Keyshawn Davis Misses Weight by 4.3 Lbs, Title Vacated for De Los Santos Bout

Keyshawn Davis got here in 4.3 lbs over the 135-lb restrict at 139.3 kilos at Friday’s weigh-in, leading to his WBO light-weight title being stripped from him for his struggle towards Edwin De Los Santos this Saturday, June seventh. De Los Santos made weight at 134.7 lbs, and he’ll be eligible to seize the now vacant WBO title.

Davis Misses Weight, Title Gone

Keyshawn (13-0, 9 KOs) declined to aim to take off the remaining 4.3 lbs, saying that he’d already made an effort final evening and this morning to get all the way down to 135. He couldn’t do it. Davis says he “outgrew” the light-weight division and will likely be transferring as much as mild welterweight subsequent. He says he’d already deliberate on vacating his WBO title anyway, and this was going to be his final struggle at 135.

Keyshawn Davis got here in at 139 lbs—4 kilos over the restrict—and didn’t try to chop the surplus weight. In consequence, he’s formally been stripped of his title on the scales. For his half, De Los Santos weighed in efficiently at 134.7 lbs.

As such, if De Los Santos fails to win this Saturday towards Davis, the vacant WBO light-weight title will seemingly be fought over by #2 Abdullah Mason and #1 Sam Noakes. That’s if Mason wins his co-feature struggle towards Jeremia Nakathila on the Scope Enviornment in Norfolk, Virginia.

Weights

Keyshawn Davis: 139.3 vs. Edwin De Los Santos: 134.7
Abdullah Mason: 134.5 vs. Jeremia Nakathilia: 134.8

For a fighter who missed weight by a large margin, Keyshawn didn’t look drained or drained. That’s a purple flag that he didn’t put within the work to take the load off, figuring out that this was his final struggle at 135. We noticed the identical factor from his ‘brother,’ Shakur Stevenson, who missed weight in his remaining struggle at tremendous featherweight. When it’s your final struggle in a division, fighters don’t put the identical effort into making weight.

“Much more motivation. I obtained much more higher now,” mentioned De Los Santos to High Rank, reacting to Keyshawn Davis lacking weight by 4.3 lbs on the weigh-in. “Two years off, 135. Oh my God.”

Keyshawn Outgrows Light-weight Division

“I’m not going to the touch him,” mentioned Keyshawn earlier than the face-off with De Los Santos. “Nah, I outgrew weight. I’ve been making weight for 4 years now. I outgrew the load. I attempted. I used to be up late final evening, making an attempt to make the load. I wakened this early, making an attempt to make the load. I simply outgrew the load,” mentioned Davis when requested if he would try to lose the 4 lbs in an hour for a second weigh-in try.

“I used to be feeling it final time once I was combating Berinchyk. Thank God, I made it. I don’t understand how I felt making it, however it’s what it’s. Yeah, for certain. That’s what ‘The Businessman,’ DB3 do. We’re going to placed on a present. Hopefully, every little thing goes by way of as deliberate. I’m fairly certain he’ll nonetheless take the struggle, and the present should go on.

“I used to be 4 kilos over. I didn’t attain the following weight class. So, the present continues to be going to go on for certain, however we obtained to deal with enterprise. Actually, I used to be going as much as 140 after this anyway. So, actually, it was like, hey, no matter. It’s what it’s. Anticipate the identical factor. ‘The Businessman’ is knocking individuals out, and De Los Santos, he’s subsequent,” mentioned Davis.