“Now I can fight at 147!” – Keyshawn Davis

Keyshawn Davis says he can fight at welterweight now that he’s big enough, but wants to stay at 135 to capture the WBO belt from Dennis Berinchik and then unify. Davis (12-0, 8 KOs) could lose to Berinchik (19-0, 9 KOs) and be high and dry.

Next month, Keyshawn is fighting WBO lightweight champion Berinchik on Feb. 14 at the Theater Madison Square Garden. The event will be shown on ESPN+.

Is it too big for 135?

Keyshawn is as big as Jaron ‘Boots’ Enis, so he can now move up to welterweight. He prefers to melt to 135 to gain an advantage over his opponent. Davis is like Honey 2.0. Along with being too big to fight at lightweight.

It’s a mistake to talk about what Keeshon will do after Berinchik, assuming he’ll win. Davis has created a make-believe world in his head. His feet are not planted on the ground.

He is not seeing reality. The reality is that Keshawn can win that fight because he’s flawed, and even if he does, he won’t be able to put together the unification fight he needs at the top level. He doesn’t want to fight his friend Shakur and he can forget about Gervonta Davis and Vasily Lomachenkof fighting. He is nobody to them.

If Keyshawn was brave, he could fight the four-time champion. Andy CruzIf he gets his hands on the WBO belt. Cruz said last week that he was pulling for Berinchik to win and then he could take the belt from him.

Davis doesn’t want anything to do with Cruz because it will make him a fifth time at the school after losing to Cuba at the 2020 Olympics and make Top Rank regret signing him.

Can Keyshawn cut it at 147?

“I don’t have to stay at 135. I’m bigger than Shakur.” Shakur is probably 135. My peak is 147. This is just the beginning. 135 is just the beginning,” Keyshawn Davis said. Milk City BoxIt sounds like the start of a feud with his friend Shakur Stevenson.

“There are fights there. I don’t have to fight Shakur, but after beating Berinchik with one of the champions, I would love to be one. let’s see. I want to fight. I am the young gunman. I want to fight everyoneExcept Andy Cruz). After I get my belt, except for Stevenson, I want to be one with a champion.

“I’m not going to be at 135 for long. As long as I want to be here,” Keyshawn said when asked how long he wants to stay at lightweight. “I’m 144 right now. I’m not really 140 pounds, really, but I’ve got the size and strength to do that.

Of course, Keyshawn doesn’t have to stay at 135, but we know he’s going there because we know life is going to be rough and tough if he gets to the point where he has to fight in the welterweight division with the killers out there. Without the benefit of Keyshawn’s size, he’s nowhere. Fighters like Karen Chukadchian used to pick Boots apart before he even punched him.

“He’s going to 147 for one reason because he’s running,” Davis said of WBO light welterweight champion Teofimo Lopez moving up to 147.