Gervonta Davis’ assistant coach, Kenny Ellis, ranked his prime 10 lightweights, surprisingly putting prospect Abdullah Mason above Shakur Stevenson on the #2 spot.
Ellis’ Bias?
Naturally, Kenny locations Tank Davis at #1, however it’s arduous 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 risk to Shakur as a result of 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 may need some bitterness in direction of them. They’re the principle threats to Tank Davis within the light-weight division, together with William Zepeda, who Kenny additionally has ranked under Abdullah Mason.
Mason, 20, has seemed spectacular throughout his quick three-year skilled profession, however he nonetheless must battle 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 crushed 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 seemed horrible.
A yr earlier, Martin wanted to rally within the second half to win a slender 12-round determination towards Artem Harutyunyan. Whenever you’re barely beating Harutyunyan, that’s a crimson flag that you just’re not good.
Kenny putting 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 must be exterior of the highest 10. That’s been Tank’s specialty. He was preventing lesser opposition his whole profession and swerving the killers.
