KEYSHAWN Davis put in a career-best efficiency on Friday night time, blasting away Gustavo Lemos in spherical two earlier than turning his consideration to future checks within the light-weight division. Not solely was a quickfire detonation of the Argentine opponent spectacular in its brevity, however throw in the truth that Lemos had beforehand given rival Richardson Hitchins all he might deal with over 12 rounds earlier than arriving in Norfolk considerably over the load restrict, and Davis might’ve been forgiven for saying he didn’t need it.
“Pay attention, he was not off form. You are available in large with abs like that. That’s a major weight distinction,” the winner advised Mark Kriegel straight after his victory.
Keyshawn admitted that he had no hesitation accepting the battle, regardless, solely contemplating the no-show possibility if Lemos got here in an excessive amount of over. The savvy customer and his group most likely factored in that Davis would bend over backwards to maintain the primary occasion on, with such a giant residence crowd descending on the world to look at him battle.
“Me and my group, we caught to our weapons. He adopted his sport plan, he didn’t come an excessive amount of over, so we needed to battle. And we gave y’all a spectacular night time. Did we or did we not?” requested Davis, who has been linked to WBO champion Denys Berinchyk, have been he to get previous Lemos convincingly.
“I actually thought Lemos was gonna put up a stronger problem than Berinchyk, however I knocked him out within the second spherical, so we’ll see what Berinchyk obtained to place up. However a world title’s positively gonna be subsequent. 2025, we obtained large, large plans for everyone within the boxing world. Hey, Gervonta, knock, knock!”
That decision out within the route of Gervonta Davis (sitting at residence, little question, lapping all of it up, able to tweet out a response) piqued the curiosity of the vocal 10,500-plus crowd contained in the Scope Area. ‘Tank’ can definitely bang exhausting. A key asset Lemos was imagined to carry to this battle.
“Actually, I didn’t really feel no energy in him,” Keyshawn mused. “I truly sat again on the ropes one little second, and I let him throw his overhand that he beloved to throw, and I felt it on my shoulder. And I checked out my brothers, I gave them that face like, mm, nah, not sufficient.”
All these strikes led to a shock early knockdown, which noticed Lemos unravel shortly after. Was Keyshawn shocked when his foe fell for the primary time?
“Sure, I actually was shocked. I didn’t know that proper hand was gonna put him down, however I did hit him flush proper on the chin, and actually, that was my first time truly throwing my proper hand, if you happen to return and watch. So it caught him without warning, caught me without warning.”
