Critics might say that Gervonta Davis must beat a top pound-for-pounder to be one himself, which is a reasonable argument for any fighter.

However, the fact is that he has a strong resume, with a number of convincing victories over elite opposition in multiple divisions. And, just as important, he has aced the eye test repeatedly with his ability to deliver memorable knockouts.

That includes this past Saturday, when he instantaneously turned a competitive fight with capable Rolando Romero into a highlight reel knockout in Round 6. That’s what he does.

Thus, “Tank” moves up the Boxing Junkie pound-for-pound list once again, this time from No. 13 to No. 11. That means he has leap-frogged over middleweight titleholder Gennadiy Golovkin and 175-pound champ Artur Beterbiev, who dropped one position each.

And with even bigger fights ahead for Davis this might just be the beginning.

Here is what the list looks like at the moment:

BOXING JUNKIE
POUND-FOR-POUND

1. Terence Crawford – No fight scheduled.
2. Naoya Inoue – Scheduled to face Nonito Donaire in a bantamweight title-unification rematch on June 7 in Japan.
3. Oleksandr Usyk – Reportedly set to face Anthony Joshua a second time in August but no official announcement has been made.
4. Errol Spence Jr. – No fight scheduled.
5. Tyson Fury – No fight scheduled.
6. Dmitry Bivol – No fight scheduled.
7. Canelo Alvarez– Has said he’ll face Gennadiy Golovkin a third time on Sept. 17 but no official announcement has been made.
8. Vasiliy Lomachenko – Career on hold because of the war in Ukraine.
9. Juan Francisco Estrada – In talks to defend his WBC junior bantamweight title against Joshua Franco in June.
10. Jermell Charlo – No fight scheduled.
11. Gervonta Davis – No fight scheduled.
12. Gennadiy Golovkin – Canelo Alvarez has said he’ll face Triple-G a third time on Sept. 17 but no official announcement has been made.
13. Artur Beterbiev – Scheduled to face Joe Smith Jr. in a light heavyweight title-unification fight on June 18 in New York.
14. Jermall Charlo – Scheduled to defend his middleweight title against Maciej Sulecki on June 18 in Houston.
15. Shakur Stevenson – No fight scheduled,

Honorable mention (alphabetical order): Nonito Donaire (scheduled to face Naoya Inoue on June 7); Roman Gonzalez (no fight scheduled); Kazuto Ioka (scheduled to defend junior bantamweight title against Donnie Nietes on July 13); George Kambosos (scheduled to defend his lightweight titles against Devin Haney on June 5); Josh Taylor (no fight scheduled).

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Critics might say that Gervonta Davis must beat a top pound-for-pounder to be one himself, which is a reasonable argument for any fighter.

However, the fact is that he has a strong resume, with a number of convincing victories over elite opposition in multiple divisions. And, just as important, he has aced the eye test repeatedly with his ability to deliver memorable knockouts.

That includes this past Saturday, when he instantaneously turned a competitive fight with capable Rolando Romero into a highlight reel knockout in Round 6. That’s what he does.

Thus, “Tank” moves up the Boxing Junkie pound-for-pound list once again, this time from No. 13 to No. 11. That means he has leap-frogged over middleweight titleholder Gennadiy Golovkin and 175-pound champ Artur Beterbiev, who dropped one position each.

And with even bigger fights ahead for Davis this might just be the beginning.

Here is what the list looks like at the moment:

BOXING JUNKIE
POUND-FOR-POUND

1. Terence Crawford – No fight scheduled.
2. Naoya Inoue – Scheduled to face Nonito Donaire in a bantamweight title-unification rematch on June 7 in Japan.
3. Oleksandr Usyk – Reportedly set to face Anthony Joshua a second time in August but no official announcement has been made.
4. Errol Spence Jr. – No fight scheduled.
5. Tyson Fury – No fight scheduled.
6. Dmitry Bivol – No fight scheduled.
7. Canelo Alvarez– Has said he’ll face Gennadiy Golovkin a third time on Sept. 17 but no official announcement has been made.
8. Vasiliy Lomachenko – Career on hold because of the war in Ukraine.
9. Juan Francisco Estrada – In talks to defend his WBC junior bantamweight title against Joshua Franco in June.
10. Jermell Charlo – No fight scheduled.
11. Gervonta Davis – No fight scheduled.
12. Gennadiy Golovkin – Canelo Alvarez has said he’ll face Triple-G a third time on Sept. 17 but no official announcement has been made.
13. Artur Beterbiev – Scheduled to face Joe Smith Jr. in a light heavyweight title-unification fight on June 18 in New York.
14. Jermall Charlo – Scheduled to defend his middleweight title against Maciej Sulecki on June 18 in Houston.
15. Shakur Stevenson – No fight scheduled,

Honorable mention (alphabetical order): Nonito Donaire (scheduled to face Naoya Inoue on June 7); Roman Gonzalez (no fight scheduled); Kazuto Ioka (scheduled to defend junior bantamweight title against Donnie Nietes on July 13); George Kambosos (scheduled to defend his lightweight titles against Devin Haney on June 5); Josh Taylor (no fight scheduled).

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