Keyshawn Davis feels he’s prepared for a shot at a world title after delivering a press release 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 measurement benefit on the evening.
Davis, preventing in entrance of a feverish crowd in his hometown of Norfolk, Viginia, knocked down Lemos 3 times within the second spherical earlier than the referee stopped the battle after a brutal left-hook, right-hand mixture despatched the Argentine to the mat for a ultimate time.
Keyshawn Davis dominated Gustavo Lemos (credit score: Mikey Williams/Prime Rank)
Keyshawn Davis celebrates his win (credit score: Mikey Williams/Prime Rank)
“I had no hesitation. Me and my team, we stuck to our guns,” mentioned 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 battle 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.”
Davis went on to name out light-weight champions Gervonta Davis and Denys Berinchyk, and desires a world title battle subsequent.
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Keyshawn Davis says he needs a world title battle subsequent and known 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 choice 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.
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It was an action-packed opening spherical between Abdullah Mason and Yohan Vasquez as each fighters hit the deck.
