Boxing’s lightweight division has three champions all believing they are the man to beat at 135.
Vasiliy Lomachenko rolled back the years in his last performance, becoming the first man to ever stop George Kambosos Jr after landing some punishing body shots. With that victory Loma captured the IBF world tittle and put himself in line once again for a big fight.
However, the two fighters most pundits pick as the best in the division are WBC champion Shakur Stevenson and WBA belt holder Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis.
The two have wildly contrasting styles, with Shakur being a master defensive boxer whilst ‘Tank’ carries ferocious one punch knockout power.
In his last outing Stevenson once again showed his talent and coasted to a wide unanimous decision against Artem Harutyunyan, but for the second fight in a row the crowd showed their displeasure with the action at the final bell.
Tank on the other hand delivered exactly what he said he would, and knocked out game Frank Martin in the eighth round with an uppercut followed by a vicious left hand.
Speaking to Fight Hype, renowned coach Robert Garcia , who currently trains pound-for-pound star Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez among others, believes Davis is unbeatable at lightweight.
It looks like Lomachenko will get a shot at Davis first with the two currently in negotiations to fight before the end of the year.
