Gustavo Lemos made the five-lb rehydration restrict of 146 lbs given by the Fee, coming in at 144.6 lbs throughout this morning’s secondary weigh-in, and can be dealing with light-weight contender Keyshawn Davis within the 10-round major occasion tonight on the Scope Enviornment in Norfolk, Virginia. The Keyshawn vs. Lemos occasion can be proven dwell tonight on ESPN+ at 6:20 p.m. ET.
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Keyshawn has proudly boasted to the media this week that he’s offered over 10,000 tickets for the occasion on the Scope Enviornment. The venue seats 10,253 followers. That is the 25-year-old Keyshawn’s first major occasion, and he’s making a homecoming to struggle in entrance of his followers in Norfolk.
Lemos (29-1, 19 KOs) got here in 6.4 lbs over the 135-lb restrict at 141.4 lbs throughout final Thursday’s weigh-in for Friday’s light-weight conflict. The Fee reportedly set a rehydration restrict of 146 lbs for right this moment that Lemos needed to make. In any other case, the struggle would have been canceled, no matter whether or not Keyshawn wished the conflict to proceed.
ESPN+ at 10:00 pm Foremost Card
- Light-weight Keyshawn Davis (11-0, 7 KO) faces Gustavo Lemos (29-1, 19 KO) in a 10-round contest.
- Middleweight prospect Troy Isley (13-0, 5 KO) hopes to impress towards Tyler Howard (20-1, 11 KO) in a 10-round struggle. The 2020 U.S Olympian Isley, 26, has struggled since turning professional, barely defeating journeyman Vladimir Hernandez final 12 months on November sixteenth, 2023, profitable a slim eight-round unanimous determination.
- Light-weight prospect Abdullah Mason (15-0, 13 KO) takes on the powerful veteran Yohan Gasquez (26-5, 21 KO) in an eight-round struggle. High Rank is grooming the 20-year-old Mason to be one among their future stars. Of all of the fighters on tonight’s card, Mason has probably the most potential to turn out to be a world champion and a future celebrity.
- Welterweight prospect Kelvin Davis (13-0, 7 KO), the brother of Keyshawn, can be combating Yeis Solano (15-3, 10 KO) in an eight-round struggle. The lanky 6’1″ southpaw Kevin is coming off a slim eight-round majority determination win over Kelvin Johnson on July sixth, and there are doubts about his means to be a contender. He lacks his brother Keyshawn’s expertise.
In hindsight, High Rank, the promoters for tonight’s occasion, mistakenly chosen Lemos, a lightweight welterweight [140 lbs], to make use of as Keyshawn’s opponent relatively than selecting somebody from the light-weight division [135].
You’re asking for hassle as a promoter if you choose fighters from a higher-weight class to struggle your guys. When it really works, it’s nice for the fighter you’re making an attempt to construct right into a star as a result of they get to face a weight-drained opponent with a reputation and probably look higher than they really are.
The 28-year-old Argentinian Lemos is coming off a controversial 12-round unanimous determination loss to Richardson Hitchins on April sixth in Las Vegas. That struggle was held at 140 within the gentle welterweight division.
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