Saturday’s battle between Keyshawn Davis and Edwin de Los Santos was officially canceled on Saturday after Keyshawn could not take weight on Friday and stripped of his WBO lightweight title. Davis (13-0, 9 food) weighed 139.3 pounds, which was 4.3 pounds over the 135 pound limit.
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Abdullah Mason New Headliner
The battle of Abdullah Mason against Jeremiah Nakathila will be moved to the headlisting place on Saturday night to save the show in the Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia. Mason has an exciting fighting style that makes him the perfect substitute for Keyshawn. Some fans saw him as worthy of watching over Keyshawn.
The unbeaten #2 WBO lightweight contender, Mason (18-0, 16 COs) is from Ohio. It is not ideal to be the most important event. However, the brothers of Keyshawn, Kelvin and Keon Davis, are still on the map, and it will please the Norfolk crowd. As the Saturday’s event is displayed on ESPN and ESPN+.
Keyshawn did a lot of criticism of fans for the fog. Many of them believe that he deliberately came overweight to gain an advantage against the running Southpaw de Los Santos (16-2, 14 COs).
What fans rejected was that Davis said he had already intended to be his last fight at 135, and that he had moved up to 140. He also did not have the physical appearance of a fighter who demanded weight.
Davis: Unprofessional weight miss
“You are supposed to make the weight. Why did you sign the contract for 135 and put your title at stake if you knew you would not do the weight? ‘ said Tim Bradley Fighting typeRespond to Keyhawn Davis who does not make weight today.
Davis has never missed weight before during his short four-year-old pro-career. In his last three fights, it looked like he was getting bigger and looked like the weight class.
“It’s very unprofessional. You are supposed to make the weight. If you crawl to the scale on all four, then I say, ‘Damally, he tried to make the weight, but it was too much for him. “But he doesn’t crawl on the scales at all,” Bradley said of Keyshawn.
Keyshawn’s size concerns
The size difference between Keyshawn and De Los Santos was noticed on Thursday. You can see that you look at Keyshawn that it did not look like he was starting to weight. In contrast, De Los Santos looked exhausted and skeletal.
“He is a big 135-pound and was his entire (4-year) career. However, he was busy,” Bradley said of Keyshawn. “It’s not as if he’s been sitting for two years. He went from camp to camp. So he had to apply the weight or get closer to the weight. ‘
Considering that Davis was already planning to leave the lightweight section, there was no reason for him to place himself through the Ringer to get to 135. If you look at it, it makes sense that he misses weight. However, if it was intentional, he could not understand that the fight could be canceled.
“Four pounds, it’s an embarrassment, man. One pound, I can understand. I can understand some ounces and maybe even two pounds. But three pounds, four pounds, and on, no. It’s not professional at all, Bro. It’s wrong and it’s a shame. Shame on you, Keyhawn. You are talking about your ‘the businessman,’ dog. You don’t have ‘the businessman’. You dropped the ball here, ”says Bradley.
Ego resulted in Davis failing
If he is missing by £ 4.3, Keyshawn makes it look bad. Was it ego on his part that led him not to understand the reaction of fans? It can be. He appears as a narcissist, and his victories over the soft opposition that the top rank has fed him, seems to have gone to his head.
Last updated on 06/06/2025
