Youth and strength or experience and technique? Is 'Desert Storm' Bradley really ready for Mexican great Marquez?

Ripped and ready: Timothy Bradley and Juan Manuel Marquez are ready for battle

 Juan Manuel Marquez and Timothy Bradley have weighed in for their eagerly anticipated WBO welterweight showdown in Las Vegas.

Tipping the scales at 144.5lbs, the challenger Marquez is fighting for the first time since his stunning victory over Manny Pacquiao in December 2012.

Bradley, who weighed in at the unsurprisingly heavier 146lbs, also boasts a 2012 win over Pacquiao, albeit a highly-controversial split decision, and can go someway to dismissing criticism of the nature of that result by convincingly defeating his illustrious opponent.

Though the younger, fresher, and stronger of the two, Bradley is also the more limited fighter and in Marquez faces his most intelligent opponent to date.

The Mexican's adaptability and aggressive counter-punching style could give Bradley greater trouble than he has ever experienced before: and that includes Ruslan Provodnikov who he edged to a unanimous decision victory in March's bruising battle.

'I'm focused, determined and hungry for this,' said Bradley. 'I'm enjoying this time out on the stage, people booing, I love it. Boo me more, please, give me more fuel.

'Marquez is a very, very dangerous opponent, he has power in both hands and he is very clever which means I have to be intelligent starting out.

Welterweight showdown: Both men have recorded victories over the great Manny Pacquiao

'Midway through the fight I like to take chances so you may see me step in there and maybe go at Marquez.'
On the undercard, the world's first openly-gay fighter, Orlando Cruz, meets Orlando Salido for the vacant WBO featherweight title, while the great Ukrainian amateur Vasyl Lomacheko makes his professional debut against Jose Ramirez.
Unusually, even for someone as talented as Lomachenko, the featherweight is scheduled for a 10-roud fight, and for the WBO international title. If, as expected, he is successful, there is genuine talk he could fight for a world title in just his second outing.