WBO light-weight champion Denys Berinchyk (19-0, 9 KOs) and #1 Keyshawn Davis (12-0, 8 KOs) are finalizing a struggle for Friday, February 14th, for a principal occasion conflict on ESPN on the 5,600-seat Hula Theater at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York.
Mike Coppinger is reporting that Berinchyk-Davis is near being finalized. Each guys are from High Rank, so it’s a no brainer for them. They’re making an attempt to make a star out of the 2020 Olympic silver medalist Keyshawn in a rush. They want a star at 135, even when it’s pretend.
High Rank has picked the weakest of the 135-lb champions for Keyshawn to struggle in 36-year-old Berinchyk, but it surely’s nonetheless removed from a gimme. He virtually misplaced to Nahir Albright, which provides you an thought of his limitations.
Confidence Or Vanity?
Davis is a good self-promoter, learn: braggart, however he’s not crushed anybody. Keyshawn has been pushing for fights in opposition to Gervonta Davis, Vasily Lomachenko, and Teofimo Lopez however has proven no willingness to avenge his 4 losses to Andy Cruz. That offers followers the impression that it’s all about cash.
“I really feel like Berinchyk, his strongest attribute is his footwork. I reel like he has nice footwork,” stated Keyshawn Davis to ESPN about WBO light-weight champion Denys Berinchyk. “He’s persistently at all times transferring. It’s exhausting to hit a transferring goal.
“I really feel like Berinchyk has sneaky energy and sneaky power. I really feel like folks underestimate his IQ. I really feel like he goes in there, and thinks about what he’s going to do subsequent, and he executes.
“I don’t really feel like no fighter at 135 goes the gap with me,” stated Keyshawn, forgetting that Miguel Madueno, Nahir Albright, and Francesco Patera all went the gap. “My sincere opinion. I don’t really feel like no person within the 135-lb division can compete with me aside from the highest guys. I additionally suppose these high guys positively don’t go the gap with me.
“I really feel like I’m a singular fighter myself. I’m big at 135, and I can even make it fairly comfortably. My first time combating with a rehydration clause, it was really easy for me to make it, and I used to be so elusive. My pure weight is 135, and I really feel like everyone at 135 can’t compete with ‘The Businessman’ [Keyshawn’s nickname that he’s given to himself].
See what I imply? Keyshawn can boast with the perfect of them, and maybe the #1 within the sport. It’s too dangerous he doesn’t have the expertise to again up his self-promotion. He simply comes throughout as filled with himself and really insecure.
Gervonta Goals
“I’d struggle Tank in my subsequent struggle, however in fact, folks have their dates. I advised him in our DMs, ‘After our subsequent struggle, let’s struggle,’ and I really feel like that’s positively a chance we are able to make it occur. If not Tank, I’d go for Raymond Muratalla,” stated Keyshawn.
I hate to interrupt this to Keyshawn, however his probabilities of combating Tank Davis earlier than he retires on the finish of 2025 are slim and none. He must be sensible and deal with fights that may truly be made, like these between Andy Cruz, Raymond Muratalla, and Edwin De Los Santos.
“Doubtlessly, he will get the IBF title, and we are able to struggle for the IBF title,” stated Davis. “If not, I may nonetheless struggle him as a result of he’s with High Rank. I might like to struggle Muratalla if I can’t get Gervonta. It’s going to be an enormous yr. We’re kicking it off with my first world title, and we’re going for Gervonta or Raymond Muratalla for a unification.
“The place I’m at proper now. I’m with the perfect crew in boxing. BMB Boxing. BoMac, and Terence Crawford. I’m additionally with the Davis brothers, DV3,” stated Keyshawn about his brothers, who haven’t proven a lot skill.
“I symbolize DV3. There are three of us. Kevin and Keon Davis. I would like you to know the place I’m at proper now. I need to be the face of boxing. That child proper now [referring to himself] is the perfect in leisure and efficiency. I really feel like with every struggle, I’m going to proceed to point out that, beginning with my final struggle [Gustavo Lemos],” stated Keyshawn.
Keyshawn’s brothers are simply beginning out like him, and so they haven’t proven any sort of expertise that means that they’ll ever develop into contenders. He could not, both. Most of Keyshawn’s 12 fights as a professional have been lackluster performances in opposition to tomato cans, together with his final one in opposition to tiny 5’5″ Gustavo Lemos, who’d drained down from 140 to struggle him after he cherry-picked the man after his loss to Richardson Hitchins.
“It’s going to be an enormous yr.”
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