Pacquiao vs. Marquez: Tim Bradley Must Win Big in Undercard To Grow Following

As one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the world, light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley has had trouble drawing a following for his fights, and must impress in his bout with Joel Casamayor on the the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel fight this weekend.

Bradley is an impressive 27-0 with 11 knockouts and has the WBO light welterweight title, but still finds it hard to draw a crowd to his fights in person and on pay-per-view.

On Saturday November 12, Bradley will not have to worry about the crowd showing up, as he is fighting just before Pacquiao, the most popular boxer in the world, takes to the ring.

With all the extra eyes on his fight with Casamayor, Bradley must be aggressive and go for a KO win, as the fans who are tuning to watch Pacquiao fight will remember his showing in his upcoming fight and will tune in to watch his next bout if he can leave a favorable impression in their minds.

Bradley opened his career up being an aggressive fighter that went for a knockout in every fight.

He recorded a KO in five of his first seven fights, and hasn't had a KO win since a 2007 TKO win over Nasser Athumani.

He has since become more of a defensive fighter, like fellow pound-for-pound great Floyd Mayweather Jr., making some of his fights boring to the casual boxing fan.

Bradley recently signed with Top Rank boxing promotions, and with a big win, Top Rank could have Bradley on his way to mega fights in the future—including one against Amir Khan, which Bradley has been wanting for some time now.