WORLD light-weight contender Keyshawn Davis now is aware of for sure who he want to face in his subsequent battle.
The 25-year-old is one week faraway from his final bout – a energetic 10-round battle towards Miguel Madueno – which Davis, (11-0, 7 KOs), received handily sufficient however was positioned beneath fixed stress all through. Davis additionally proved he might deal with the tough stuff, notably throughout a fiery finish to spherical six, which culminated in Madueno touchdown a shot on referee David Franciosi.
By no means missing in confidence, Davis addressed his followers on Instagram yesterday (July 12) and knowledgeable them which fighter he desires to tackle subsequent trip.
“Frank Martin, we gotta run that,” Davis mentioned.
“No disrespect, let’s battle. The followers wanna see it. It’d be a hell of a battle. It may be our personal essential occasion battle. We are able to take that s**t to Vegas. Me and also you each simply had nice performances.”
“The time is now,” he continued. “There’s no level us ready and prolonging. The time is now, let’s battle. Let’s give the followers what they wanna see. It ain’t gotta be all that s**t speaking. It’s revered. You revered, I’m revered, let’s simply get it on, let’s battle. We bought historical past. I need to battle Frank Martin.”
Final month, Martin (18-1, 12 KOs) confronted his hardest task but when he challenged Gervonta “Tank” Davis for the WBA world light-weight title. The battle resulted in an eighth-round knockout victory for the champion, however all three judges had Davis just one level forward (67-66) on the scorecards on the time of the end.
Twelve months in the past, Martin and Davis crossed swords in Las Vegas in the course of the Terence Crawford-Errol Spence Jr (who manages Martin) battle week. It didn’t take lengthy for the dialog between the 2 to warmth up and after a couple of minutes of jawing they each went their separate methods however Davis bought his job performed and planted the seed.
Martin is at present boxing beneath the Premier Boxing Champions banner, whereas Davis plies his commerce on High Rank promotions.
