. I don’t know if the fight will happen. Right now is the perfect time because after Pacquiao’s fight with Marquez, the fight with Mayweather kind of went down but now Pacquiao is coming off two great wins, actually three great wins, with myself included. I think he has redeemed himself – he beat two undefeated champions this year, myself and Chris Algieri -- and Brandon Rios last year," Bradley said.
"Manny is definitely a big threat in the sport still, still a top dog and I think he will be a threat to Mayweather, I honestly do. I think he can clip Mayweather. I think it’s a 50/50 fight and I think it should happen. We have to wait and see if they can put it together. I think it makes sense. I think the fight does over three million pay-per-view buys and it’s the fight that everybody wants to see and I think its great for boxing."
