Keyshawn Davis says his combat in opposition to Argentinian Gustavo Lemos on November eighth might be like his final one in opposition to Miguel Madueno on July sixth. Prime Rank-promoted Keyshawn (20-0, 7 KOs) feels Lemos (29-1, 19 KOs) will make it the identical sort of combat of their 10-round headliner on ESPN+.
I hope Keyshawn is kidding in regards to the Lemos conflict being an analogous combat as his final one as a result of that was like a wrestling match, however with Davis being the one doing it.
Prime Rank’s Greatest Card of the Yr?
“The co-main [Brian Norman Jr. vs. Derrieck Cuevas] is a world championship combat. You’ve acquired Abdullah Mason on the cardboard, and Troy Isley. There’s a lot expertise on the cardboard. That is the very best Prime Rank card of the yr by removed from backside to prime,” mentioned Keyshawn Davis to Fighthype about his November eighth occasion in Norfolk, Virginia.
WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr. (26-0, 20 KOs) ought to be within the headliner spot for his title protection in opposition to #7 Cuevas (27-1-1, 19 KOs) as a result of that’s a greater combat than the primary occasion. Furthermore, Norman is a world champion, and there are plenty of doubts about whether or not Keyshawn will ever attain that stage.
Prime Rank might have guessed fallacious, selecting Keyshawn to provide an enormous promotional push quite than Norman or Abdullah Mason on the undercard.
Keyshawn hasn’t proven the form of expertise that means he’s able to ever profitable a world title at 135. If he fought Keyshawn, I might decide the 20-year-old Abdullah Mason by early knockout, and he’s 5 years youthful.
Will Keyshawn Pan Out?
“You possibly can inform who Prime Rank is pushing to be the subsequent star. They imagine in me. They know I’ve all of the potential, the charisma, and the expertise to take them there. I’m right here to be Prime Rank’s subsequent star. I’m right here to be the guts of Prime Rank.”
This wouldn’t be the primary time Prime Rank guessed fallacious when choosing a fighter to place their power behind to provide an enormous promotional push. Take a look at how they whiffed with Edgar Berlanga. The one factor that Keyshawn has going for him at light-weight is his measurement. He seemed like a welterweight after rehydrating, and his measurement offers him a bonus over true lightweights.
Keyshawn can’t make a way forward for being a weight bully as a result of a fighter can solely get away with that for thus lengthy earlier than they begins dropping power because of being drained. If Keyshawn moved up the place he belongs at 147 and fought Brian Norman Jr. or Jaron Ennis, it wouldn’t finish effectively for him.
“They want it proper now. They imagine in me. They’re pushing me in the direction of that, and I’m right here to say for them.
Davis’ Wrestling Ways
“Gustavo [Lemos] is coming to combat. In the event you didn’t see my final combat [Miguel Madueno], go watch it as a result of that’s how Gustavo goes to combat. Y’all are going to take pleasure in this as effectively from spherical one to spherical ten. My final combat was action-packed.
Certainly, Keyshawn is joking as a result of he was clinching and wrestling Madueno all night time of their 10-round undercard combat on July sixth on the undercard of Shakur Stevenson vs. Artem Harutyunyan in Newark.
“So, in order for you a bit of preview of what you’re going to see on Friday, simply return and watch my final combat, Keyshawn Davis vs. Miguel [Madueno]. Return and watch my final combat, and on Friday, November eighth, keep tuned to a different action-packed combat from ‘The Businessman,” mentioned Davis.
Keyshawn-Lemos will combat in Keyshawn’s hometown on the Scope Area in Norfolk, Virginia. Lemos, 28, was on the receiving finish of a controversial 12-round unanimous determination in opposition to Richarson Hitchinson on April sixth in Las Vegas.
To be protected, Lemos ought to give attention to going for a knockout to keep away from dropping by one other questionable determination. Keyshawn must restrict the holding & wrestling he does as a result of he holding Miguel Madueno all night time, utilizing that as his first line of protection, and he acquired away with homicide.
The referee ought to have penalized or no less than warned Keyshawn, the 2020 Olympic silver medalist as a result of he was repeatedly grabbing Madueno and wouldn’t let go.
Davis, 25, compelled the referee to peel him off like an enormous Sea Lamprey. That combat confirmed that Keyshawn doesn’t deal with stress effectively. He’s proper about Lemos. He’s a fighter that applies nonstop stress like Madueno.
