Light-weight Keyshawn Davis (12-0, 8 KOs) made a press release on Friday evening, knocking out an enormous 155+ lb junior middleweight-sized Gustavo Lemos (29-1, 19 KOs) within the second spherical of a WBO light-weight title eliminator on the Scope Enviornment in Norfolk, Virginia.
Keyshawn knocked Lemos, 28, down 3 times in spherical two. The referee, Raul Caiz Jr., stopped the competition after the third knockdown, falling on prime of Lemos as he was calling a halt to the battle. The time was at 1:08 of spherical two.
Davis Drops Lemos Three Occasions
Within the first knockdown, Keyshawn caught Lemos with a right-hand counter as he was throwing a wild shot. The shot from Keyshawn related to the chin of Lemos, placing him down. Moments later, Keyshawn knocked Lemos down with one other proper hand.
He then completed him off with a left-right mixture. This time, Lemos was badly damage and wasn’t going to have the ability to stand up even when the referee hadn’t stopped the battle.
It was arduous to inform how good Keyshawn was from this battle as a result of Gustavo had regarded so poor. He was a miniature model of Rocky Balboa from the Sylvester Stallone film, ‘Rocky,’ however he was worse than him as a result of he didn’t have any inside recreation.
He was simply permitting Keyshawn to tie him up when he’d shut the space. Keyshawn was jabbing to the physique and simply shifting away from Lemos’s clumsy assaults, trying like a matador at occasions.
After the battle, Keyshawn referred to as out light-weight champions Gervonta Davis and Denys Berinchyk. He mentioned he thinks he’ll be difficult WBO champion Berinchyk subsequent, which implies he’ll be leapfrogging #1 William Zepeda and #2 Raymond Muratalla.
“A world title is certainly going to be subsequent,” mentioned Keyshawn. “Hey, Gervonta. Knock-knock. Since I’ve been signed to Prime Rank, we’ve deliberate for an evening like this. Shout out to Prime Rank, Bob Arum. “We’re going to do larger than this. We did 10,000 with an opponent that’s not well-known. I didn’t really feel any energy in him. Perhaps he didn’t get an opportunity to hit me. I can’t say a lot for a two-round battle.”
Abdullah Mason Destroys Yohan Vasquez
Within the battle of the evening, light-weight Abdullah Mason (16-0, 14 KOs) was dropped twice in spherical one by Yohan Vasquez (26-5, 21 KO) however got here again to cease him in spherical two of an exhilarating action-packed battle.
Not like the principle occasion, Mason didn’t transfer across the ring, clinching and utilizing unlawful stiff arms to neutralize Vasquez’s offense. Mason received within the trenches and went to struggle with Vasquez, dropping him in spherical one with a thunderous left uppercut.
Early within the second spherical, Mason shocked Vasquez with a left hand. The shot brought on Vasquez’s proper knee to buckle. From that time on, he had a noticeable limp. Seconds later, Mason folded Vasquez with a left to the midsection. Vasquez went down on one knee, checked out his nook, shook his hand, and was counted out. The official time was at 1:59 mark.
