Tim Bradley’s advice to Devin Haney: Go back to Mexico?

Tim Bradley wants former two-division world champion Devin Haney back in Mexico, where he began his pro career in 2015. Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) fought 10 times against low-level opposition in Tijuana , Mexico, before coming to the US

Haney lost to Ryan Garcia by a 12-round majority decision on April 20, and looked weak in the chin department. His power was also weak. Unfortunately, those things won’t change when the 26-year-old Devin returns to Mexico to battle second- and third-tier opposition.

Humble pie in Tijuana?

Bradley doesn’t notice that Haney wants a lot of money for his fights now that he and his father, Bill, feel like they’ve got it. They want the biggest paydays of fighting in the US against top-tier opposition. They won’t want to take a dramatic pay cut fighting in Mexico. I don’t see it as realistic.

Once fighters start making millions from their fights, they don’t want to make a dumb switch again, like they did when their careers started. Plus, they also punch hard in Mexico, and those fighters will be on the mark Haney’s glass chin from the jump, looking to exploit what Ryan Garcia laid out.

“Devin Haney, you wanna go back? Go back to your roots bro,” Tim Bradley said Xgiving some pearls of wisdom to the recently defeated Devin Haney. “Go back to where you started. Where did you start? You started in Mexico. Go back and get one of those guys out of there, man.

“Go back there and start over there. Get some of that humble pie. Go back to where you started. If you go back to where you started, I’m telling you. You’re coming to get back on top,” Bradley said.

Haney’s chin isn’t strong enough to take big shots from the fighters in the sport. Going back to Mexico won’t magically solve this problem. One can only imagine what a Mexican hitter like Oscar Duarte would do to Devin if given the chance to fight him.

If it was that easy for fighters to repair their careers by fighting in Mexico, everyone would be doing it. That’s not how it works. The only thing Haney will accomplish by returning to Tijuana, Mexico is rounding out his resume like he did before.