Gervonta Davis’ assistant coach, Kenny Ellis, ranked his prime 10 lightweights, surprisingly inserting prospect Abdullah Mason above Shakur Stevenson on the #2 spot.
Ellis’ Bias?
Naturally, Kenny locations Tank Davis at #1, however it’s laborious to consider that Mason (15-0, 13 KOs) is above WBC 135-lb champion Shakur and IBF champ Vasily Lomachenko.
Mason could be a grave menace to Shakur resulting from his energy, however he wants to realize expertise to be positioned above the three-division world champion.
Kenny’s placement of Shakur and Lomachenko believes the prospect Mason means that he might need some bitterness in direction of them. They’re the primary threats to Tank Davis within the light-weight division, together with William Zepeda, who Kenny additionally has ranked beneath Abdullah Mason.
Mason, 20, has appeared spectacular throughout his brief three-year skilled profession, however he nonetheless must struggle a contender. Many unknowns stay about Mason and his future.
Putting him above the two-time Olympic gold medalist and three-division world champion Lomachenko is a little bit of a stretch. Ellis’ listing would make extra sense if Mason had overwhelmed some extremely ranked top-tier competitors.
Coach Kenny Ellis’ Prime Ten 135-lb Rankings
Gervonta Davis
Abdullah Mason
Shakur Stevenson
Vasily Lomachenko
Frank Martin
Andy Cruz
Floyd Schofield
Keyshawn Davis
William Zepeda
Curmel Moton
Defending Tank’s Picture?
Frank Martin doesn’t belong on any prime 10 listing, particularly above a harmful knockout artist like William Zepeda. Zepeda would destroy Frank Martin, and so would Keyshawn Davis and Curmel Moton. Martin was knocked out within the eighth spherical by Tank Davis on June fifteenth and appeared horrible.
A yr earlier, Martin wanted to rally within the second half to win a slender 12-round determination in opposition to Artem Harutyunyan. If you’re barely beating Harutyunyan, that’s a purple flag that you just’re not good.
Kenny inserting Martin at #5 will make Tank Davis look higher for beating him. Followers would roast Tank for having fought him if he had been ranked the place he ought to be exterior of the highest 10. That’s been Tank’s specialty. He was combating lesser opposition his complete profession and swerving the killers.
