Keyshawn Davis says his fight against Argentine Gustavo Lemos on November 8th will be like his last one against Miguel Madueno on July 6th. Top-ranked promoted Keyshawn (20-0, 7 KOs) feels Lemos (29-1, 19 KOs) will make it the same type of fight in their 10-round headliner on ESPN+.
I hope Keyshawn is joking about the Lemos clash being a similar match to his last one because it was like a wrestling match but with Davis being the one doing it.
Top Rank’s best card of the year?
“The co-main (Brian Norman Jr. vs. Derrieck Cuevas) is a world championship fight. You have Abdullah Mason on the card, and Troy Isley. There is so much talent on the card. This is the best Top Rank card of the year by far from bottom to top,” said Keyshawn Davis Battle hype about his event on November 8 in Norfolk, Virginia.
WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr. (26-0, 20 KOs) should be headlining his title defense against #7 Cuevas (27-1-1, 19 KOs) as it is a better fight than the main event. Plus, Norman is a world champion, and there’s a lot of doubt that Keyshawn will ever reach that level.
Top Rank may have guessed wrong and chose Keyshawn to make a big promotional push rather than Norman or Abdullah Mason on the undercard.
Keyshawn hasn’t shown the kind of talent that suggests he’s capable of ever winning a world title at 135. If he were to fight Keyshawn, I’d pick 20-year-old Abdullah Mason by early knockout, and he’s five years younger.
Will Keyshawn Eliminate?
“You can see who is driving Top Rank to be the next star. They believe in me. They know I have all the potential, the charisma and the talent to take them there. I’m here to be Top Rank’s next star. I’m here to be the heart of Top Rank.”
It wouldn’t be the first time Top Rank has guessed wrong when choosing a fighter to put their energy behind to make a big promotional push. Look how they struggled with Edgar Berlanga. The only thing Keyshawn has going for him at lightweight is his size. He looked like a welterweight after rehydrating, and his size gives him an edge over true lightweights.
Keyshawn can’t make a future out of being a weight bully because a fighter can only get away with it for so long before they start losing energy due to being drained. If Keyshawn moves up where he belongs at 147 and Brian Norman jr. or Jaron Ennis fights, it won’t end well for him.
“They need it now. They believe in me. They push me to it, and I’m here to tell them.
Davis’s Wrestling Tactics
“Gustavo (Lemos) is coming to fight. If you haven’t seen my last fight (Miguel Madueno), go watch it because that’s how Gustavo will fight. You will also enjoy it from round one to round ten. My last fight was action packed.
Sure, Keyshawn is kidding because he pinned and wrestled Madueno all night in their 10-round undercard fight on July 6 on the undercard of Shakur Stevenson vs. Artem Harutyunyan in Newark.
“So, if you want a little preview of what you’re going to see on Friday, just go back and watch my last fight, Keyshawn Davis vs. Miguel (Madueno). Go back and watch my last fight, and stay tuned for another action-packed fight from ‘The Businessman’ on Friday, November 8, Davis said.
Keyshawn-Lemos will fight in Keyshawn’s hometown at the Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia. Lemos, 28, was on the receiving end of a controversial 12-round unanimous decision against Richarson Hitchinson on April 6 in Las Vegas.
To be safe, Lemos should focus on going for a knockout to avoid losing through another questionable decision. Keyshawn needs to limit the hitting and grappling he does because he held down Miguel Madueno all night and used that as his first line of defense and he got away with murder.
The referee should have penalized or at least warned Keyshawn, the 2020 Olympic silver medalist, for repeatedly grabbing Madueno and not letting go.
Davis, 25, forced the referee to peel him like a giant sea lamprey. That fight showed that Keyshawn doesn’t handle pressure well. He is right about Lemos. He is a fighter who applies non-stop pressure like Madueno.
