Mayweather says Gervonta Davis is new face of Boxing, not Canelo Alvarez ⋆ Boxing News 24

By Dan Ambrose: Floyd Mayweather Jr had his promoter’s hat on this week when he commented that he views his fighter Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis as the brand new “face of boxing” and never Canelo Alvarez.

Davis’ rankings don’t replicate him being the brand new ‘Face of boxing,’ however that could possibly be as a result of non-risk-taking fights that Mayweather Promotions has been placing him in with.

Davis has fought a pale Leo Santa Cruz at 130 and 38-year-old Yuriorkis Gamboa within the final two fights. Santa Cruz has no enterprise combating at 130, and Gamboa is well beyond his prime.

Sadly, the previous two-division world champion Tank Davis (24-0, 23 KOs) has been fastidiously matched by Mayweather Promotions since he turned professional eight years in the past in 2013.

Mayweather proclaims Tank because the Face of Boxing

“We all know that Canelo is among the greatest, however I see Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis because the ‘Face of Boxing,’” mentioned Mayweather on Thursday.

“He’s younger, he’s hungry, and if I’m not mistaken, he’s 24-0 with a 99% knockout ration. So I see Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis because the face of boxing,” mentioned Mayweather.

Whereas it’s good that Mayweather sees Tank because the ‘Face of Boxing,’ the followers don’t agree. Davis isn’t even the most well-liked fighter in his personal division at light-weight, not to mention all Boxing.

Ryan Garcia and Teofimo Lopez are arguably extra fashionable than Gervonta, and that’s not prone to change. Davis has missed his boat to grow to be the ‘Face of Boxing’ with the godawful method that Mayweather Promotions has matched him his total profession.

The match-making that has been achieved for the 26-year-old Tank Davis has arguably stunted his profession, stopping him from extra fashionable.

Mayweather didn’t match Tank in opposition to Vasily Lomachenko for the final 4 years, lacking their alternative. The sunshine welterweight-sized light-weight Teofimo Lopez swooped in and beating the growing old Lomachenko final October.

That ought to have been Gervonta that took benefit of the injured 33-year-old Lomahenko, however Mayweather didn’t need to take the chance.

Gervonta not going through the appropriate opposition

At this level in Tank’s profession, he ought to have already fought half of those fighters:

• Vasily Lomachenko
• Shakur Stevenson
• Ryan Garcia
• Teofimo Lopez
• Devin Haney
• Miguel Berchelt
• Oscar Valdez
• Joseph Diaz Jr
• Tevin Farmer
• Jamel Herring
• Gary Russell Jr
• Emanuel Navarrete

Tank Davis hasn’t fought any of these fighters exhibits how Mayweather Promotions have didn’t make the fights that he wants to show him right into a star.

In one other instance of poor match-making, Gervonta will probably be shifting as much as 140 for his subsequent combat to problem WBA secondary gentle welterweight champion Marios Barrios (26-0, 17 KOs) on June twenty sixth on Showtime pay-per-view.

Barrios is the WBA ‘common’ 140-lb champion, holding the belt under the primary strap held by Josh Taylor. That’s the man that Tank Davis ought to be going after as a substitute of Barrios, who seen a paper champion by followers.