Keyshawn Davis reiterated that he will not fight his friend Shakur Stevenson, but is open to an exhibition match, “YouTube style”. He says people will want to watch him and Shakur fight in an exhibition after they vacate the 135- and 140-pound divisions.
Excuse for “exhibition”.
In order for fans to be interested in watching an exhibition match between Keyshawn and Shakur, they would have to become popular among the casual boxing fans. Unfortunately, neither is struggling against quality opposition to command attention.
WBC lightweight champion Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs) has been routinely booed by fans in his fights, and Keyshawn has been selectively matched by his Top Rank promoters throughout his three-year professional career.
Keishavn (12-0, 8 KOs) is huge for the 135-lb division, and will need to step up soon as he looks to be a welterweight for his lightweight fights. He is scheduled to challenge WBO lightweight champion Denis Berinchik (19-0, 9 KOs) on February 14, 2025 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Berinchik is considered the champion’s weakest link at 135, which explains why Keyshawn is fighting him. He is the only one he can beat. Even then, this is a 50-50 toss as Berinchik is technically a much better fighter.
The only thing Keshon has going for him is his youth, huge welterweight size frameand his is the A-side. The last item could be enough for Keishavn to win. If Keyshawn had to fight where he belonged at 147, he would face it, he would face Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis and he would get divots working his way through him.
I don’t know how Keishavn is able to melt down from the welterweight division. Younger fighters are able to wear themselves out without getting hurt, but eventually, they can’t do that anymore when they reach their late 20s and early 30s. Until then, they are playing the system. If every sanctioning body had strict rehydration limits of 10 pounds, you would eliminate bullies with weight.
“When the time is right”
“They keep asking me to fight you.” We can make an exhibition; that’s what we can do,” Keyshawn Davis said social mediatalking about fans wanting him to fight his friend, Shakur Stevenson.
“We can go YouTube-style on these guys very quickly.” Who won’t watch that? He will still watch the exhibition. They will still watch it. We’re putting on an exhibition with these fools when the time is right, and I’ll let you know when the time is,” Kishon continued about wanting to put on an exhibition with Shakur. “You’ll be like, ‘Yeah.’
“We’re going to expose these fucking mothers and increase the weight, and then we’re going to do the same thing.” We’re getting ready to clean up the (lightweight) division and move up in weight. How angry are you?
“The man and Shakur will beat everyone.” We just beat everything, move up in weight and never struggle. Then, do it all over again at 140. That would be funny as s***. Beat all your favorite fighters. They’re going to be sick as hell,” Davis said.
Keyshavn won’t win it all at 135, and neither will his friend, Shakur. Look at the way Keyshavn picks and chooses his opponents. He is NOT going after any of these talented fighters:
– Raymond Muratala
– Andy Cruz
– William Zepeda
– Edwin De Los Santos
It’s likely that Keishavn, 25, will leave the 135-pound division soon without even trying to fight any of those guys because the odds of him losing would be too great. He was almost beaten by Naheer Albright last year on October 14th. Albright rocked Kyshawn and dominated him in the final four rounds, wearing him down with pressure like Andy Cruz at the 2020 Olympics.
The “Top 3” myth.
“The fans already know that the top three dogs have the same idea of who the top three dogs are in the 135-pound division.” “I’m fine with them putting me in that division at 12-0,” said Kishon, who believes he’s one of the top three fighters in the lightweight division.
“The best 135-pounders are light-skinned (Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis’, me and Shakur, period,” Keyshavn said. The best 135-pounders. Come on, bro. Call a spade a spade.
Keishavn is way ahead of himself when it comes to being a top three lightweight as he has yet to defeat a contender in the 135 lb division.
He’s not even close to being one of the top three lightweights because he would have to beat competitors to reach that level. Keishavn did not fight with any candidate. He was protected by Top Rank the same way Edgar Berlanga was when he was with that company.
Keishavn’s Best Wins
– Gustavo Lemos: No-contest, lose
– Miguel Madueno: Second tier non-contender
– Nahir Abright: ditto
– Jose Pedras: 0-2-1 record heading into the fight
– Anthony Jigit: No-contest
He’s making a big deal about fighting a small, light heavyweight Gustavo Lemoswho was coming off a loss to Richardson Hitchins and had to retire at 140 to fight Keyshawn on November 8.
Why did Keyshavn choose a short guy, Lemos, who fights at 140, as his opponent, after the loss? I have a pretty good idea. This was totally old fashioned cherry picking. When a fighter chooses someone from an upper division to come down to fight them, the intent is to gain an advantage because the guy is weakened. It’s sneakybut it works.
Casual fans or those without critical thinking skills are impressed and are unable to put two and two together to realize that they have been duped. Keyshon was able to fight against his four-time conqueror, Cuba Andy Cruzwho beat him in the 2020 Olympic final and calls him “My son”. Cruz volunteered to fight Kishon, but chose Lemos. What does that tell you?
