Promoter Eddie Hearn says Keyshawn Davis must fight his winner Andy Cruz from Cuba and defeat him if he wants a title shot against WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis.
Keyshawn (12-0, 8 KOs) has been trying to take a backdoor route to fight King Tank by fighting hand-picked opponents and diverting Andy Cruz (4-0, 2 KOs), which, as Hearn points out. , he taught him repeatedly and up-and-comers, including the 2020 Olympic finals. It was all Keyshawn could do to get one point against Cruz, as he dominated.
Hear: Keyshawn Must Face Andy Cruz
Last Friday, Keyshawn defeated light welterweight Gustavo Lemos by knockout in the third round in Norfolk, Virginia. Lemos had lost his last fight against Richardson Hitchins on April 6, which made him worthy to be chosen by Keyshawn.
Losing was an option. Sad but true. What kind of twisted world do we live in when Keyshawn picks on his opponents when they come off a bad game rather than a win? It’s sad.
Hearn is looking for Keyshawn show the spine by facing Cruz to show the world that he deserves to fight Tank Davis because the way things are going now, he is not ready to meet the Face of Boxing.
If Keyshawn loses, it’s not the end of the world. Look at it this way: Keyshawn has lost four times to Cruz. This would be loss number five, and he can move up to 140 or even better 147, so he can fight in the weight class that best suits his massive welterweight frame.
Tank and his bosses will not be fooled backdoor method Keyshawn tries to fight him. They want to see the quality succeed, not to defeat inferior competitors.
“I love Keyshawn. I think he’s a great fighter and he’s improving a lot,” promoter Eddie Hearn told the media, praising lightweight champion Keyshawn Davis. “If a fighter comes in five pounds more or six pounds more or whatever it was, it’s not because he’s struggling. He knows the field and everything went wrong in that battle.
“So, I don’t think it was the same [Gustavo] Lemos fought Richardson Hitchins, but I guess that’s not important. He [Keyshawn] he broke him down, and that’s what you have to do sometimes. You have to get in there, and the crowd looked great in Norfolk, Virginia.”
Keyshawn did what any fighter in the lightweight division would do if they were outmatched by a slow, unskilled fighter like Lemos last Friday. He looked so bad. If Lemos had fought 20-year-old Abdullah Mason, it would have been the same result but the knockout would put him down quickly because he has more skill than Keyshawn.
Cruz Schooled Keyshawn
“Boxing is very good. “Keyshawn is a young, young fighter, and in the long run, I think he’s going to be a great fight for Gervonta Davis,” Hearn said. “But he still lost three times [correction: 4 times] to Andy Cruz, our fighter, and he never beat Andy Cruz. Jaron Ennis can attest to that, and Bozy can attest to that because he’s coaching Andy Cruz.”
You don’t need trainers Derek ‘Bozy’ Ennis and Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis to confirm that Cruz read Keyshawn four times. It’s in the record books and on YouTube. It is part of history, and it will be forever.
“So, I think if Keyshawn wants a fight before Gervonta Davis, we’ve got Andy Cruz signed up. He took her to school three times [correction: four times]and he’ll be ready to do it again,” Hearn said.
Andy Cruz is now 3-0 and looking better and better with each performance.
KEYSHAWN DAVIS….DO NOT BUY THIS. CRUZ LOOKING FOR NEXT‼️‼️‼️
😤😤😤#Boxing
🤣🤣🥊🥊🥊— Danny (@dantheboxingman) February 25, 2024
