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Keyshawn Davis vs. Gustavo Lemos results, highlights: Davis scores thunderous knockout, calls out Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis

By Admin November 10, 2024

Keyshawn Davis produced the best performance of his career in front of a sellout home crowd, sending a thunderous message to the lightweight division on Friday at The Scope in Norfolk, Virginia.

Davis (12-0, 8 KOs), who vowed pre-fight to follow in the legendary footsteps of Norfolk’s Pernell Whitaker, knocked down Argentina’s Gustavo Lemos three times in the second round, forcing the referee to call a halt to the action after the third knockdown. Lemos (29-2, 19 KOs) had only been defeated once before Friday’s highlight-reel setback in a razor-thin decision at the hands of Richardson Hithchins. Consequently, Davis beating Lemos in the fashion he did is a real statement in the lightweight division.

What makes the 2020 Olympic silver medalist’s win even more impressive was the size disadvantage he had in the fight. Lemos weighed in 6.4 pounds over the 135-pound limit at Thursday’s weigh-in, and by the time he entered the arena on Friday, he’d rehydrated all the way up to 155.6 pounds. Lemos was noticeably bigger than Davis in the ring, but that didn’t faze the American, who called out Gervonta “Tank” Davis for an eventual showdown following his stellar performance.

Davis will now likely fight for a world title in 2025. He is ranked No. 3 with the IBF and the WBO, and both title shots could be on the table in the near future. WBO officials said at their convention last month that they would consider making the winner of Friday’s fight the mandatory challenger for Denys Berinchyk. Vasyl Lomachenko’s future is unclear, which could leave the IBF title vacant as well.

On the undercard, top prospect Abdullah Mason rose from two knockdowns in the opening round to knock out Yohan Vasquez with a brutal left hand to the body in round two. The opening round of Mason vs. Vasquez was an instant contender for Round of the Year, as Mason was dropped twice in the round but also put Vasquez on the canvas across an exhilarating three minutes.

Check out Uncrowned’s Keyshawn Davis vs. Gustavo Lemos full results and live blog below.

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Floyd Mayweather Shocked At How Good World Champion Is: “Who Is This Guy?”

By Admin August 16, 2024

There is plenty of great talent in the boxing world right now and Floyd Mayweather certainly has an eye for it.

Up and down the divisions there have been more undisputed champions than ever in recent years, including Oleksandr Usyk at cruiser and then heavyweight, Terence Crawford at welterweight after lightweight, and Naoya Inoue, who has also managed the feat at bantam and super-bantamweight.

There are also plenty of world champions on a quest to repeat that feat – Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev are to battle it out for all four of the light-heavyweight belts later in the year.

Then there are the single belt holders who may be a year or two away from unifications and undisputed fights – Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis, Shakur Stevenson and Vasiliy Lomachenko at lightweight and Teofimo Lopez and Devin Haney one division up.

On the welterweight scene, outside of the two top champions of Crawford and Errol Spence Jr in recent years who have both now moved up in weight, Jaron Ennis is the name on everybody’s lips.

Speaking to FightHype, former Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe detailed taking a call from Floyd after the first time he saw the Philadelphia native fight.

“Floyd was like “who the f**k is this ‘Boots’ guy? That m*********r can fight his ass off”. He right now is one of the best fighters in the world, without a belt.

Everybody determines the belt is the highest goal that you can achieve and become a champion but the guy who is able to hold onto that hardware, that’s the guy who continues night in night out to prove that he is better than everybody else out there.”

The 27-year-old has a flashy style that is as impressive on offence as it is defence, switch-hitting and moving to bamboozle opponents. In 32 fights, he has zero losses and 29 knockouts, the latest of which was against David Avanesyan in five rounds.

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‘Boots’ got his belt not long after Crawford vacated his welterweight titles to move up to 154 and become a four-division titlist. He is currently chasing the fight with ‘Bud’ and has said he would move up to get it, but has also expressed an interest in collecting the three remaining major titles at 147.

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Gervonta Davis ends 421-day layoff with eight-round destruction of Frank Martin

By Admin July 20, 2024

Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis made a triumphant return to the ring after more than a year away, dominating Frank Martin and knocking him out at 1:29 of the eighth round Saturday night to retain the WBA lightweight championship.

Davis delivered a right and two lefts to Martin’s face to send the Indianapolis resident to the canvas for his first career loss after he won his first 18 fights. Tank again proved to be one of boxing’s most ferocious punchers, improving to 30-0 – all but two by knockout.

This fight further solidified Davis, a Baltimore native and resident, as one of his sport’s top pound-for-pound boxers.

That bout between 29-year-olds headlined the 100th championship fight night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, which has been supplanted by T-Mobile Arena as Las Vegas’ prime spot for combat sports. To mark the occasion, four title fights took place, including the interim WBC light heavyweight championship that David Benavidez won by unanimous decision over Oleksandr Gvozdyk.

But there was no doubt who the main attractions were on this night, and that was clear at Wednesday’s press conference. Davis and Martin bantered back and forth during the Wednesday news conference. Then when the two boxers did the traditional poses afterward, Davis pretended to take a swing at Martin. Martin flinched and Davis left the podium laughing.

This was Davis’ first fight since 22 April 2023, when he delivered a devastating left uppercut that handed Ryan Garcia a seventh-round knockout at T-Mobile Arena.

The 421-day layoff showed early as Martin won two of the first three rounds, including a right that caught Davis in the face.

That seemed to wake up Davis, who then took over the fight by repeatedly sending Martin into ropes and corners. Davis appeared ready to finish off Martin with several hard blows in the sixth round, bringing the pro-Tank crowd of 13,239 to its feet.

Benavidez (29-0) made a successful debut in his move up from super middleweight. The Las Vegas resident defeated Gvozdyk (20-2), a Ukraine native who trains in Oxnard, California, by scores of 116-112, 117-111 and 119-109.

Alberto Puello (23-0) of the Dominican Republic won the WBC interim super lightweight championship with a split decision over Gary Russell (17-1) of Capitol Heights, Maryland. Two judges gave Puello the victory with scores of 115-112 and 114-113 and another had it for Russell 118-109.

Dominican middleweight champion Carlos Adames (24-1) retained his WBC belt with a unanimous decision over Terrell Gausha (24-4-1) of Encino, California. Two judges scored the fight 118-110 and the other had it 119-109.

Heisman Trophy winner and Washington Commanders rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels was among those in attendance. Milwaukee Bucks star Damian Lillard, Chicago Bulls forward DeMar DeRozan and coach Antonio Pierce and owner Mark Davis of the Las Vegas Raiders also were in the crowd.

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