Promoter Eddie Hearn says Keyshawn Davis must fight his conqueror Cuba’s Andy Cruz and defeat him if he wants a title shot against WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis.
Keyshawn (12-0, 8 KOs) has been attempting to take a sneaky backdoor path to a fight with King Tank by fighting hand-picked opposition and swerving his Andy Cruz (4-0, 2 KOs), who, as Hearn points out, schooled him repeatedly within the amateurs, including within the 2020 Olympic finals. It was all Keyshawn could do to attain one point against Cruz, as he was dominated.
Hearn: Keyshawn Must Face Andy Cruz
Last Friday, Keyshawn defeated light welterweight Gustavo Lemos by a third-round knockout in Norfolk, Virginia. Lemos had lost his last fight against Richardson Hitchins on April sixth, which made him eligible to be chosen by Keyshawn.
Losing was the technique to get picked. Sad but true. In what sort of upside-down world will we live in where Keyshawn picks his opponents after they’re coming off a poor showing fairly than a win? It’s pathetic.
Hearn wants Keyshawn to show some backbone by facing Cruz to point out the world he deserves a fight against Tank Davis because the way in which things are actually, he doesn’t rate to satisfy with the Face of Boxing.
If Keyshawn loses, it’s not the top of the world. Take a look at it this manner: Keyshawn has already lost 4 times to Cruz. This is able to just be loss number five, and he could then move as much as 140 or preferably 147, so he can fight in a weight class that’s more suited to his massive welterweight-sized frame.
Tank and his management aren’t going to be fooled by the backdoor method Keyshawn is attempting to take to a fight against him. They need to see quality wins, not victories over substandard opposition.
“I like Keyshawn. I feel he’s an awesome fighter and is convalescing and higher,” said promoter Eddie Hearn to the media, praise to lightweight contender Keyshawn Davis. “When a fighter comes five kilos over or six kilos over or whatever it was, it’s not because they’re struggling at the burden. You realize the camp and all the things is broken down in that fight.
“So, I don’t think it was the identical [Gustavo] Lemos that fought Richardson Hitchins, but I feel that’s irrelevant. He [Keyshawn] demolished him, and that’s what you’ve got to do sometimes. You’ve got to go in there, and the group looked great in Norfolk, Virginia.”
Keyshawn did what any fighter within the lightweight division would have done in the event that they’d been fed a slow, non-skilled fighter like Lemos last Friday night. He looked so bad. If Lemos had fought the 20-year-old Abdullah Mason, it might have been the identical result but a much faster knockout because he’s got more talent than Keyshawn.
Cruz Schooled Keyshawn
“It’s great for boxing. Keyshawn is an awesome young fighter, and in time, I feel he’ll be an awesome fight for Gervonta Davis,” said Hearn. “But he still lost 3 times [correction: 4 times] to Andy Cruz, our fighter, and he never beat Andy Cruz. Jaron Ennis also can confirm that, and Bozy can confirm that because he trains Andy Cruz.”
You don’t need trainer Derek ‘Bozy’ Ennis and Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis to verify that Cruz schooled Keyshawn 4 times. It’s within the record books and on YouTube. It’s a part of history, and it would at all times be there without end.
“So, I feel if Keyshawn wants a fight before Gervonta Davis, sign us up for Andy Cruz. He took him to high school 3 times [correction: four times], and he’ll be able to do it again,” said Hearn.
Andy Cruz now 3-0 and has looked higher and higher with each performance.
KEYSHAWN DAVIS….DON’T DUCK THIS SMOKE. CRUZ WANTS YOU NEXT‼️‼️‼️
😤😤😤#Boxing
🤣🤣🥊🥊🥊— Danny (@dantheboxingman) February 25, 2024
