By Edward Chaykovsky

Former champion Antonio Tarver is predicting a very exciting fight - if welterweight champions Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao finalize a deal to face each other in the coming months.

Several fighters, including Pacquiao's most recent opponent Chris Algieri, predicted a one-sided victory in favor of Mayweather.  Tarver sees things differently. He expects Mayweather to have the toughest contest of his career and potentially be forced to dig deep after getting rocked by the Filipino fighter.

"I think in that type of fight, both guys are gonna be tested and I think Pacquiao’s gonna land some great shots. I can see Pacquiao landing a good shot, we could see Mayweather hurt in that fight and you can see Mayweather fight back like he’s shown in the past, even when he’s hurt, he’s gonna fight through it. Mayweather’s shown he has big heart too — I’ll never forget the Zab Judah fight and also when he fought Shan Mosley, he got rocked but when he got hurt, he was more dangerous then," Tarver told On The Ropes Boxing Radio .

"I can see Pacquiao hurting Floyd and Floyd fighting back and taking over the fight and winning the decision but it’s gonna be an exciting fight, I can’t wait. Mayweather’s been in some tough fights and he’s proven he can handle the pressure so you can’t bet against Mayweather but you just know he’s gonna be tested in a way he’s never been tested before fighting with a Pacquiao."