Timothy Bradley can reach elite status with victory over Juan Manuel Marquez After this is over, I'll be heading to Denver, and then down to Manny Pacquiao's training camp late in October, in General Santos City. This fight Manny is having in November in Macau, another exciting fight with Brandon Rios, is perhaps the most important contest he's ever had," Arum, who also promotes Pacquiao, told me. Deep down, Bradley knows, Pacquiao knows, and the fans know that he did not win that fight between them. Yet win against Marquez, and it is not outside the realms of possibility that Floyd Mayweather Jr may come seeking the American out. Indeed, if Pacquiao were to look phenomenal in November against Rios, the Filipino, too, could emerge as another potential Mayweather rival. That would be a $200 million fight. But the spotlight for now is on Bradley. He has impeccable ring credentials. Victory - on paper - not only over Pacquiao but over previously unbeaten boxers who inhabit the same lofty rungs of elite prize-fighting have given him great standing. Organised, tenacious, ambitious. He shows those qualities every time he fights. Bradley has also long been an opponent associated with Lancastrian Amir Khan, whose team have been deafeningly quiet since the hyperbole, two weeks ago, that he had signed a straight deal to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr next May. Let's hope the Khan-Bradley fight does happen before both men sling their hooks. The spreading belief in Bradley has come over time. His reputation grew greater, though, after he beat IBF junior welterweight title-holder Lamont Peterson, and indeed, IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander. Both came into those bouts with him as unbeaten, and on the rise. Bradley-Marquez is a difficult fight to assess with certainty, which makes it even more meaningful for the winner. Marquez is a counter-puncher prepared to go to war. Bradley has fast hands, greater movement, and real tenacity. But the greater meaning in this contest sits with Bradley. The scalp of Marquez would be a proud one in the American's record book. It will be testy, technical, and could come down to grit and determination. That vim, for me, lies on the side of Bradley, slightly inferior in technique to Marquez, but hungrier. If he sticks to a rugged game plan, he could out-muscle and out-box 40-year-old Marquez in this fight. I have a hunch that Bradley may even be able to catch the Mexican late in the fight. Fight the wrong way, nonetheless, and the legendary Mexican could make Bradley look like a stiff. Bradley by late TKO, or split points decision. Listen to Boxing Correspondent Gareth A Davies talk to guests Bob Arum, Lennox Lewis and Eddie Hearn on his monthly Fight Club Boxing Show on TalkSport on Saturday night, between 10pm and midnight.