Andre Ward: Tank Davis And Canelo Are The ‘Faces Of Boxing’

“If I had to say who’s the face of boxing now, I think the face of boxing is a two-headed monster right now. I think it’s Gervonta Davis — you cannot deny what he’s done, you cannot deny what he generates, and you cannot deny the performances — and you also cannot deny what Canelo Alvarez has done for a very long time. I think one thing they both have in common is Gervonta had Floyd Mayweather, Mayweather gave a cold alley-hoop to Gervonta, Gervonta took the alley-hoop and took it to the next level.

“If you look at the history of Canelo Alvarez and Oscar De La Hoya, Canelo Alvarez had an amazing alley-hoop from Oscar De La Hoya, the biggest fighter in the game at one point in time and the biggest Mexican fighter before Canelo came. You have to give both of those fighters credit because they took the alley-hoop and they did something with it. A lot of fighters fumble the bag or fumbled the alley-hoop or fumbled the ball — they didn’t do that,” Ward said

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One fighter who could have gotten the name was Ryan Garcia. He built up his fight with Devin Haney to get mass attention on the bout. There was uncertainty over whether Garcia’s social media activity was due to mental health concerns or trolling. He then backed up his words by dropping Haney three times on his way to a unanimous decision.

Garcia’s following on Instagram increased by over a million, while he secured a million followers on X. However, his momentum was lost after he failed two VADA tests for Ostarine. Despite claiming that the amount in his system was not enough to enhance performance, Garcia received a year ban. That has now left Davis and Canelo as the biggest names in boxing.