Lightweight contender Keyshawn Davis (12-0, 8 KOs) spectacularly destroyed Gustavo Lemos (29-2, 19 KOs) in two rounds on Friday night before a sold-out crowd of 10,568 at the Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia. Davis dropped Lemos three times in round two. Davis, who captured Olympic silver at the Tokyo Olympics, established himself as a headliner in his first main event. He is rated #3 at lightweight by the WBC, WBO and IBF.
“I had no hesitation. Me and my team, we stuck to our guns. We said if he comes in too much over we ain’t gonna fight. But he followed his game plan, and he didn’t come too much over (at the weight check on Friday morning), so we had a fight and we gave a spectacular night,” Davis said. “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 landed 76.5 percent of his power shots, while Lemos connected on only 13 punches. That told the story of the one-way traffic that brought the ‘757’ fans to their collective feet.
Middleweight: In the co-feature, Keyshawn’s Olympic teammate, Troy Isley (14-0, 5 KOs), won a gritty 10-round decision over Tyler Howard (20-2, 11 KOs) to retain his NABO belt. Isley, from Alexandria, Virginia, picked up his third victory of 2024 and maintained his WBO world ranking. Scores: 99-91 2x and 98-92.
Lightweight: Abdullah Mason (16-0, 14 KOs) overcame his first gut check as a pro, surviving a pair of first-round knockdowns to knock out Yohan Vasquez (26-6, 21 KOs) with a left hand to the body in round two. Mason suffered a flash knockdown early in the first, then scored a knockdown of his own midway through the round. As he went for the finish, Vasquez landed a peach of a counter left hand. Mason survived the round, came out possessed in the second, and knocked out Vasquez at 1:59 of the round.
Junior Welterweight: Kelvin Davis (14-0, 7 KOs) continued the DB3 momentum, outboxing Colombian veteran Yeis Solano (15-4, 10 KOs) en route to an eight-round unanimous decision win. Davis knocked down Solano in the closing seconds of the fight to put an exclamation point on the proceedings. Scores: 80-71 and 79-72 2x.
Middleweight: Virginia native Austin Deanda (16-0, 10 KOs) overcame a spirited challenge from DeAundre Pettus (12-3, 7, KOs), edging out an eight-round unanimous decision by scores of 77-75 2x and 78-74.
Junior Middleweight: The youngest fighting member of DB3, Keon Davis (1-0), had a successful professional debut with a four-round unanimous decision over Jalen Moore (1-2, 1 KO) by scores of 40-36 3x. Davis hurt Moore with several shots in the fourth round, but the native of Dallas, Texas, survived to hear the final bell.
Junior Lightweight: Emerging prospect Robert Meriwether III (8-0, 3 KOs) picked up his fourth win of the year, turning away a tricky Eric Howard (6-3, 1 KO) over six rounds. Scores: 60-54 and 59-55 2x.
Featherweight: Former junior featherweight contender Raeese Aleem (21-1, 12 KOs) made a triumphant ring return, dominating Derlyn Hernandez (12-3-1, 10 KOs) over 10 rounds after a nearly 18-month layoff. Ring rust was no issue, as Aleem scored a knockdown in round five and prevailed by scores of 100-89 3x.
Pot Smoking Keyshawn Davis is NOT all that and a bag of chips. Like Jared Anderson, Kamala Harris, and Benjamin Whittaker, someone is going to knock this punk out. Shakur won’t do it because they are friends and stablemates. Bud Crawford won’t, because he is one of his coaches. Abdullah Mason will be the boxer that will destroy Keyshawn Davis. IF they meet, Mason will smoke and destroy Davis.
He looked sharp and dangerous, but he wouldn’t look like that if he was sharing the ring with Andy Cruz.
That ref should have stopped that fight on the 2nd knockdown, clearly a mismatch.
Lemos was holding a sign that read, “walk right in, I’m wide open.”
Lemos looked fat & slow. I was surprised, because the Argentinean pounded Hitchins from pillar to post back in April, while displaying an iron chin. Credit to Keyshawn for landing sharp counters!
Mr. Davis has only had 12 fights. It’s time for him to step up his level of competition. Congrats to him on this win.
I did not expect this kind of dominating victory for Keyshawn. The first round of the Mason fight is a candidate for the round of the year.
Davis jumped sswd me. Lemos is, a good fighter and Davis destroyed him. Congrats to him. I look forward to seeing him throughout the years.
mason fight should get round of the year will they put him in with another puncher probably not bradley said he is top prospect his offense is good but what about his defense ?
Where are all the cry baby fairness folks now?
“Oh! 6 pounds!!! Not fair!!! Not fair!!!!”
That situation turned out to be a nothing burger.
If you have the talent, you’re not gonna worry about 6 lbs! I spotted a lot more than that in both the amateurs & pros.
Lemos needs to fix the weight issue, go to a higher weight class or retire. I am glad Davis’ health was not put in danger by Lemos’ weight issue.
This young man has a bright future, he’s only had 12 fights, and look at the camp he’s fighting out of along with his brother’s, as a boxing fan there’s a lot of young talent out there.
This was my first time seeing Lemos fight. Honestly I thought he fought like a drunk chimpanzee, so slow, telegraphing those wide shots while Davis was way out of reach. No sense of timing or distance.
I knew within the first minute this would be an easy night for Keyshawn.
Look I’m not saying Keyshawn is the truth, however he didn’t fk around and got that cat out of there in 2!. Like i predicted. The kid can only get better so long as the hype train don’t mess with his head.
The Loss Column
The ‘loss’ for any pugilist defines his in-ring intangibles that his mother or the media cannot see or explain. Keyshawn Davis appears weak internally for his pre-fight tough—guy exaggeration and now the disrespectful dancing at the end. Frank Martin lost recently. Where is he? Errol Spence has been extremely quieter. Teofimo Lopez never sought to avenge his Australian conqueror, but talks tough for T. Crawford.
Shakur doesn’t mention, much less rematch De Los Santos in [ Shakur’s ] near loss. In 1991, Micheal Nunn‘s fighting aptitude waned after his loss to J. Toney. Although previously, it was alright for Nunn to conquer Kalambay, in one. It is significantly tougher to psychologically improve and redeem self after a loss than most wins. Roy Jones wasn’t the same after Tarver II. Roy has a history of caring between fights, didn’t amass visible combat wear and tear and he never competed in 15R. The same for Canelo’s suspect behaviors after Bivol. Thus, the psychology of the ‘loss’ is what the fighters cower against. Floyd Mayweather being the biggest loss prevention manipulative match making scheme in boxing’s history. Hereat, one can examine that in many instances a loss is needed to determine to self how one will reemerge.
©️Coach Hilario 2024
Tank in four round ko
Weight difference didn’t come into play, Keyshawn banged dude out, but it doesn’t mean it should be overlooked. Some of y’all are very selective in who you grant grace to when it comes to this weight bullying. On to the next.