Is Gervonta Davis boxing’s greatest light-weight? Boxing rankings

Subsequent replace will come on Monday, July 1.

Ranked fights this era:

• Welterweight: (9) Lewis Crocker vs Conah Walker, June 22
• Tremendous Light-weight: (3) Teofimo Lopez vs Steve Claggett, June 29
• Tremendous Featherweight: (10) Andres Cortes vs Abraham Nova, June 21
• Featherweight: (2) Rafael Espinoza vs Sergio Chirino, June 21
• Featherweight: (6) Robeisy Ramirez vs Brandon Benitez, June 29
• Tremendous Flyweight: (1) Juan Francisco Estrada vs (3) Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez, June 29
• Flyweight: (1) Sunny Edwards vs Adrian Curiel, June 29

Upcoming Fights: (8) Jared Anderson vs (10) Martin Bakole, Aug. 3 … (1) Oleksandr Usyk vs (2) Tyson Fury, Dec. 21

Notes: Had some notable exercise since final time. Chris Billam-Smith beat Richard Riakporhe of their rematch, and Billam-Smith is simply absolutely established because the No. 2 man on the weight proper now, trailing solely Opetaia. Riakporhe tumbles just a few spots. It wasn’t a reasonably battle, however CBS received the job achieved.

Yuniel Dorticos is energetic once more, and could possibly be actually harmful in opposition to nearly anybody. Jack Massey is in after his win over Isaac Chamberlain, who drops out together with Yamil Peralta, who was extra squeezed out by the return of Dorticos. For the second, the division now sits and waits for everybody’s subsequent strikes.

Upcoming Fights: TBA

Notes: I didn’t assume David Benavidez was overwhelmingly spectacular in his transfer as much as 175, however he was good, and I’ve additionally by no means as soon as thought, say, Joshua Buatsi or Anthony Yarde have been overwhelmingly spectacular, both, and Gvozdyk — even this 37-year-old model — would completely stand out on both of their data.

Gvozdyk dips a bit however stays in for now; David Morrell Jr can be headed to the division in about six weeks, so there can be some reassessing quickly sufficient. He hung round in that battle way over tried to win it, actually, however he was by no means completely blown away by a youthful man with plenty of momentum, both.

Upcoming Fights: (10) Radivoje Kalajdzic vs David Morrell, Aug. 3

Upcoming Fights: (3) Christian Mbilli vs (5) Sergiy Derevyanchenko, Aug. 17

Notes: Elijah Garcia is out resulting from his loss to Kyrone Davis, and Shane Mosley Jr is out as a result of he’s going again to 168 for his subsequent battle. That leaves the door open for Andrei Mikhailovich and a return for Austin “Ammo” Williams, who misplaced his most up-to-date battle, sure, however to an excellent fighter as a result of he really dared to battle one.

Carlos Adames predictably beat Terrell Gausha with out a lot hassle on Saturday, too. He stays at No. 2.

Upcoming Fights: (1) Janibek Alimkhanuly vs (9) Andrei Mikhailovich, July 13

Notes: Xander Zayas replaces Caoimhin Agyarko within the No. 10 spot. Clearly a proficient fighter, stable and convincing win over Patrick Teixeira on June 8, and that edges him previous Agyarko for me. However they’re each actually promising younger fighters.

Upcoming Fights: (3) Israil Madrimov vs Terence “Bud” Crawford, Aug. 3

Notes: Cody Crowley is out, sadly, on inactivity, as he won’t be preventing Jaron Ennis on July 13 resulting from not passing an eye fixed examination. Hopefully Crowley will heal up and be capable to get again within the ring. David Avanesyan, changing Crowley in opposition to Boots Ennis, pokes his head again in. You possibly can decide any mixture in no matter order after, like, No. 3 right here, between the individuals I’ve listed and several other extra I don’t. There isn’t a separation in there.

Upcoming Fights: (9) Lewis Crocker vs Conah Walker, June 22 … (1) Jaron “Boots” Ennis vs (10) David Avanesyan, July 13

Notes: Liam Paro’s upset win over Subriel Matias is clearly a game-changer for the rankings. I couldn’t work out something any higher, aside from together with ranges of fame as a key attribute, than placing Paro in at No. 1. That win is extra spectacular than what the others have achieved not too long ago. And I’m switching Matias all the way down to Paro’s previous No. 8, so they simply commerce spots.

