Keyshawn Davis believes he will beat Gervonta Davis based on his superior size and technical ability. Undefeated, #3 WBC, and #3 WBO ranked lightweight Keyshawn (11-0, 7 KOs) says it would “be a habit” for him to fight the 5’5″ Gervonta (30-0) the shortest. , 28 KOs)
5’10’ Keyshawn says his defense, height, and reach will counter the offense of Tank who is the ‘regular’ WBA lightweight champion, who is a slow starter. Keyshawn sees the fight between them as similar to the 1964 clash between teenagers Cassius Clay and Sonny Liston, with him using his speed to dominate the slower, more powerful Tank.
Top Rank has yet to make any moves to put together a fight between Keyshawn and Gervonta. The boys have already expressed interest in matching Keyshawn with WBO 130-lb champion Denys Berinchyk and IBF champion Vasily Lomachenko.
2020 Olympic silver medalist Keyshawn fights Gustavo Lemos on November 8th in the main event on ESPN in Norfolk, Virginia. It is not known if Davis plans to move up to 140 in the near future, but that would be a good plan because there are many opportunities he will have at that weight. At 135, Keyshawn could be frozen out.
“Tank and I are fighting. I feel like that’s cautious. We all know what Tank got. You have that one shot to get you out. That’s all I’m looking at,” said Keyshawn Davis speaking to Top Rank Boxing about his fight with Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis.
“I feel like me too, you have to look at a lot [stuff]. My stabbing is crazy. You see, I got that shot and a left or right hook. You see my speed is crazy. My defense is crazy. I’m not saying he doesn’t have that [stuff]. I feel like I have more weapons than what he has,” Keyshawn continued talking about being taller than Tank Davis.
Keyshawn had a big problem in the end against Miguel Madeuno last July, facing the pressure put on him by the Mexican fighter, and he was bending the rules by playing badly. It looked like Keyshawn had things going for him in his fight with Andy Cruz of Cuba in the 2020 Olympics final.
“That’s why he always goes out slowly. The only time he went fast was against Leo Santa Cruz. So why did he lose in the first five rounds?” said Keyshawn, reacting to what Bruce Carrington told him that Gervonta started fast in his recent fight with Frank Martin.
“For me, that doesn’t come out quickly. [Jose] Pedraza quickly left. The last man [Miguel Madueno] he came and hit immediately. I had to be sharp with these guys. So, if I got a guy who’s 5’5″, I’m 5’10”. I have longer arms than him. If I have a guy who comes up to me with his hands up, it’s a habit for me, and you just won’t catch me. I have a good defense.
“I feel just like me and Tank, there is still a lot to worry about me. He won’t say that. I know boxing, and I know myself. I feel like I’m going to beat Tank, too. I feel like it’s going to be Sugar Ray vs. Roberto Duran or Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston. Style compatibility. You have a boxer facing a short, strong puncher. Style compatibility.
“I really compare it [Keyshawn’s dream fight against Tank] in Muhammad Ali against Sonny Liston because Sonny Liston was a street boy, fear, knocking everybody out. No one wanted to fight him,” said Keyshawn.
Sonny Liston was not like how Tank Davis fights now. Liston was in his mid-30s when he fought Clay, and he was slow but powerful. Keyshawn is as unflappable as a young Clay, and he is not as quiet as he was when pressured by his opponents. In Keyshawn’s fights against Miguel Madueno and Nahir Albright, he looked nervous when he was forced to trade.
“He was at the top, and you got this Muhammad Ali kid who doesn’t care what you’re talking about. He knows how great he is. So, that’s how I feel about that [a fight between Keyshawn and Tank being similar to how a clash between young Ali, who was still going by his first name Cassius Clay, in February 1964],” Keyshawn said.
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