Gervonta Davis has yet to determine his next fight, though he has eliminated at least one option.

The unbeaten knockout artist has vacated his WBA “Super” junior lightweight title, WBA president Gilberto Jesus Mendoza informed BoxingScene.com. The decision was made official Saturday morning, one week after Davis was instructed by the sanctioning body to confirm plans for his next fight.

Baltimore’s Davis (25-0, 24KOs) is still in possession of a pair of secondary titles at lightweight and junior welterweight. One will have to be vacated by the time he enters the ring for his next fight, with speculation—though no such confirmation at this point—of the southpaw returning to the lightweight division.

The development is good news for Venezuela’s Roger Gutierrez, who will now serve as the lone WBA junior lightweight titlist as opposed to three separate fighters at the weight all making the same claim. Prior to this past Wednesday, Gutierrez was joined by Davis (“Super”) and Chris Colbert (“Interim”) as boxers in possession of a WBA title at the weight.

Gutierrez and Colbert were previously ordered to enter a title consolidation bout earlier this month, with the call coming one day after Gutierrez defended his belt in a twelve-round, unanimous decision win over Rene Alvarado in their August 14 rubber match. The fight is now a mandatory title defense for Gutierrez (26-3-1, 20KOs), as Colbert is among eleven boxers relieved of their WBA “interim” titles following the sanctioning body’s ruling earlier in the week eliminate the secondary belt.

Colbert was inserted as the mandatory challenger to Gutierrez’s title, with their matchup currently being negotiated (or at least ordered) and due for a purse bid hearing in mid-September if unable to reach terms.

Davis still holds the WBA “World” lightweight title, where the recognized champion is Teofimo Lopez (16-0, 12KOs; lineal/WBA “Super”/IBF/WBO), which he will likely next defend. The 26-year-old has not fought at the weight since winning that belt in a twelfth-round knockout of Yuriorkis Gamboa in December 2019, though not for a lack of trying.

Plenty of big fights await the rising star at the weight, assuming the likes of Lopez, Ryan Garcia and WBC titlist Devin Haney all remain at 135 long enough for such fights to materialize. Also of interest is what would serve as a mandatory title defense versus unbeaten Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero (14-0, 12KOs), who became the official number-one contender after his interim title was removed from rotation.

Romero has repeatedly called for the fight and seems unconcerned by their shared affiliation—both are signed to Mayweather Promotions, advised by Al Haymon and fight under the Premier Boxing Champions banner.

Davis claimed the WBA “World” junior welterweight title in an eleventh-round stoppage of unbeaten Mario Barrios this past June in Atlanta. Josh Taylor is the WBA “Super” champion, in addition to recognition as the lineal/WBC/IBF/WBO king. Alberto Puello was removed as interim titlist and is now the mandatory challenger, with his team informing BoxingScene.com of plans to have such a fight enforced in lieu of being relieved of his title status.

Whichever direction is next chosen by Davis, it is believed his next fight will take place in the fourth quarter of the year. Original plans called for an October fight on Showtime Pay-Per-View, though a crowded market in that medium is serious cause for reconsideration.

With Davis vacating the WBA “Super” title at junior lightweight, the sanctioning body—which has come under fire for years over its multiple titlists within a weight division—now has four weight divisions where there is just one title claimant. Several mandatory title fights—which began as belt consolidation bouts—have been ordered over the past three weeks, along with the reclassification of WBA “Gold” regional beltholders and former interim titlists.

The movement began earlier this month, on the heels of Gabriel Maestre’s highly questionable twelve-round decision win over Mykal Fox in a nationally televised WBA interim welterweight title fight. The fight gained greater exposure for all of the wrong reasons upon learning of the racist and extreme political views of judge Gloria Martinez-Rizzo, who scored the bout 117-111 for Maestre and whose beliefs left her subject to a suspension issued by the sanctioning body in citing a violation of its Code of Ethics policy.

Jake Donovan is a senior writer for BoxingScene.com. Twitter: @JakeNDaBox