I suppose Matias vs Prograis is wanting extra affordable now.

I could not agree with Devin Haney that Gary Antuanne Russell is “sum canine s—t,” however Russell took his first L in opposition to Alberto Puello on Saturday. He barely hangs on on the finish of the highest 10, as a result of Puello is an efficient fighter and legit contender on this division.

Russell merely needs to be extra energetic and bold if he desires to turn into what he was regarded as able to turning into. He by no means managed to determine Puello out completely, and having lower than a spherical of dwell battle time in two years isn’t very best. I nonetheless assume there’s untapped potential in him, though he’s not, like, 21 anymore, both. However being extra energetic simply fixes that half. The “bold” half would come completely from inside Russell and is both there and attainable to supply, or isn’t. We’ll see how he responds to dropping.

Upcoming Fights: (3) Teofimo Lopez vs Steve Claggett, June 29 … (7) Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz vs Jose Valenzuela, Aug. 3

Notes: Tank Davis takes excessive spot, as a result of say what you’ll about Frank Martin, however that was a prime five-ish light-weight — nonetheless is, I believe, for the second — and Tank did what Tank does, figuring issues out after which knocking somebody out. It’s not that I believe Lomachenko is lower than a terrific boxer nonetheless, it’s simply that I believe Davis is nearly as good as he’s speculated to be. What I’d actually like, and it’s been floated, is Tank vs Loma subsequent to simply settle it. I believe it’s previous its due date a little bit, however it’s not rotten but or something. To me the more durable battle is probably going Tank vs Shakur, however they’ve extra time to get that in, too.

As for Martin, he’s staying put. Let Andy Cruz or Keyshawn Davis or somebody actually make their transfer. Principally, what I considered Martin and the sector final time has not modified. Tank vs Martin went about how I anticipated.

Upcoming Fights: (3) Shakur Stevenson vs Artem Harutyunyan, July 6 … (4) William Zepeda vs Giovanni Cabrera, July 6 … (8) Keyshawn Davis vs Miguel Madueno, July 6 … (6) Andy Cruz vs Antonio Moran, Aug. 3

Upcoming Fights: (10) Andres Cortes vs Abraham Nova, June 21 … (1) O’Shaquie Foster vs (6) Robson Conceicao, July 6

Notes: Raymond Ford is out now that he’s formally determined to maneuver as much as 130. Angelo Leo is available in for now.

Upcoming Fights: (2) Rafael Espinoza vs Sergio Chirino, June 21 … (6) Robeisy Ramirez vs Brandon Benitez, June 29 … (8) Ruben Villa vs Sulaiman Segawa, July 13 … (1) Luis Alberto Lopez vs (10) Angelo Leo, Aug. 10

Upcoming Fights: (6) Sam Goodman vs Thachtana Luangphon, July 10 … (7) Liam Davies vs Shabaz Masoud, July 20

Upcoming Fights: (1) Junto Nakatani vs (10) Vincent Astrolabio, July 20

Upcoming Fights: (1) Juan Francisco Estrada vs (3) Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez, June 29 … (2) Kazuto Ioka vs (4) Fernando Martinez, July 7 … (10) Suzumi Takayama vs Isao Aoyama, July 18 … (5) Kosei Tanaka vs Jonathan Rodriguez, July 20

Upcoming Fights: (1) Sunny Edwards vs Adrian Curiel, June 29 … (4) Angel Ayala vs (8) Dave Apolinario, TBA

Notes: Seems like Kenshiro Teraji can be shifting as much as flyweight, however we’ll anticipate that to be considerably extra official.

Upcoming Fights: (9) Shokichi Iwata vs Jahzeel Trinidad, July 6 … (3) Carlos Canizales vs Ivan Garcia, July 19

Notes: One other win on June 7 for Oscar Collazo, and he retains his prime spot.

Upcoming Fights: (2) Ginjiro Shigeoka vs (9) Pedro Taduran, July 28

Upcoming Fights: (4) Chantelle Cameron vs Elhem Mekhaled, July 20 … (1) Claressa Shields vs Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse, July 27 … (2) Katie Taylor vs (5) Amanda Serrano, Nov. 15