Pacquiao vs. Bradley: What a Win Would Do for Bradley's Career

June 9 is going to be our lasting memory of Timothy Bradley.

He will either pull off the shocking upset of Manny Pacquiao and launch his career to the next level of super-stardom in the world of boxing—or he’ll become victim No. 55.

There is no in-between.

Juan Manuel Marquez did everything but knockout PacMan before he was robbed of the win, and now, he has been relegated to lesser fights against guys like Serhiy Fedchenko.

Who?

Exactly.

Bradley’s most well-known opponent en route to his 28-0 record has been Joel Casamayor, a boxer who hardly moves the needle. This is his opportunity to shine on one of the brightest stages.

If Bradley can use his superior quickness and foot speed to beat the best fighter of the 2000s, the sky will be the limit.

Handing PacMan just his fourth loss in 60 matches would catapult Bradley onto the national stage and into the collective conscious of casual sports fans. It would give him the inside track to a bout against Floyd Mayweather.

Every boxing fan wants to see a Pacquiao-Mayweather battle, but if both don’t enter the match on a long winning streak, the luster has been lost. The buzz would be shot.

Bradley has an outgoing personality and is brimming with confidence, but unless he captures the win over PacMan, he’ll never have the opportunity to show off his talents to a mainstream audience. Endorsement deals, parts in movies and more will not be in his future.

Right now Bradley is known among the general population as “the guy who is fighting Pacquiao.” In order to change this, he needs to win this bout and do so without any sort of controversies.

If he completes this task, he’ll forever be known as “the guy who ruined Mayweather-Pacquiao"—something all boxers lucky enough to fight either of them have dreamed of doing.

Will Bradley be the one to accomplish the feat?

The stakes couldn’t be higher for Bradley on June 9. 

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