Keyshawn replaced his trainer, Brian ‘BoMac’ McIntyre, and the rest of the team. He says he’s learning a new system with new coaches now. He’ll be fighting at 140 now, but he states that he won’t be in this weight class for long.
Words vs Actions
“A lot of people expect me to be back on January 31st. We’ll see what happens,” said Keyshawn Davis to the media. “I don’t care who I fight. I changed my entire team. Everybody that I used to work with, I don’t work with anymore. Everything is different.”
Tim Bradley reported on his channel that Keyshawn priced himself out for a title fight against IBF 140-lb champion Richardson Hitchins for the January 31st card. He says Keyshawn wanted $2.5 million.
Davis says he doesn’t “care who I fight,” but he hasn’t been open in the past to fighting his four-time conqueror, Andy Cruz of Cuba. His actions speak louder than words. It’s hard to imagine Keyshawn agreeing to fight Gary Antuanne Russell or Ernesto Mercado at 140.
Davis’ promoters at Top Rank aren’t expected to put him in against someone that they don’t believe he can beat. Everyone Keyshawn has faced since turning pro four years ago, he’s been favored to beat. That tells you something about who his promoters are willing to match him against.
Learning a New System
“I had to do a whole circle check after the June [missed weight], and everybody got deleted except for DB3 [his brothers]. I got a whole new team, a whole new system,” said Davis.
Keyshawn was 4.3 lbs overweight for his scheduled fight against Edwin De Los Santos on June 7th. The fight was subsequently canceled. For Davis to fire his team after that weight miss is a red flag that he’s blaming them instead of taking responsibility.
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