Gervonta Davis’ assistant coach, Kenny Ellis, ranked his high 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 exhausting to consider that Mason (15-0, 13 KOs) is above WBC 135-lb champion Shakur and IBF champ Vasily Lomachenko.
Mason can be a grave risk to Shakur attributable to his energy, however he wants to achieve 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 the 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 regarded spectacular throughout his brief three-year skilled profession, however he nonetheless must combat 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’ High 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 high 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 regarded horrible.
A 12 months earlier, Martin wanted to rally within the second half to win a slim 12-round resolution in opposition to Artem Harutyunyan. Whenever you’re barely beating Harutyunyan, that’s a pink flag that you simply’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 needs to be outdoors of the highest 10. That’s been Tank’s specialty. He was combating lesser opposition his total profession and swerving the killers.
