Keyshawn Davis predicts he’ll be the “Face of Boxing” and a multi-world champion and millionaire inside 5 years. Sadly, the 2020 Olympic silver medalist Davis (11-0, 7 KOs) hasn’t proven the expertise that implies he’ll be any of these issues.
In his two hardest fights within the professional ranks towards Miguel Madeuno and Nahir Albright, Keyshawn has proven a weak spot in coping with strain. These flaws held Keyshawn again within the amateurs, inflicting him to lose repeatedly to Cuba’s Andy Cruz. Keyshawn stresses out when pressured and goes to items mentally.
In 5 years, the 5’9″ Keyshawn, monumental for the light-weight division, will not have the ability to soften down from welterweight. He’ll be compelled to battle at 147, the place he must be now, and gained’t have the ability to compete towards the extra gifted Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis.
Davis is headlining towards mild welterweight contender Gustavo Lemos (28-1, 19 KOs) on November eighth on the Scopes Area in Norfolk, Virginia.
“First, I’ll be a millionaire,” mentioned Keyshawn Davis to High Rank Boxing when requested the place he’ll be in 5 years. “I’ll be a world champ, after all. Multi-world champ by then. I see myself. Additionally, in 5 years, I feel I’m going to be the Face of Boxing. I’m lifeless severe. I feel I’m strolling in that lane proper now.”
It’s extremely uncertain that Keyshawn can turn out to be a millionaire with out beating notable world champions like Gervonta Davis, Shakur Stevenson, or Vasily Lomachenko. Nonetheless, Keyshawns’ possibilities of combating any of these three are slim. None of these guys will battle him earlier than he outgrows the light-weight division.
- Vasily Lomachenko: Loma is on the verge of retirement and gained’t waste his time on a beginner to the game like Keyshawn, who has no actual fanbase outdoors of Virgina.
- Gervonta Davis: Tank is with PBC and may be very selective in who he faces.
- Shakur Stevenson: Shut associates with Keyshawn.
“Coming off a battle like that, I modified the entire narrative about myself,” mentioned Keyshawn about his ugly, foul-filled efficiency towards Miguel Madueno on July sixth. “I’m like, ‘Rattling, this child can battle anybody of those guys out right here.’”
I don’t know the way Keyshawn may be happy with how he fought towards Madueno final July as a result of that was an embarrassingly poor efficiency for him. He was in panic mode, making an attempt to take care of Madueno’s strain. Keyshawn reported to utilizing roughhouse techniques to cease the strain.
“I’m 11-0. In 5 extra years, that’s possibly ten extra fights, 13 extra fights. That’s going to be loopy by the point I’m 20-something and 0. I feel I’m positively going to be the Face of Boxing or proper there. I consider it like this.
“You bought Canelo, you bought Terence, you bought Gervonta, and you bought Inoue. All these guys are thought of the Face of Boxing. We bought our personal path of getting there. It’s nearly getting there.”
Keyshawn sounds disconnected from actuality as a result of he’s not heading in the direction of turning into the Face of Boxing. If something, he’s heading in the direction of exhausting occasions after he’s compelled to maneuver as much as 147 and face the predators in that division, who will benefit from his incapability to deal with strain. Keyshawn struggles when pressured and all the time has.
“Me towards Vasily Lomachenko. I really feel like I’d be pushing him again more often than not. I’m quicker, I’m faster, and I’m stronger. I really feel like he’s not pretty much as good going backward as he’s going ahead. I bought the scale and all of the attributes to try this.
“I feel I’d cease him as a result of I bought the facility. You watch my final battle. I harm the dude [Madueno] with a hook, and he was wobbling. I bought that one shot to get you out of there,” mentioned Keyshawn.
In 5 years, Keyshawn might be down and out if he retains performing like he did in his final battle towards Miguel Madueno. He struggled badly underneath the strain from Madueno and turned the battle right into a wrestling match.
I’ll by no means know the way the referee didn’t disqualify Keyshawn as a result of he appeared like he ought to have been DQ’d for the WWE techniques he was utilizing. In an oddity, WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr. is combating on the undercard quite than the principle occasion.
Keyshawn sells tickets, so as a consequence of his unsure future, he’s within the headliner quite than on the undercard, the place he belongs. He hasn’t proven the sort of expertise that will point out that he can win a world title.
It’s unclear why Lemos is compelled to maneuver down from 140 to take this battle at 135 quite than High Rank selecting Keyshawn’s previous nemesis, Cuba’s Andy Cruz, as his opponent.
May there be some fear about Keyshawn dropping to Cruz once more? Cruz beat Keyshawn 4 occasions within the amateurs and made it look simple.
High Rank is pouring cash into the 25-year-old light-weight contender Keyshawn’s profession, hoping he’ll pan out within the professional ranks after Cruz beat him within the finals of the 2020 Olympics.
They must determine quickly what they’re going to do with him. In his battle towards Nahir Albright final October, he appeared horrible when High Rank gave him a small step up.
Albright staggered Keyshawn within the battle spherical and swept the ultimate 4 rounds of the battle. That battle was a purple flag that Keyshawn isn’t what some had thought can be.
