Promoter Eddie Hearn wants to see WBO lightweight champion KeyShawn Davis, Andy Cruz, and Shakur Stevenson Battle Gerrvonta Davis. The winners of the two fights will then meet to decide who the top dog is at 135.
The plan doesn’t seem likely. First, Keyshawn (13-0, 9 COs) says he ‘Will not fight against cruz for pennies. “He expects big money, and it’s not going to happen. He says if the money is not there at 135, Andy Cruz will have to fight against him by 140 after coming up. That’s if the fight paid.
Keyshawn’s claims
Cruz is not popular enough for the top rank or ESPN to offer more dough for that battle than Keyshawn against the 13 No names He built his record. None of the fighters who fought Keyshawn was well known. Cruz (5-0, 2 COs) is in the same boat. He also fought an obscure opposition, and Hearn does not give him a big promotion as he does with Shakur.
Davis, 25, recently won the WBO lightweight title of Denys Berinchyk on February 14 and knocked him out in the fourth round. After rehydrating for that fight, he looked huge and dwarfed in size. Keyshawn looked like a rehydrated middleweight in the ring that night. I don’t know how he ever made weight.
‘I would like to see Shakur Stevenson against Gervonta Davis and Keyshawn Davis against Andy Cruz. The winners are fighting against the winners, ”Eddie Hearn said Fighting type.
“I want to fight Andy Cruz before I go (up to 140). I don’t fight him for pennies,‘Keyshawn said at Shawn Porter Youtube Channel about Andy Cruz. “He doesn’t get money for it,” Davis said when he said that Cruz was the WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson’s number 1.
“I’m going to fight against him (Cruz) for the same amount I fought. No, sir, “Keyshawn said he was unwilling to fight Andy Cruz for the same amount he made against the 13 other guys he built up on his record.
So there it is. Keyshawn will not fight against Cruz until he leaves the 135 pound division. This is a good thing for him, because Cruz would go to school just as he did in the amateurs, the four times they fought.
No money, no struggle
“You have a Latino fighter (Andy Cruz), who does not speak English, it does not come from America. He is very difficult to promote. Therefore, we heard how Keyshawn’s name dragged around, because there is no way to promote him specifically, because there are no ties with the American networks or the people watching boxing (note: Cruz fights on Dazn).
‘That’s why they associate everything (reminds the fans who remind Cruz of 4-0 against Davis). Keyshawn is right. If it makes pennies (the same money paid as its past 13 opponents), it doesn’t make sense. Maybe you should pull him up to 140), ”says Porter.
“I agree. If it doesn’t make money, it doesn’t make sense”Says Keyshawn. “If we can make a lot of money on 140 instead of 135, he must come to 140. I can beat Canelo, and it would be: ‘I don’t know. That Andy Cruz Kid. That Andy Cruz Kid beat you four times in the amateurs. “I just knocked out Canelo, Bro. I have to find him, ”says Davis.
Cruz has beaten Keyshawn four times they fought in the amateurs. It sounds like Davis has come up with a good excuse to tell the fans why he will continue to avoid Cruz. Just tell the public that the battle does not pay. In this way, he can preserve his unbeaten record longer.
Keyshawn said on Porter’s channel that his promoters in the top ranking have someone to fight next. He would not say who it is, but the smile on his face suggested that he get the fight he asked for against Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz next. What a size maladjustment it will be.
Last updated on 03/05/2025
