Keyshawn Davis says he’s going to remain at light-weight till Gervonta Davis agrees to battle him. The Virginia native Keyshawn (11-0, 7 KOs) thinks Tank Davis is hoping he’ll transfer as much as 140 so he can say he’s too large and doesn’t must battle him.
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Keyshawn says he received’t try this, and he’ll keep so long as essential to get the conflict towards Tank. One drawback that might stop Keyshawn from staying at 135 is his dimension. He’s a weight bully for the light-weight division and arguably must be competing at welterweight or junior middleweight.
The 25-year-old Keyshawn is huge for the light-weight division and appears like a 147-pounder after rehydrating. As a result of his youth, he can drain all the way down to battle at 135, however that’s not one thing he can do indefinitely. While you’ve obtained fighters of their mid-20s, they’re on borrowed time.
Keyshawn when he does negotiate a battle with Tank Davis, he received’t have the ability to use his weight “shenanigans” that he’s carried out with different fighters. That’s a deal-killer proper there as a result of Tank is the face of boxing and the A-side.
Prime Rank must muzzle Keyshawn and allow them to negotiate as a result of he’s going to damage each potential large battle he can get if he speaks in absolutes of what he received’t be prepared to place up with. If Keyshawn needs these large fights towards superstars like Tank, he must grovel and do no matter is requested of him.
Tank would at all times have the higher hand in negotiations with Keyshawn, regardless of how lengthy he chooses to remain at 135 to try to wait him out.
“The potential cash that may be made. I’m going to battle [Tank] with the identical power that he’s coming with. He can’t do all that shenanigans that he be doing with different folks, he can’t be doing with me,” mentioned Keyshawn Davis to Cigar Speak about Gervonta Davis not having the ability to use weight stipulations in a contract like he’s carried out with different fighters.
Tank Davis can earn more money combating different fighters at 135 and 140 than he can towards Keyshawn, who isn’t well-known by informal boxing followers. His followers in Norfolk aren’t going to usher in the buys the best way somebody like Ryan Garcia or Devin Haney would.
“Sure, I’m prepared for that. He can’t f*** with me. Him and his coach know that, bro,” mentioned Keyshawn about Tank Davis. “The bald-headed dude [Coach Kenny Ellis]. He mentioned, ‘Simply don’t name Tank out for the remainder of the yr. They’re fearful. They need me to maneuver to 140 to get out of 135. ‘Oh, I’m too large. I don’t obtained to battle him anymore.’”
Keyshawn is already large for the light-weight division. That’s why he’s having success towards the restricted opposition that his promoters are matching him towards. If Keyshawn needed to transfer as much as 147 or 154 and enter the overall inhabitants of killers in these divisions, he wouldn’t final lengthy earlier than one in every of them obtained to him. Keyshawn can be in hassle towards Jaron Ennis at 147 and Bakhram Murtazaliev at 154.
“No, I’m staying at 135, and I’m going to be there till you’re able to battle me,” mentioned Keyshawn about Gervont Davis.
Keyshawn can try to keep at 135, however that doesn’t imply he’s ever going to get a battle towards Tank. Have a look at Lomachenko. He’s been at light-weight since 2018, and it’s solely now that he’s 36 that Tank has proven curiosity in combating him. Keyshawn can’t keep at 135 for the following six years like Lomachenko has with out rising out of the division, which he he’s on the verge of doing proper now.
“I don’t assume he needs to battle a younger and up-and-coming star,” mentioned Keyshawn about Vasily Lomachenko. “He needs to battle a solidified star. An individual that already had their means in boxing. I’m nonetheless up and coming. So, I don’t assume in his final battle that he needs to battle a younger and up and coming individual.”
It’s means too early for Keyshawn to be considered as an “up-and-coming star” as a result of he’s appeared poor in two out of his final three fights towards Miguel Madueno and Nahir Albright. That’s why Prime Rank circled and matched Keyshawn towards the 35-year-old Jose Pedraza after which supplied him 38-year-old Nicholas Walters. Keyshawn is just too obtuse to see issues as they are surely.
“He needs to battle a famous person. Yeah, we [Top Rank] talked about it, however I don’t assume he [Lomachenko] needs to go this route,” mentioned Keyshawn.
Lomachenko would by no means waste time with a non-name like Keyshawn, who brings nothing to the desk apart from 20+ lbs, by no means received a world title, and got here in second place within the 2020 Olympics. He misplaced to Andy Cruz. In distinction, Lomachenko is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and a former three-division world champion. Keyshawn won’t ever accomplish these issues, and he’s already about to show 26 with no world titles in sight.
