Keyshawn Davis weighed in at 134.2 lbs, whereas his opponent, gentle welterweight Gustavo Lemos, got here in obese at 141.4 kilos at Thursday’s weigh-in for his or her 10-round essential occasion combat this Friday evening, November eighth, on the Scope Area in Norfolk, Virginia.
(Credit score: Mikey Williams/Prime Rank)
Keyshawn Disrespects Lemos
In the course of the face-off, Keyshawn, 25, disrespected Lemos by inserting his fist on his chin in a low-life transfer by the 2020 Olympic silver medalist. Lemos seemed embarrassed being humiliated by Davis and simply allowed him to do that with out shoving or punching him.
Many fighters would have executed that if that they had been in an analogous state of affairs and proven no respect. It’s unclear why Lemos didn’t examine Keyshawn on his impolite habits. Maybe Lemos is nonetheless indebted to the Prime Rank-promoted fighter as a result of he hand-picked him, and he’s getting paid properly to be his B-side opponent.
In a approach, Keyshawn selecting Lemos makes him his boss as a result of with out him doing the Argentinian a favor, he wouldn’t be getting this good payday. It was nonetheless disturbing to see Lemos handled so poorly and for no motive. He’d been well mannered to Keyshawn all in the course of the build-up and didn’t deserve this remedy.
It’s not a shock that Lemos (29-1, 19 KOs) got here in 6.4 lbs over the 135-lb restrict, as a result of he’s been campaigning at gentle welterweight [140-lbs] division since December 18th, 2020.
The 28-year-old ought to by no means have been picked by Prime Rank to face Keyshawn (11-0, 7 KOs) except the match had been to happen within the gentle welterweight division.
Keyshawn May Have Chosen Andy Cruz
If Prime Rank needed to search out somebody who would make weight, they need to have chosen Cuba’s Andy Cruz as a result of he fights at light-weight, is very ranked, and holds a gleaming 4-0 report towards him from their days within the amateurs.
Cruz schooled Keyshawn every time he fought him and had him appearing loopy after his win within the 2020 Olympic finals. The Cuban expertise calls Keyshawn “My son” as a result of he’s overwhelmed him so many instances.
Lemos was born in Tres Arroyos, Argentina. He has a profession KO proportion of 65.52. He’s coming off a controversial 12-round unanimous determination towards Richardson Hitchins in a light-weight welterweight bout on April sixth on the Fontainebleau Las Vegas. The scores for the combat had been 117-111, 115-113 and 115-113. Followers on social media overwhelmingly believed that Lemos had gained that combat.
Friday’s Keyshawn vs. Lemos occasion will probably be proven stay on ESPN+ at 6:20 p.m. ET/3:20 p.m. PT.
Weigh-in Outcomes for Friday
Keyshawn Davis 134.2 vs. Gustavo Lemos 141.4
Troy Isley 158.9 vs. Tyler Howard 159.8
Abdullah Mason 135.7 vs. Yohan Vasquez 134.2
Kelvin Davis 142.5 vs. Yeis Solano 142.7
Austin Deanda 158.3 vs. DeAundre Pettus 159.9
Keon Davis 148.7 vs. Jalen Moore 150.4 lbs
Robert Meriwether III 131.7 vs. Eric Howard 131.4
Raeese Aleem 126.9 vs. Derlyn Hernandez 126.9
Keysahwn has two of his brothers preventing on the undercard of Friday’s occasion on ESPN+. They’re mainly prospects and don’t seem like heading in the direction of world title honors. The actual expertise on the undercard is light-weight prospect Abdullah Mason (15-0, 13 KOs), who’s the very best fighter on the cardboard, interval. He ought to be within the co-feature spot as an alternative of the light-hitting middleweight Trou Isley.
“I used to be weighing 140 two days in the past. So, my weight remains to be proper there. To start with, that is my homecoming combat,” stated Keyshawn Davis to Cigar Speak when requested why he selected the robust Gustavo Lemos as his opponent. “Lots of people didn’t need to combat me in my hometown.
“Figuring out that Lemos is from Argentina and from an entire completely different nation, and don’t care. It’s going to be off his grid regardless. He’s coming from Argentina to America. It doesn’t matter that it’s a homecoming combat. For Lemos, he’s coming off a controversial loss [to Richardson Hitchins] interval.
“Being that he’s coming off a controversial loss that he really feel like he gained, he’s received one other large alternative in entrance of him. That is going to be like his redemption. So, he’s going to be twice nearly as good as he was final time, and that’s any individual I would like in entrance of me to deliver the best come out of me.
“It’s going to be an incredible combat due to that, and the followers are going to be the winners on the finish of the evening so long as The Businessman [wins],’” stated Keyshawn.
