Keyshawn Davis is excited about his fight against ten-round lightweight contest against Miguel Madueno this Saturday night, July 6th, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Davis (10-0, 7 KOs) says he looked into the eyes of the big puncher Madueno (31-2, 28 KOs) and can see that he’s coming to win.
Keyshawn vs. Madueno will fight in a Top Rank-promoted card, shown live on 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 challenging 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 is 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. However, that fight is unlikely to happen soon without Keyshawn getting more fights under his belt to increase his name recognition with fans.
Keyshawn feels that he won’t be taken seriously and be able to call the shots until he captures a world title. Once he does that, he can choose his opponents, and Top Rank will get them or at least try.
“Madueno, I seen his eyes. He really thinks he’s going to win, and I like fighters like that. It brings the best out of me,” said Keyshawn Davis to Fight Hub TV. “It’ll make fun fights. He’s a power puncher with 28 knockouts. The fans will be the winners at the end of the night, but also ‘The Businessman,’” said Keyshawn, using his self-titled nickname for his fight against Madueno on Saturday night.
Madueno is like any fighter. He wants to win, and he sees his clash against Keyshawn as one that can open doors for bigger 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 finish the job. Nahir Albright hurt Keyshawn and had him holding on in the eighth round of their fight last year on October 15th.
“Teo? I think 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 wanted 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 want to help a fighter who isn’t well known and won’t bring in big money. Teofimo wants the big names and is targeting Terence Crawford, which is understandable.
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