It’s been days since the Fatal Fury event in Times Square. While the Canelo Alvarez vs. William Scull bout, which happened a day later, should have helped save the weekend, it turns out it didn’t. From Ryan Garcia‘s shocking loss to Devin Haney‘s uninspiring win against Jose Ramirez, the Fatal Fury event was unfortunately pretty much a dud. If it weren’t for the Naoya Inoue fight on Sunday, the entire weekend might have been a massive letdown. However, despite the many issues, the brunt of the criticism has been directed at Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney.

Although the two young stars were returning to the ring after more than a year, the rebuke they have received since the fight has been rather unkind. It is evident that both fans and boxing insiders were frustrated about the performances the fighters delivered in the event. And now Tim Bradley, a former world champion and a boxing analyst, particularly expressed his annoyance in an interview after the event. In the 12-minute-long clip, Bradley criticized everyone on the card, especially Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia. He was so angered with the performance that he even suggested that Garcia should consider retirement. “Ryan Garcia need to go ahead and just hang ’em up. Hang ’em up,” Bradley declared.

“If you can’t beat Rolly Romero, you can go hang ’em up. Hang ’em up! You got out-boxed by a dude that don’t really know how to box,” the boxing veteran posited, explaining that Rolando Romero, at 17-1, isn’t someone Ryan Garcia should have lost to. At 29 years old, Romero is 3 years older than Ryan Garcia and hasn’t enjoyed a similarly celebrated career either. Not only had Rolly fought less, but his KO percentage at 76.47 percent is less than Garcia’s 83.33 percent. With that in mind, Bradley further explained his point.

“You [Garcia] have been doing it [boxing] from the ground up. Think about that. From the ground up, bro. A dude that started boxing at 17 years old, just whooped. Your behind, bro. Come on, man,” Bradley exclaimed, with a disappointed expression. “Terrible!” Here, the former WBO light welterweight champion is referring to the age at which the two fighters took up boxing. Rolly Romero started boxing comparatively later at sixteen, as compared to Ryan Garcia, who started when he was only seven. But could it be that Timothy Bradley is being too hard on Garcia?

Hope still on for the Ryan Garcia-Devin Haney rematch

Before the fight, during a press conference for the Times Square event, everyone was hopeful when Ryan Garcia showed up in a suit, looking all professional and focused. Fans were hopeful that the 26-year-old was serious about defeating Rolly by a knockout. In one of the press conferences on March 5 earlier this year, King Ry spoke to the present audience. “I want to be great, you know. I’ve always wanted to fight the best fighters in sport,” he said.

Convincing boxing fans of his new outlook, he said, “As far as you know, my problems outside the ring, I’ve always had those problems…That’s just something I was struggling with…I admit my wrongs, and I don’t want anybody to take my actions of drinking and smoking before the fight, and try to think that’s a way to handle yourself as a professional.” So, coming from the boxer himself, it very well could be that he was coming out of a dark phase in his life and still trying to navigate his boat towards the right shore.

If only he’d have taken another fight. This is something Bob Arum also felt while watching Garcia fight. He said that Garcia should have had a tune-up fight before going straight into the ring with Romero. For now, thankfully, it looks like the rematch with Devin Haney is still on.

What do you think? Do you feel like the Ryan Garcia-Devin Haney rematch is still a good idea? Or should Garcia go on and fight some easy competition first? Regardless, Garcia plans to stay at welterweight, and if he doesn’t level his game up, top boxers like Jaron Ennis and Mario Barrios would give him a hard time in a world title fight.