Pod host Andre Ward says Terence Crawford is among the three Faces of Boxing, together with Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis and Canelo Alvarez.
The Rise of the Entertainer: Ryan Garcia
It’s not even shut when evaluating the three by way of the most important PPV draw. It’s Canelo Alvarez by a substantial margin. Compared, Crawford and Tank Davis are small fries and don’t draw close to the buys’ degree. You possibly can argue that Ryan Garcia is extra common than Tank and Crawford mixed.
With Ryan’s big social media following and talent to attach with followers throughout interviews, he leaves Tank and Crawford behind. It doesn’t matter that Ryan has by no means received a world title. He’s nonetheless extra common than these guys. This reveals you ways boxing is now extra about leisure than successful trinket belts in watered-down divisions. Being a champion doesn’t imply something now.
Ward says he’s undecided who the true Face of the game is, however he feels that four-division world champion Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) needs to be talked about together with Tank and Canelo. Ward fails to acknowledge that what a fighter has achieved within the sport doesn’t matter.
PPV Numbers Matter
If they’ll’t promote seats outdoors their hometown and will not be a PPV attraction, they’ll’t be the Face of Boxing. Sadly, Crawford isn’t a PPV draw and might’t promote outdoors of Omaha, Nebraska.
We noticed that with Crawford’s struggle towards WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov on August third on the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. Even with His Excellency Turki Alalshikh stacking the undercard with excellent fighters, the 22,000-seat stadium nonetheless didn’t promote.
If Crawford had been the Face of the game, that stadium would have bought out, and it might have introduced in tons of PPV buys, particularly with the undercard.
To be the highest man in boxing, you’ve received to have the ability to promote. Mexican famous person Canelo Alvarez has constantly finished that within the U.S. Gervonta Davis has by no means been on the extent of Canelo or wherever close to that in the case of PPV buys.
The Baltimore native Tank has solely had one huge PPV occasion in his 11-year profession, towards Ryan Garcia final yr. It introduced in 1.2 million buys, and you may argue the success was on account of Ryan’s 12 million Instagram followers. With out Ryan, Tank would return to his common low 200K numbers.
Tank Davis’ highest PPV fights
Ryan Garcia: 1.2 million
Frank Martin: 350K
Rolando Romero: 275K
The Two-Headed Monster and a Third Contender: Crawford
“I wrestle for one individual to say they’re the Face of Boxing as a result of usually when an individual is that huge, even when Floyd was the Face of Boxing, you let Floyd inform you he’s nonetheless the Face of Boxing [at 47],” mentioned Andre Ward to their All of the Smoke YouTube channel.
“It’s onerous since you’re preventing one or two instances a yr. When it’s simply you not preventing ten months out of the yr, who’s holding the game up? You’ve completely different ranges of notoriety, and these guys are holding up the game, too. I might say the Face of Boxing is a two-headed monster proper now.
Crawford’s Highest PPV Fights
Errol Spence: 700K
Amir Khan: 150K
Shawn Porter: 135K
“I feel it’s Gervonta Davis. You can not deny what he’s finished. You can not deny what he generates, and you can’t deny his performances. You additionally can not deny what Canelo Alvarez has finished for a really very long time.
Canelo Alvarez’s Highest PPV Fights
Floyd Mayweather Jr: 2.2 million
Gennadiy Golovkin I: 1.3 million
Gennadiy Golovkin II: 1.1 million
Miguel Cotto: 900K
“After I consider the Face of Boxing, I take into consideration Canelo Alvarez, Gervonta Davis, however then you can also’t omit Terence Crawford I feel there are Faces of Boxing. I feel it’s out of these three,” mentioned Ward.
