The light-weight Keyshawn Davis says he didn’t load up on the fitting hand that he dropped Gustavo Lemos with for the primary knockdown of his second-round knockout win on Friday evening on the Scope Area in Norfolk, Virginia.
Davis’ First Spherical Adjustment
Keyshawn’s coach, Brian ‘BoMac’ McIntyre, advised him to throw a looping proper hand, which he did, and that put Lemos down in spherical two for the primary knockdown. Lemos by no means got here again from that knockdown as a result of he was surprised.
BoMac additionally advised Keyshawn to cease transferring across the ring as a result of he was permitting Lemos to wear down his legs. As soon as Davis stopped transferring, that’s when he damage Lemos in spherical two with a proper hand excessive.
Even when Lemos had, he was going to get stopped anyway as a result of he was wreckless with the best way he was throwing wild energy pictures with no hand pace. Any light-weight within the prime 15 would have finished the identical factor to Lemos that Keyshawn did tonight.
Davis (12-0, 8 KOs) states he acquired his distance from Lemos, let it go, and put him down on the canvas in spherical two. Keyshawn says that after that knockdown, he knew he was going to knock him out.
Lemos (29-2, 19 KOs) regarded painfully sluggish all through the battle, and it was clear that his current success in opposition to Richardson Hitchins on April sixth is a sign of how flawed the Brooklyn, New York native is.
That battle was Lemos’ solely notable opponent throughout his professional profession, and it’s now apparent that he was by no means pretty much as good as followers had thought he was after watching him give Hitchins issues. The one different man Lemos has confronted that followers have heard of is Lee Selby, however he was 35 years outdated and long gone his greatest years when he stopped him within the fifth spherical on March twenty sixth, 2022.
“My coach, BoMac, advised me to return excessive and begin catching him with the fitting hand, to start out looping it,” stated Keyshawn Davis to the media about how he acquired his knockout win over Gustavo Lemos on Friday evening.
“That was the primary time I threw my proper hand. All through the entire first spherical, I used to be simply sticking and transferring. Sticking and transferring. So, mainly, as soon as I acquired my rhythm, he stored leaping in. So, as soon as I acquired my rhythm, and acquired my distance, I simply let it go. It was only a response,” stated Keyshawn.
Lemos didn’t look good in any respect tonight, and in hindsight, it appears apparent why Keyshawn wished him so badly when High Rank was providing him decisions for opponents. Keyshawn made it sound to the media like he was taking up a significant expertise, a killer, however after tonight, it’s now apparent that Lemos was a median fighter, barely fringe-level.
Keyshawn Couldn’t Really feel Lemos’ Energy
“I didn’t put no energy behind it. I didn’t load up. It simply got here. It him proper on the chin, and he went down. Yeah, I made an adjustment. Within the first spherical, I used to be actually simply utilizing my legs loads. BoMac was like, ‘Don’t let this man use your legs an excessive amount of too early.’”
It will have been attention-grabbing if Lemos may have stayed round for ten full rounds as a result of he would have landed one thing that put some put on and tear on Keyshawn. He was so sluggish, although.
“That was actually my recreation plan. I actually wished to see what recreation he acquired, see what his strikes are like and simply really feel him out. Within the second spherical, they stated, ‘Begin taking shorter steps.’ I stated, ‘Okay.’ That’s why I took a bit quick step again, and I hit him with the fitting hand.
“I do know I acquired your complete Virginia behind me. After an evening like this, it’s going to be much more folks behind us. So, simply comprehend it began proper right here in Norfolk on the Scope,” stated Keyshawn.
