Bradley’s Vision: Haney Fights Teofimo Lopez In Unification At 140 Next

Tim Bradley has the perfect opponent for Devin Haney to defend his recently captured WBC light welterweight title, and he wants him to face WBO champion Teofimo Lopez in a unification fight and sees it as a bigger showdown than a clash with Ryan García.

I don’t know about that idea. Teofimo doesn’t have as many social media followers as Ryan, and he rarely fights the cutting-edge opposition that fans want to see. Teo doesn’t seem to have been there since his fight with Vasily Lomachenko in 2020. That fight changed him in some ways.

If Teofimo is the best Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) can get, that’s disappointing because there are a lot of fighters he could face if he had the courage.

Financially, Haney vs. Ryan Garcia has better numbers on paper than Haney-Teofimo because the popularity Teo had after his win over Lomachenko in 2020 disappeared due to his loss to George Kambosos Jr, weak opposition, and inactivity.

Bradley Release: Teofimo takes on Haney

“Why don’t you move on and with Teófimo López? There are 140 pound options. Why don’t you go after Teo? Tim Bradley told ProBox TV about who he would like to see Devin Haney fight next.

“That could be an even bigger fight than Ryan Garcia because Ryan doesn’t have a belt, but guess who has a belt? And you have a belt. And then you put things together and now you have a unification at 140 pounds in one of the most important fights of 2024.”

Teofimo vs. Haney would be impossible to put together because they fight on different networks with different promoters. Haney isn’t popular enough to make it worth it for Top Rank to put that fight together.

“I don’t think Ryan will beat Rolly Romero,” Paulie Malignaggi said. “I don’t believe this child [Ryan] He wants to win a world title. I don’t think this kid wants to be a fighter. I just think he wants to be famous and have more power if that’s what he wants.

“If you dig deep enough into the trenches at this level, you will always come up short. I just don’t think he wants to be a fighter,” Malingaggi said.