A shrill-sounding Keyshawn Davis posted a long, rambling call-out video today targeting Gervonta Davis, saying he wants to fight him. Keyshawn (11-0, 7 KOs) beseeched the Baltimore native Tank Davis (30-0, 28 KOs) to “send me the contract,” but then, in the next breath, said, “I don’t need you.”
It sounded like crazy double-talk, and what made it worse was Keyshawn appearing almost in tears. You can tell by how emotionally keyed up he was in his call-out of Tank that he really wants that fight, but how he’s constantly mentioning it almost sounds like he’s obsessed. It’s when it’s just an occasional call-out, but when you hear it in every interview, it brings stalker alarm bells.
From last Friday, Keyshawn frequently mentioned his win over his hand-picked opponent, Gustavo Lemos, saying that his victory over the Argentinian would be remembered for the next ten years. I can’t determine if he was serious or messing around, talking nonsense to get attention. Keyshawn is going about the wrong way with his tactic of beating tomato cans, trying to make them sound like gold, and then hounding Tank immediately after.
Beating Lemos isn’t even a starting point toward getting a lucrative, life-changing money fight against King Tank. That’s actually going backward. To start building for a chance to meet his highness, Tank, Keyshawn needs to run-fighter Andersonville-esque gauntlet below without coming apart along the way.
It would make more sense for Keyshawn to ask for a fight against Tank if he defeated The Big Four:
- Andy Cruz
- Raymond Muratalla
- Edwin De Los Santos
- Abdullah Mason
Lemos was coming off a loss to Richardson Hitchins, and his only notable win on his resume came against 35-year-old Lee Selby. His resume is completely empty of wins over non-shot fighters, and he looked poor in his loss to Hitchins on April 6th. Watching Hitchins-Lemos fight, it becomes immediately clear why Keyshawn chose Lemos.
Keyshawn Demands Tank to Send Contract
“Tell light skin [Gervonta Davis] to get out of his feelings and send me a contract. It’s straight like that,” said Keyshawn Davis on social media, saying he wants Gervonta Davis to send him a contract so they can fight after beating the hand-picked Gustavo Lemos last Friday night in Norfolk.
Keyshawn is going to be waiting for the contract to be sent from Tank Davis for a long time. If he wants to gain a following in the sport, he needs to stop using Tank’s name for clout and encourage Top Rank to match him against good fighters instead of what they’ve been doing. Lemos, Miguel Madueno, Jose Pedraza, and Nahir Albright are top-tier fighters.
“I don’t need him, but I want to fight this man, though. This ain’t got nothing to do with being tough,” said Keyshawn. “This ain’t got nothing to do with me proving myself. I want to fight him straight like that, because he been tricking the boxing game for too long.”
The 25-year-old Keyshawn could do himself a big favor if he fought his old nemesis Andy Cruz of Cuba from his amateur days and showed the boxing world that he could beat his four-time conqueror. Cruz has had Keyshawn’s number, and it would look good if he chose to fight him. Even if Keyshawn gets schooled again, fans would respect his bravery.
The Businessman Wants To Be Doubted
“He makes [stuff] look good. He makes [stuff] look better than what it is. Resume what?” said Keyshawn about Tank Davis. “What kind of resume do he got? He ain’t got no resume, man. He got fighters that we knew he was going to win. I’m not trying to hear none of that.”
No one is arguing that Tank Davis has a great resume, but he’s still popular because he puts on exciting performances. He doesn’t pick out soft opposition coming off of losses like Keyshawn did with Lemos and Jose Pedraza.
“I need the whole world to be against me in that fight so I can show y’all how great I really am,” said Keyshawn. “I don’t need nobody for me for that fight. I’m going to be a superstar next year, fighting him or not. The only reason it’s not going to happen is because he don’t want to it to happen.”
There’s no chance that Keyshawn will ever be a superstar with the way his career is going. For one, he’s being moved in the same way Edgar Berlanga was when he was with Top Rank, fighting exclusively tomato cans to make him look better than he is.
You don’t create superstars being matched against cans like Keyshawn has been facing. If Keyshawn is lucky, he can be a fake star in the Milli Vanilli mold and then look to get a Berlanga-esque cash-out.
“I’m going to do it to him. No Diddy. What happened at the Scope Arena in Virginia is going to be remembered for at least the next ten years,” said Davis.
