Keyshawn Davis feels he’s prepared for a shot at a world title after delivering an announcement win over Gustavo Lemos.
Davis (12-0, 8 KOs) made gentle work of Lemos who missed the load by greater than six kilos and carried a substantial dimension benefit on the evening.
Davis, combating in entrance of a feverish crowd in his hometown of Norfolk, Viginia, knocked down Lemos thrice within the second spherical earlier than the referee stopped the combat after a brutal left-hook, right-hand mixture despatched the Argentine to the mat for a closing time.
Keyshawn Davis proved too sturdy for his opponent (credit score: Mikey Williams/High Rank)
Keyshawn Davis dominated Gustavo Lemos (credit score: Mikey Williams/High Rank)
Keyshawn Davis celebrates his win (credit score: Mikey Williams/High Rank)
“I had no hesitation. Me and my team, we stuck to our guns,” stated Davis. “We said if he comes in too much over (at the weight check on Friday morning) we ain’t gonna fight.
“However he adopted his recreation plan, and he did not come an excessive amount of over, so we had a combat and we gave a spectacular evening.
“I didn’t feel no power in him. I actually sat back on the ropes one little second, and I let him throw his overhand that he loves and I felt it on my shoulder. And I looked at my brothers and gave them that face like, ‘no, not enough (power)’. It ended in the second round so maybe he didn’t really get a chance to hit me.”
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It was an action-packed opening spherical between Abdullah Mason and Yohan Vasquez as each fighters hit the deck.
Davis went on to name out light-weight champions Gervonta Davis and Denys Berinchyk, and needs a world title combat subsequent.
“I honestly thought Lemos was going to put up a stronger challenge than Berinchyk but I knocked him out in the second round, so we’ll see what Berinchyk’s got to put up.
“A world title is certainly going to be subsequent. 2025, we have huge, huge plans for everyone within the boxing world.
“Hey Gevonta – knock, knock.”
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Keyshawn Davis says he desires a world title combat subsequent and referred to as out Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis after he knocked out Gustavo Lemos within the second spherical
In the meantime, middleweight Austin Deanda edged DeAundre Pettus in an eight-round unanimous determination by scores of 77-75 2x and 78-74, in a match that included an impromptu haircut for Deanda.
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Austin Deanda’s nook took issues into their very own fingers and gave their fighter a haircut throughout his contest in opposition to DeAundre Pettus
Elsewhere on the cardboard, light-weight Abdullah Mason (16-0, 14 KOs) survived a pair of first-round knockdowns to knock out Yohan Vasquez within the second spherical.
