Richardson Hitchins says he considers top fighter Keyshawn Davis as a strategic fighter. He feels that he was quickly detected with his WBO lightweight title ‘Match.’
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IBF Light Welterweight Champion Hitchins believes the performances that Keyshawn (13-0, 9 COs) have been since the conquest of an Olympic silver medal in 2020 was strategic matchmaking. He mentions that he was introduced to 35-year-old Jose Pedraza last year after that man of 140 came down to fight against him.
Cruz avoidance
Last November, Davis fought against Gustavo Lemos, who also came off light welterweight to fight against him, and the weight looked awful.
Hitchins is not under the impression that Keyshawn defends his 135-pound WBO title against Edwin de Los Santos on June 7 in the Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia. The event will be shown Live on ESPN. He points out that De Los Santos (16-2, 14 COs) has not fought since 2023 and that he has a loss of Shakur Stevenson.
From all the contenders for lightweight against which Keyshawn can defend, he chooses inactive De Los Santos. His four -time conquerorAndy Cruz, begged for a fight against him, but was ignored by him. I lost the track how many times Cruz Keyshawn has been called out and was ignored.
If you see that Keyshawn the 2020 Olympic Golden Medal, Cruz, who went to school in the final and chooses De Los Santos, can only mean one thing. It’s matchmaking. Protect ‘the businessman.’
‘Come on, pedraza. They bring him down. I look at Pedraza striking him. Keyshawn looks out like this. He doesn’t even care, ‘says Richardson Hitchins around Thaboxingvoice When asked if he thought Keyhawn Davis strategically matched.
Pedraza was selected for Keyshawn after his poor performance against Nahir Albright. He struggled against Albright, struggled in the championships and withered under the pressure of him. After the fight, Top Rank Keyhawn of the fight against the contenders on the prizes supported and focused on either fighters who found in the mid-thirties of 140 or older guys.
‘This is matchmaking’
“I don’t take away from Keyshawn as he is, or he is not a good warrior. But the performances he has delivered It was matchmaking. Bring a fighter who is someone at 147. It’s still a game for me, ”Hitchins said if he thought WBO lightweight champion Keyshawn’s fight against Edwin de Los Santos was a ‘real fight’ on June 7.
I agree with Hitchins. Those performances by Keyshawn were 100% matchmaking because he was introduced with guys designed to make him look like 24k gold. He can’t go wrong against Little 5’5 ″ lemos or past his prime, much smaller peraza and denys Bernchyk.
“Yes, two years. Damally near two years outside the ring and you fight against Edwin. Come on, Bro, ‘said Richardson about Keyshawn who is fighting against inactive los Santos, who has not fought since November 16, 2023 when he lost to Shakur Stevenson.
Keyshawn did not try to fight De Los Santos when he was still active two to three years ago. He waited until he was out of the ring for a few years before looking at his way. I think that’s why he calls himself ‘the businessman’.
“Edwin was somewhere in the Dominican Republic) smoking from Hookah,” Hitchins said of De Los Santo. “He’s just trying to make more money. They probably got him out of the money (De Los Santos) of the money for Shakur, and he’s probably, “Okay, this (people) is going to give me a better bag or a little. ‘
“It has to be more money because there’s no way you come back from a two -year break, and you just want to fight against Keyhawn Davis,” Hitchins said.
Last updated on 04/28/2025
