“Beyond its peak?” Hackett says Keyshawn destroys Berinchyk in 8!

Trainer Greg Hackett will pick Keyshawn Davis to knock out WBO lightweight champion Denys Berinchyk in their next fight on February 14 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Hackett believes Berinchyk (19-0, 9 KOs), 36, is past his prime and is perfect for Keyshawn (12-0, 8 KOs) to knock out.

Davis is not a knockout puncher and was injured when he attempted to knock out Nahir Albright. Berinchyk has more than enough skills and power to expose Keyshawn and show fans that he is still the same fighter that Cuban Andy Cruz beat four times.

Berinchyk’s technical advantage

Top Rank is promoting Davis like crazy, trying to make him a star without putting him in a risky fight against Cruz or some of the other assassins.

They messed up in their last fight with Berinchyk when they pitted popular Mexican fighter Emanuel Navarrete against him, only to see the Ukrainian talent beat him. Now it’s Keyshawn’s turn. If he loses this fight to Berinchyk, you can bet Top Rank will keep their fighters away from him.

“Keyshawn put up a great fight in his last performance (against Gustavo Lemos). He has a tough guy in front of him. This guy, Berinchyk, is not sweet, but he is not at his best. It has already passed its peak. “He can fight and all that, but he’s past his prime,” trainer Greg Hackett told YSM Sports Mediatalking about the WBO lightweight champion, Denys Berinchyk, whom Keyshawn Davis will challenge on February 14.

“I think Keysahwn is going to work him and stop him in the eighth round. Although he is going to work with him. A good jab, a good right hand. Keyshawn in this fight will have to slow things down. Don’t run out looking for a knockout. I’m not saying that I went out looking for a knockout against Lemos.

“That happened because Lemos was forcing the action. In this one, Berinchyk will be a little more strategic. It will be itchy a little. So in this one, he (Davis) has to take his time, take him down, go to that body a little bit, get some uppercuts in and some uppercuts,” Hackett said.

Davis’ victory over Gustavo Lemos was due to his fight with a slow, short, 5’5 1/2″ fighter, who was coming off a loss to Richardson Hitchins and had exhausted himself from 140 to win the fight. Keyshawn chose it personally. Davis watched as Hitchins defeated Lemos.

Why not Andy Cruz?

These are the questions you should ask Davis: Why choose a fighter who is coming off a loss and who fights at light welterweight? Andy Cruz was available at 135 and had already beaten Keyshawn four times.

“Keyshawn will stop him and, in the eighth round, he will stop him. Not familiar, but this one, let’s talk a little bit, but not familiar,” Hackett said when asked if this fight will make Keyshawn Davis a household name if he emerges victorious against Berinchyk.

“For home, you’re going to need a Teo (López), you’re going to need an ‘Africa’ (Richardson Hitchins). You will need someone to be part of your home. It has to be one of them, ‘Oh, okay.’ This one is: ‘Oh, okay, I see you, but I need an oh, okay.’ You’re not fucking around,’” Hackett said.

For Keyshawn to become a household name, he will have to beat these fighters:

1. Gervonta Davis
2. Shakur Stevenson
3. andy cruz
4. Edwin Delos Santos
5. William Zepeda

Unfortunately, Keyshawn probably won’t fight any of those guys, so he may never become a household name. He will simply be known by hardcore boxing fans. What he should do is move up to 147 and take on Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis to see if he can beat him. He is the same size as Boots and if he wins he will be a household name.

A welterweight in disguise?

He probably won’t do that, because Ennis would beat him and he wouldn’t want to take the risk. Keyshawn should fight at 147 because he is a welterweight size. If Boots wanted to game the system, he’d do the same thing as Keyshawn by dropping to 135 to fight smaller guys, but he’s brave and wouldn’t make a weak move like that.

“If you give me two bodies, we need one more body. I need three. I need them to really go down,” Hackett said when asked if Keyshawn needs a knockout against Berinchyk. “This one is going to be good, though. Berinchyk is going to bring out some tricks. That’s why I say Keyshawn has to be patient.”

Keyshawn is not a knockout, so Hackett was wrong because he has never been that type of fighter. His recent KO against Lemos was due to him fighting a tiny 5’5″ guy with no hand speed who fought like a neanderthal man. It was made to order for him or any fighter at 135.

“Don’t be greedy in this fight. Choose in your work. Don’t be greedy. Not everything, but he’s going to have to take out a couple of pieces of equipment,” Hackett said of Davis. “He’s going to bring everything, but he doesn’t need the big bag, but he does need a bag,” Hackett said of whether Davis will need to bring everything to defeat Berinchyk.

Davis will get greedy and try to knock out Berinchyk. That will result in him getting cut just as he was in his fight against Nahir Albright, who staggered him in the eighth round when he tried to knock him out.

Cross Lessons

“You won’t need to bring everything because it won’t all be in front of you,” Hackett said. “Sometimes we think we need a lot, but sometimes all you need is a basic jab, a basic right and a basic hook with good distance. Sometimes, that’s all you need. You may need a little more than that, but you won’t need everything.

“That’s what we think sometimes. You just need a good, sturdy bag,” Hackett said, sounding like a Keyshawn cheerleader.

Davis will need a lot more than a “study bag” to defeat Berinchyk because this guy is technically a better fighter than him, with much more amateur and professional experience. Keyshawn was discovered by Cuba’s Andy Cruz, who beat him for the fourth time at the 2020 Olympics. He again exposed him for being a limited fighter with little more than a jab.