Here's a tip. 
 
If you watched Robeisy Ramirez on Saturday night and didn't come away impressed, there's an excellent chance you don't know what you're looking at. 
 
Because he's that good. 
 
And it won't be long before everyone recognizes it. 
 
Of course, given better than 100 amateur wins, two Olympic golds and now a professional title after just 13 fights, it's already no secret to those paying attention. 
 
A few no doubt stopped after a surprise split loss to an anonymous journeyman in his pro debut three years ago, but the comprehensively subtlety and trickiness he showed against a bona fide world class-level operator on Saturday more than erased any distaste still remaining. 
 
He’s avenged the defeat. He’s a champion now. And though the term has been diluted beyond recognition these days – easily the most damaging of the sport’s myriad self-inflicted wounds – he’s already as deserving as any of the other three claimants at featherweight and seems sure to rise. 
 
Though his 5-foot-5 frame, and a 68-inch reach don’t stack up statistically alongside belt-holders he might encounter at 130 pounds, his skill set would ensure a fascinating matchup with former 126-pound king Emanuel Navarrete – and an obvious long-term carrot still dangles in the form of ex-amateur rival Shakur Stevenson, whom Ramirez defeated for gold at the 2016 Olympics. 
 
Stevenson debuts as a lightweight this weekend but fought at 126 as recently as 2019. 
 
Still, if Stevenson is too far gone weight-wise and Ramirez is more inclined to till familiar ground for a bit, he may ultimately be well-positioned to welcome a marauder into his neighborhood. 
 
Japanese superstar Naoya Inoue has climbed to or near the top of most worthwhile pound-for-pound lists and he’s already made belt-copping leaps from 108 to 115 to 118 pounds, with another stop planned for this summer when he hosts Philadelphia-based dual champ Stephen Fulton. 
 
That won’t be an easy date by any stretch. But if Inoue finds himself a multi-belted champion there within a reasonable amount of time, who’s to say he wouldn’t continue his Pacquiao-like ascension and try his luck at featherweight – where Ramirez’s shared promotional allegiances would be a boon. 
 
Sign Randy Gordon up as one who’d like to see it. 

“(I was) thinking about future 122- and 126-pound opponents,” he told Boxing Scene. “Ramirez is at or near the top.” 
 
And if Fulton doesn’t spit in the “Monster’s” eye, it says here that “El Tren” will. 

Speaking of lists: The Tuesday crew fulfilled its periodic obligation and threw its collective hat back into the pound-for-pound ring, where the aforementioned Inoue was, well… prominently mentioned.

In fact, the unbeaten 29-year-old slots in at No. 1 on the updated top 10 thanks to his prior rampage through three weight classes and imminent plans to challenge Fulton in late July.
 
He’s followed close behind by three-belt heavyweight champ Oleksandr Usyk, dual-reigning welterweight champs Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr. and longtime high-ended Canelo Alvarez.

The list’s back half is led by Alvarez’s most recent conqueror Dmitry Bivol at No. 6, foe-seeking heavyweight champ Tyson Fury at No. 7, veteran super flyweight star Juan Francisco Estrada at No. 8, Bivol’s light heavyweight contemporary Artur Beterbiev at No. 9 and Jermell Charlo at No. 10.

Commence discussion.
 
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This week’s title-fight schedule:  
  
IBF/WBA junior featherweight/super bantamweight titles – San Antonio, Texas
Murodjon Akhmadaliev (champion/No. 4 IWBR) vs. Marlon Tapales (No. 1 IBF/No. 14 IWBR)
Akhmadaliev (11-0, 8 KO): Fourth title defenses; Second fight in San Antonio (1-0, 1 KO)
Tapales (36-3, 19 KO): Third title fight (2-0); Held WBO title at 118 pounds (2016-17, one defense)
Fitzbitz says: The challenger is a legit world-level operator with a belted pedigree but he’s up against a strong fighter at a higher weight than where he’d had the most success. Akhmadaliev in 10 (95/5)
 
WBA/WBC light flyweight titles – Tokyo, Japan
Kenshiro Teraji (champion/No. 1 IWBR) vs. Anthony Olascuaga (No. 4 WBA/No. 93 IWBR)
Teraji (20-1, 12 KO): Third WBC title defense (second reign); Unified WBA/WBC titles in November 2022
Olascuaga (5-0, 3 KO): First title fight; Fought just one time past the sixth round (23 total rounds)
Fitzbitz says: Teraji’s KO loss 18 months ago proves he’s not invincible, but he avenged the loss, and it seems pretty unlikely that he’d lose again this soon – particularly to a five-fight foe. Teraji in 8 (99/1)
 
Vacant WBA bantamweight title – Tokyo, Japan
Takuma Inoue (No. 1 WBA/Unranked IWBR) vs. Liborio Solis (No. 2 WBA/No. 25 IWBR)
Inoue (17-1, 4 KO): Second title fight (0-1); Seven wins in eight scheduled 12-round fights (7-1)
Solis (35-6-1, 16 KO): Seventh title fight (2-3-1); Held IBF/WBA titles at 115 pounds (2013)
Fitzbitz says: Inoue is the anonymous brother of the pound-for-pound stalwart and hasn’t had a career-defining win, but a 41-year-old with no recent relevance could be the ticket. Inoue by decision (80/20)
 
Vacant WBO flyweight title – San Antonio, Texas
Jesse Rodriguez (No. 1 WBO/Unranked IWBR) vs. Cristian Gonzalez (No. 2 WBO/No. 39 IWBR)
Rodriguez (17-0, 11 KO): Fourth title fight (3-0); Held WBC title at 115 pounds (2022, two defenses)
Gonzalez (15-1, 5 KO): First title fight; Zero fights scheduled beyond 10 rounds 
Fitzbitz says: Rodriguez has earned acclaim among the lighter weights for a reason and there seems no reason to believe he’ll trip over an unheralded foe without a relevant win. Splash. Rodriguez in 3 (99/1)

Last week's picks: 1-0 (WIN: Ramirez)  
2023 picks record: 8-2 (80.0 percent)  
Overall picks record: 1,258-410 (75.4 percent)  
  
NOTE: Fights previewed are only those involving a sanctioning body's full-fledged title-holder – no interim, diamond, silver, etc. Fights for WBA "world championships" are only included if no "super champion" exists in the weight class.  
  
Lyle Fitzsimmons has covered professional boxing since 1995 and written a weekly column for Boxing Scene since 2008. He is a full voting member of the Boxing Writers Association of America. Reach him at fitzbitz@msn.com or follow him on Twitter – @fitzbitz.