Keyshawn Davis is worked up about his fight against ten-round lightweight contest against Miguel Madueno this Saturday night, July sixth, on the Prudential Center in Newark, Latest Jersey. Davis (10-0, 7 KOs) says he looked into the eyes of the large puncher Madueno (31-2, 28 KOs) and may see that he’s coming to win.
Keyshawn vs. Madueno will fight in a Top Rank-promoted card, shown survive ESPN on the Shakur Stevenson vs. Artem Harutyunyan undercard. The event begins at 8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT.
Davis, 25, is rated #3 by three of the sanctioning bodies at 135 and is already talking about difficult for a world title in 2025, possibly against WBO lightweight champion Denys Berinchyk. That’s the guy that Keyshawn is targeting and the one that’s the more attainable fight.
If Keyshawn had his way, he would challenge WBA lightweight champion Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis because he thinks he can beat him. Nonetheless, that fight is unlikely to occur soon without Keyshawn getting more fights under his belt to extend his name recognition with fans.
Keyshawn feels that he won’t be taken seriously and have the ability to call the shots until he captures a world title. Once he does that, he can select his opponents, and Top Rank will get them or at the least try.
“Madueno, I seen his eyes. He really thinks he’s going to win, and I like fighters like that. It brings the most effective out of me,” said Keyshawn Davis to Fight Hub TV. “It’ll make fun fights. He’s an influence puncher with 28 knockouts. The fans will likely be the winners at the tip of the night, but additionally ‘The Businessman,’” said Keyshawn, using his self-titled nickname for his fight against Madueno on Saturday night.
Madueno is like several fighter. He desires to win, and he sees his clash against Keyshawn as one which can open doors for greater things. With 28 knockouts on his resume, Madueno isn’t going to roll over for Keyshawn, and if he can hurt him, he’ll look to complete the job. Nahir Albright hurt Keyshawn and had him holding on within the eighth round of their fight last 12 months on October fifteenth.
“Teo? I feel he should face me next. Me vs. Teofimo Lopez, we could fill Madison Square Garden [in New York City] and sold that out, but he desired to fight at a bar [James L. Knight Center, in Miami Beach, Florida], fighting Steve Claggett [on June 29th]. That’s on Teo. Tell Teo to drop his n*** and fight me,” said Keyshawn.
WBO light welterweight champion Teofimo has no desire to fight Keyshawn, as he doesn’t need to help a fighter who isn’t well-known and won’t herald big money. Teofimo wants the large names and is targeting Terence Crawford, which is comprehensible.
