Pod host Andre Ward says Terence Crawford is likely one of 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 when it comes to the largest 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 large social media following and skill 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 exhibits 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 unsure who the true Face of the game is, however he feels that four-division world champion Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) ought 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 will’t promote seats outdoors their hometown and are usually not a PPV attraction, they will’t be the Face of Boxing. Sadly, Crawford isn’t a PPV draw and may’t promote outdoors of Omaha, Nebraska.
We noticed that with Crawford’s combat 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 have been the Face of the game, that stadium would have bought out, and it will have introduced in tons of PPV buys, particularly with the undercard.
To be the highest man in boxing, you’ve bought to have the ability to promote. Mexican famous person Canelo Alvarez has persistently completed that within the U.S. Gervonta Davis has by no means been on the extent of Canelo or wherever close to that on the subject of PPV buys.
The Baltimore native Tank has solely had one huge PPV occasion in his 11-year profession, towards Ryan Garcia final 12 months. It introduced in 1.2 million buys, and you may argue the success was as a result 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 battle for one particular person to say they’re the Face of Boxing as a result of sometimes 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],” stated Andre Ward to their All of the Smoke YouTube channel.
“It’s arduous since you’re preventing one or two instances a 12 months. When it’s simply you not preventing ten months out of the 12 months, who’s holding the game up? You’ve got completely different ranges of notoriety, and these guys are holding up the game, too. I’d 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’t deny what he’s completed. You can’t deny what he generates, and you can not deny his performances. You additionally can’t deny what Canelo Alvarez has completed 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 miss Terence Crawford I feel there are Faces of Boxing. I feel it’s out of these three,” stated Ward.
