Keyshawn Davis insists he can earn a living as an entertainer outdoors of the ring and doesn’t must combat his good friend, WBC light-weight champion Shakur Stevenson.
What’s essential is that Keyshawn doesn’t placed on too many extra performances as we noticed in October in opposition to Nahir Albight as a result of in any other case, he must be interested by making a residing outdoors of the ring.
Keyshawn seemed actually dangerous in opposition to a man that he was alleged to breeze by way of, and he nearly misplaced. The extra Keyshawn talks, the extra one will get the sense that he’s probably not dialed into being a boxer and would reasonably make a residing outdoors of the ring.
Followers need to see the 2020 Olympic bronze medallist Keyshawn (9-0, 6 KOs) problem Shakur for his title as a result of it’s an excellent combat on paper, and the division wants one of the best to be preventing one of the best.
If not Shakur, individuals want to see Prime Rank put Keyshawn in with one in all these contenders at 135:
Vasily Lomachenko
Raymond Muratalla
William Zepeda
George Kambosos Jr.
Frank Martin
Showmanship within the Highlight
The 24-year-old Keyshawn is preventing former two-division world champion Jose ‘Sniper’ Pedraza (29-5-1, 14 KOs) in a ten-round combat in 15 days any longer February eighth within the co-feature slot on the Teofimo Lopez vs. Jamaine Ortiz card on the Michelob Extremely Enviornment in Las Vegas.
The occasion can be proven on ESPN, ESPN+ at 10:30 p.m. ET/7:30 p.m. PT.
“You may anticipate one other hell of a combat from me. Each time I combat, the followers love me. If that is the primary time you watch me combat, you’re at all times going to need to watch me combat after that,” stated light-weight contender Keyshawn Davis to Fighthype about his co-feature match in opposition to Jose Pedraza on February eighth on ESPN.
Keyshawn hasn’t seemed good since his win over Anthony Yigit final 12 months, and that wasn’t in opposition to a gimme-level opponent. His preventing fashion blends Shakur and Frank Martin however is extra on the Stevenson facet.
You may argue that Keyshawn isn’t as entertaining as fighters like Martin, Muratalla, Gervonta Davis, William Zepeda, or Lomachenko. These are the gold commonplace at 135. Shakur, Keyshawn, and the lately departed Devin Haney are uninteresting.
Followers should get pleasure from watching fencing sports activities to understand these fighters’ types. Keyshawn, Shakur, and Haney use an beginner fashion of preventing.
“Ask any individual about me. Ask any individual how I combat and what kind of vitality I convey to the press conferences and the weigh-in main into the combat. I really feel like I’m an entertainer first and a fighter second,” stated Keyshawn.
“I actually take this significantly and this combat proper right here. It’s for my respect and I’m going to get that stuff on February eighth tune in.
Shakur Facet Step
“Me and Shakur can determine it out tips on how to earn a living outdoors of the ring utilizing our affect, utilizing our massive fan base to earn more money or simply as a lot cash outdoors of the ring. We don’t should combat one another,” stated Keyshawn Davis about his feeling that he doesn’t must face Shakur Stevenson, the WBC light-weight champion.
It could be higher for Keyshawn and Shakur in the event that they fought as a result of they’d make more cash, and the winner would see his reputation improve dramatically.
If Keyshawn sees himself as a businessman, he must be wanting to combat Shakur as a result of he can do stuff with the dough he will get.
February eighth Showdown
Enjoying it protected in opposition to outdated guys like 35-year-old Jose Pedraza, who hasn’t gained a combat in three years and has a report of 0-2-1 in his final three contests, won’t convey him the sort of dough he would make preventing his good good friend, Shakur.
It additionally gained’t improve Shakur’s reputation. Pedraza has been dragged down from the 140-lb division for this combat, and as I discussed, he hasn’t gained a combat in three years.
The place’s the acquire in that? It appears to be like like Keyshawn is happy with doing the minimal along with his profession, which ties in with this author’s perception that he’s probably not into boxing. He appears to his thoughts outdoors of the ring reasonably than in it.
“There’s far more methods of creating wealth than getting within the ring and preventing. That’s what us boxers get sucked into and overlook about,” stated Keyshawn.
