Edwin de Los Santos revealed that he would challenge Keyshawn Davis for his WBO lightweight title on June 7 in Virginia Keyhawn Davis. Keyshawn (26) is finally Show a little bravery By tackling the heavy -handed Dominican Republic, De Los Santos, in his first title defense.
However, he catches himself at the perfect time, with two years of rust on him and had a loss. If not for that, it is doubtful that Keyshawn and his promoters in the top rank would ever agree to use him as a challenger. De Los Santos would be considered too dangerous if he was active.
Unexpected shot
Davis is to Average very careful by his promoters to keep him above the water line because he could sink quickly if they threw him in with young talents Andy cruzRaymond Murtalla, Gervonta Davis, and his friend Shakur Stevenson.
#13 wbo-ranged De Los Santos (16-2, 14 COs) said Millcity Boxing The fight against Keyshawn (13-0, 9 COs) is ‘For sure,“And he expects the contract to be sent tomorrow. Hopefully Davis does not have second thoughts and changes his intention of fighting against 25-year-old Edwin, because it is probably just as good as it comes to him.
Keyshawn spoke crazy after winning the WBO lightweight title of champion Denys Berinchyk last month on February 14 and said he wanted Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz in his first title defense. He sounded confident that the Pitbull would agree to fight against him because he was now the WBO belt holder.
Keyshawn does not realize that being a champion does not mean anything in this era of the sport. Belts don’t matter now. It is only important for fighters who have no fanbase and need a title to ratify them for comfortable box fans.
It is not ideal for De Los Santos, 25, to fight for a world title after two years of inactivity without a setup. He is not going to reject the opportunity. He has not fought since he lost to Shakur Stevenson through a unanimous 12 -round decision on November 16, 2023.
Edwin throws his chances away to win that battle by not letting his hands go enough, apparently afraid of being beaten with counters of the 2016 Olympic Silver Medalist. De Los Santos could have won, but did not show the fire we saw from him in his three-round knocking of Jose ‘Rayo’ Valenzuela.
The “businessman”
This is not the struggle that fans of Keyshawn wanted to see, because they forced him to defend against his four -time conqueror Andy Cruz. Unfortunately, the top-promoted Davis showed no interest in facing the talented Cuban after losing against him in the 2020 Olympics.
This awful experience seems to have left a mark on Keyshawn, which made him hesitant to face Andy again. Davis calls himself ‘the businessman’ since he has pro -turning pro, and his focus seems to just make money. The fight against Andy Cruz would be the Cash flow down at the peak.
Last updated on 03/25/2025
