Tim Bradley Explains How Devin Haney Could’ve Beaten Ryan Garcia

Tim Bradley thinks Devin Haney could’ve beaten Ryan Garcia had he held his guard up.

Haney suffered a stunning decision loss, which ended up being overturned to a No Contest after Garcia failed a drug test.

“All Devin had to do was hold the phone. He was winning most of the fight,” said Tim Bradley to GHBTV about Devin Haney only needing to get his defensive mechanics right for him to have beaten Ryan Garcia last April, via BoxingNews24…

“He was winning most of the exchanges in the fight,” said Bradley. “He was jabbing, he was moving, looking good, but he kept dropping that right hand. Ryan is extremely gifted at shooting that left hook. He shoots it out of nowhere. It’s automatic for him. Obviously, Devin Haney didn’t train for it. If he would have kept that backhand up, he would have won the fight.”

Tim Bradley believes had Devin Haney focused just on boxing, he would have beaten Ryan Garcia.

“He was outboxing him in spots where he wouldn’t get caught or get knocked down. Devin was like, ‘I’m going to fight him’ rather than boxing him. He should have just boxed him. Keep his wits. Stay out of his emotions. I was thinking, ‘Why is this dude standing in front of this puncher? He needs to move.’ He didn’t need to step to this dude. Use his legs and set him up,” said Bradley.

However, Haney didn’t fight like that and he lost a decision, but luckily it has been overturned so he still doesn’t officially have a loss on his record.

Devin Haney is 31-0 and 1 NC and coming off the NC to Ryan Garcia. He doesn’t have his next fight booked as he will take some time off. Haney has notable wins over Regis Prograis, Vasyl Lomachenko, George Kambosos Jr., twice, and Jorge Linares among others.