Keyshawn Davis: Light-weight calls out Gervonta Davis and Denys Berinchyk after second-round KO win over Gustavo Lemos | Boxing Information

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 mild work of Lemos who missed the load by greater than six kilos and carried a substantial dimension benefit on the night time.

Davis, preventing in entrance of a feverish crowd in his hometown of Norfolk, Viginia, knocked down Lemos thrice within the second spherical earlier than the referee stopped the struggle after a brutal left-hook, right-hand mixture despatched the Argentine to the mat for a closing time.

“I had no hesitation. Me and my team, we stuck to our guns,” stated 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 sport plan, and he did not come an excessive amount of over, so we had a struggle and we gave a spectacular night time.

“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 needs a world title struggle subsequent.

In the meantime, middleweight Austin Deanda edged DeAundre Pettus in an eight-round unanimous resolution by scores of 77-75 2x and 78-74, in a match that included an impromptu haircut for Deanda.

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.