‘The face of boxing is a two-headed monster right now’: Ward says Canelo and Tank lead the sport
Andre Ward shares his perspective on who he believes is championing the sport of boxing.
During the latest segment of All The Smoke Fight, featuring Andre Ward and guests Andre Berto and Andre Dirrell, Ward breaks down why he thinks there’s two clear nominees to be the ‘face of boxing’ at the present time, and a bit about their similarities. Check out some excerpts from Ward below.
“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,” Ward said. “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.”