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Keyshawn Davis performed up the field of fruit despatched to him yesterday by an nameless individual, blaming it on WBO light-weight champion Denys Berinchyk to fabricate faux drama to create curiosity of their struggle this Friday. The entire thing regarded like a contrived theatrical transfer on Keyshawn’s half.
Taking part in the Villain?
Davis (12-0, 8 KOs) made it ugly, labeling Berinchyk as a “racist” with out proof that he’d despatched the field in an effort to create drama for his struggle. Hopefully, he doesn’t do the identical with another cooked-up technique to try to get individuals centered on his struggle in opposition to his chosen opponent.
Berinchyk (19-0, 9 KOs) will defend his WBO light-weight belt in opposition to Keyshawn this Friday, February 14th at Madison Sq. Backyard Theater in New York. The occasion can be proven dwell on ESPN and ESPN+ beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT.
“Keyshawn is very good, but he’s not getting the push that he needs. He’s doing the media rounds, and hopefully, he gets some love. Keyshawn could be the lot,” stated Ade Oladipo on his YouTube channel. “I’m talking Gervonta. I’m talking Shakur. There’s this thing with Andy Cruz. Keyshawn could be the best out of them all. Let’s see how he gets on against Berinchyk, who is a very solid fighter.”
“He [Keyshawn] could be the best 135-pounder. I put Gervonta and Shakur in there. He’s got this killer instinct, and he’s willing to take all the challenges [except Andy Cruz],” Ade stated to DAZN Boxing about Keyshawn, giving reward that he hasn’t earned.
“I remember that altercation with Teofimo Lopez. He says, ‘I’ll go to 140 or 147 to fight you.’ He wants the big fight, but this is a tough fight in front of him. Berinchyk is no joke. You mention that Shakur is a medalist, but so was Berinchyk. He was a 2012 Olympic silver medalist.”
You’d should be fairly naive to assume that Keyshawn Davis is the #1 fighter within the 135-lb division. When you’re an off-the-cuff boxing fan with solely a passing data of the game, you may assume Davis is #1 after watching him beat Gustavo Lemos. That was a rigorously picked-out opponent for Keyshawn, as Lemos had misplaced his final struggle, small at 5’4″, gradual as molasses, and needed to drain down from 140. As a substitute of Davis selecting Andy Cruz, he chosen Lemos. What does that let you know?
Cruz Avoidance
Keyshawn can’t be the #1 light-weight within the division when he refuses to struggle Andy Cruz, Edwin De Los Santos, or Raymond Muratalla. That proper there makes him unworthy of being rated within the high three fights. The Norfolk, Virginia native Keyshawn is mainly being maneuvered rigorously by Prime Rank in the identical method they did with Edgar Berlanga when he was with the corporate.
When you keep in mind, Prime Rank fed Berlanga 16 consecutive tomato cans, letting him rating 16 straight knockouts. In different phrases, making a faux hype job. We’re seeing the identical methods with Keyshawn, who has been matched in opposition to the weakest of the champions at 135 after being put in with 11 gentle opponents.
The Greatest 6 Lightweights
Gervonta Davis
Andy Cruz
Abdullah Mason
Raymond Muratalla
William Zepeda
Edwin De Los Santos
I would come with Vasily Lomachenko in that record, however his standing on whether or not he plans to return is unclear. He may retire. Nonetheless, if he does proceed to, he’s within the high three.
“He’s a world champion medalist. He’s part of that Ukraine team that had Lomachenko, Gvozdyk, and Usyk. So, a lot of people expected Berinchyk to be on that level. Maybe he hasn’t achieved what those guys have achieved, but he’s unbeaten,” stated Ade.
“He’s coming off a really good win against Navarrete. He was an underdog in that fight. He found a way to win. It was a split decision, but I thought he should have won it clear to me. So, this isn’t easy work at all. The one thing that Keyshawn maybe lacks is experience at the very highest fights, and that’s what Berinchyk has. I think Keyshawn will get the job done, but this is a tough fight,” stated Ade.
If Berinchyk can keep away from the early makes an attempt by Keyshawn to attain a knockout, he’s obtained a superb opportunity of giving him a boxing lesson and probably stopping him within the later rounds. Keyshawn was staggered by Nahir Albright within the eighth spherical of a razor-close struggle on October 14, 2023.
The scores have been 95-95, 96-94, and 97-93 for Keyshawn. It was a really shut struggle. After that horrible efficiency by Davis, Prime Rank backed him off from combating high quality opposition and fed him these straightforward marks: Jose Pedraza [35 years old], Miguel Madueno, and Lemos. Within the Madueno struggle, Keyshawn turned it right into a WWE match, wrestling him to neutralize the fixed stress he was placing on him.
The referee didn’t elevate a finger to penalize Keyshawn for the grappling, shoving, and rabbit punches he was utilizing throughout the struggle. You may see that Davis didn’t just like the arduous pictures and the stress from Madeuno. He was utilizing each trick within the ebook to get him to again off, and he ought to have been disqualified. That struggle confirmed that Keyshawn is a hype job.
