Keyshawn Davis to defend WBO 135 pound title against Edwin de Los Santos this Saturday

Keyshawn Davis said in an interview this week that Andy Cruz’s team said ‘No’ to a battle between them. Davis (13-0, 9 COs) says the 2020 Cuban Olympic gold medalist, Cruz (5-0, 2 COs), is not “ready” to fight against him. If the fight did happen, he would knock out Cruz, even if he lost against him four times in the amateurs.

Andre Ward asked Keyshawn in an interview with Top Rank if he wanted to fight Andy Cruz, and he was nervous and moved, as if he were under the hot lights during an interrogation session. The way Ward continues to push Keyhawn, you could see that he had doubts. Why would Cruz like to avoid fighting a man he has easily beaten four times in the amateurs?

Keyshawn defends the WBO title

Rather than fighting Cruz, on Saturday, June 7, Keyshawn defends his 135-pound WBO title against Edwin de Los Santos (16-2, 14 COs) in the Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia. The event will be shown Live on ESPN and ESPN+. The event starts at 22:00 Et / 19:00 pt. The approximate start time of the Davis-De Los Santos main event is at 23:00 Et / 20:00 pt.

“People are calling me out now. I get attention because I got a belt now. Now they feel that the battles are profitable now, ‘Keyshawn Davis said Top rank box about him that is called out now that he holds the WBO lightweight title. “Now, now they’re starting to call me.

“I’m not being offended. My name is’ The Businessman ‘,’ Keyshawn said when asked if he was offended to be called out. ‘I take something in this sport as a business. Keep calling me. That Cuban guy (Andy Cruz). Yes, keep me on. Every time you fight on Dazn, my name is still raised. Keep me on. ‘

“Are you going to fight him in the benefits?” Andre Ward told Keyshawn about the fight against Andy Cruz

“Hell yes,” Davis says about Cruz.

“How do you think a fight is going to go between you and him?” says Andre.

“Under six,” Davis says.

“You’re going to stop him?” says Ward.

Andy Cruz not ready?

“Hell, yes,” Keyshawn says and continues with Cruz. “They’re not ready yet. They are going to see it and come on social media. ‘ Ah, he never sent me no contract. He has never talked to me. “Yes, you’re right.

“He is on social media and he (Andy Cruz) sounds like he’s ready to fight now,” Ward said.

“But you have to sound like that,” Keyshawn says.

“You don’t believe it. Cruz is not ready for you, ‘Ward said.

“No, he’s not,” Davis says.

“Really?” says Ward.

“But we can fight, though. But they (Team Cruz) have said no. They said that,” Keyshawn said.

“I want to see it,” Ward says.

Fans believe that Davis Cruz avoids because his career focus is on money. Cruz would jeopardizing his bustle With the careful match and maneuvering done to convert Keyshawn into the WBO lightweight world champion. Davis has a good thing to go now with the way Top Rank suits him, and keeps him well protected from talents like Andy Cruz, Raymond Muratalla and Abdullah Mason.

Keyshawn avoid cruz struggle

The Cuban Andy Cruz raised Keyhawn in the 2020 Olympic final and dropped him and dominated him in a unilateral fight. Since he turned Pro in 2023, Cruz Keyshawn has repeatedly exclaimed, but has been rejected every time. Cruz’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, is amused by Davis’s reluctance to fight against him. He is apparently proud that Keyshawn Cruz avoids, which is a sign that he knows he is too good for him.