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Keyshawn Davis predicted in an interview that his four-time conqueror Andy Cruz will “lose” before he gets to where he is. Despite losing to 2020 Cuban Olympic gold medalist Cruz (4-0, 20 KOs), he says someone will hit him along the way.
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Cruz is fighting tonight against Omar Salcido (20-1, 14 KOs) in a 10-round lightweight title eliminator in the fast-paced Diego Pacheco vs. Steven Nelson at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Chelsea Ballroom, Las Vegas.
In the interview with Keyshawn (12-0, 8 kos), it seemed obvious that He wants Cruz to lose; Maybe that takes the pressure off him that he’s trying now from fans and the media to fight him.
They want him to fight Cruz so he can try to avenge at least one of his four losses. However, Keyshawn has repeatedly turned down fights, saying it is beneath him because he has only four fights since turning professional.
Cruz’s “fragility”
“I feel like he’s going to lose before he gets to this level. I really feel like he’s going to lose,” Keyshawn Davis told Millcity Boxing about Andy Cruz, saying he will be hit before he gets to where he is.
“I feel like he’s going to lose before he gets to me, period. They better make it mandatory real quick before shit happens to it.
Davis seems bitter about his four losses to Andy Cruz in the amateurs, and now hopes he gets hit by someone, so he doesn’t have to worry about him running his career like he did in the amateurs.
“It’s fragile. He doesn’t have respectable pop,” Keyshawn said of Cruz. “If you can’t keep someone off of you, what are you going to do? Are you going to keep dancing and toasting for around the full 12 rounds? A three-round fight and a twelve-round fight is a big difference.”
Cruz knocked out Antonio Moran in the seventh round in his last fight on August 3, and he looked powerful in that fight. What he showed in that fight is more than enough power to KO anyone in the division, including Keyshawn. He landed a lot of punches on Moran that broke him, and he hurt in the seventh with a jab.
“Ten ounces and eight ounces are a big difference. He mentioned my name and called me his son. That shit is fun to me. I know what’s going on with your team. This needs help. He needs better equipment. I just think he has no respectable power.
“Average Pro”
“You’re crazy as hell if you think that’s going to work against a fighter like me. I feel like he was a phenomenal amateur, but he’s going to be an average professional. He just got hurt by his last opponent (Antonio Moran). Wasn’t that the opponent Devin Haney knocked out (six years ago on May 25, 2019, in the 7th round? The same round that Cruz ko’d Moran).
“If you get hurt in your developmental stage, what do you think I’m going to do to you?” Davis said. Have you ever seen me hurt or knocked down?
Nahir Albright staggered Keyshawn in their fight on October 14, 2023. That was a developmental fight, and Davis was injured. After the fight, he started talking nonsense about going to buy a house because his win was overturned due to his positive test for a banned substance.
“All he can do is keep calling my name to keep him relevant,” Keyshawn said of Cruz. “I saw Andy Cruz’s professional debut (against Juan Carlos Burgos on July 15, 2023). After that, I never saw a full Andy Cruz fight except for his debut.
“Keep building your name on mine. Keep making commenters mention my name. Hopefully one day you can get to me,” Davis said, with a fake looking smile on his face. “I will knock him out. My mission is to become world champion and unify.
“If he doesn’t want to fight me, we’re going to try to get the biggest name. I know he knocked out Andy Cruz. I was saying this in the amateurs when I was losing to this guy (four times). “When I turn pro, I’m banging this guy.” I just don’t have the perfect amateur style that he does. I just don’t do it, but professional.
“It’s not that exciting”
“That’s how he fights. That’s Andy Cruz,” Keyshawn said when told Cruz moved around a lot in his amateur fights. “Naturally he is a counter-fisher. He doesn’t show up and accompanies you with blows.
“That’s why it’s not as exciting because he literally wants to sit back and let others hit him so he can do all the complicated stuff and counter you and hit you. That actually works very well in the amateurs. Then he starts showing up with a little bit of bull, but he’s not really a fighter.
“He really wants to sit back, play with his jab and let someone miss and hit him. That’s how you fight. I just don’t see that working with me for 12 rounds. I’m going to knock your A** out.
“Lomachenko has one more fight in him. It’s on the top side. Well, I’m going to try to go the Lomachenko route. If you don’t want to fight me. Okay, I’m going to try to go the light-skinned (Gervonta Davis) route.
Keyshawn has yet to defeat notable wrestlers. He has been protected by the best rank since his call with Nahir Albright when he hurt him. Davis’ best victories are against these fighters:
– Jose Pedraza: 35
– Nahir Albright: Close victory
– Gustavo Lemos
– Miguel Madueno
-Anthony is
– Francesco Patera
