Keyshawn Davis predicted in an interview that his four-time conqueror Andy Cruz will “lose” earlier than he even will get to the place he’s at. Regardless of dropping to the Cuban 2020 Olympic gold medalist Cruz (4-0, 20 KOs), he says he’ll get crushed by somebody alongside the best way.
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Cruz is preventing tonight towards Omar Salcido (20-1, 14 KOs) in a 10-round WBC light-weight title eliminator on the undercard of Diego Pacheco vs. Steven Nelson at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Chelsea Ballroom, Las Vegas.
Within the interview with Keyshawn (12-0, 8 KOs), it appeared apparent that he needs Cruz to lose; maybe that will get the strain off of him that he’s coping with now from followers and the media to combat him.
They need him to combat Cruz so he can attempt to avenge a minimum of considered one of his 4 losses. Nonetheless, Keyshawn has repeatedly rejected preventing, saying he’s beneath him as a result of he solely has 4 fights since turning professional.
Cruz’s “Fragility”
“I really feel like he’s going to lose earlier than he will get to this stage. I genuinely really feel he’s going to lose,” stated Keyshawn Davis to MillCity Boxing about Andy Cruz, saying he’ll get crushed earlier than he will get to the place he’s at.
“I simply really feel he’s going to lose earlier than he will get to me, interval. They higher simply make him a compulsory actual fast earlier than the s*** occur to him.
Davis sounds bitter nonetheless about his 4 losses to Andy Cruz within the amateurs, and now he’s hoping he’ll get crushed by somebody so he doesn’t have to fret about him working his profession like he did within the amateurs.
“He’s fragile. He doesn’t haven’t any respectable pop,” Keyshawn stated about Cruz. “When you can’t maintain somebody off of you, what are you going do down? Are you going to maintain dancing and prancing round the entire 12 rounds? A 3-round combat and a twelve-round combat is an enormous distinction.”
Cruz knocked out Antonio Moran within the seventh spherical in his final combat on August third, and regarded highly effective in that combat. What he confirmed in that combat is greater than sufficient energy to KO anybody within the division, together with Keyshawn. He landed quite a lot of punches on Moran that broke him, and he damage within the seventh with a jab.
“Ten ounces and eight ounces is an enormous distinction. He citing my identify and calling me his son. That s*** is humorous to me. I do know what’s occurring together with his workforce. This wants assist. He wants a greater workforce. I simply assume he has no respectable energy.
“Common Professional”
“You’re loopy as hell when you assume that’s going to work towards a fighter like me. I really feel like he was an exceptional beginner, however he’s going to be a mean professional. He simply received damage by his final opponent [Antonio Moran]. Wasn’t that the opponent that Devin Haney knocked out [six years ago on May 25, 2019, in the seventh round? The same round that Cruz KO’d Moran in].
“When you’re getting damage in your improvement stage, what do you assume I’m going to do to you?” stated Davis. Did you ever see me get damage or knocked down?”
Nahir Albright staggered Keyshawn of their combat on October 14, 2023. That was a developmental combat, and Davis was damage. After the combat, he began speaking nonsense about going to purchase a home as a result of his win was overturned as a consequence of his optimistic check for a banned substance.
“All he can do is maintain calling my identify out to maintain him related,” stated Keyshawn about Cruz. “I watched Andy Cruz’s professional debut [against Juan Carlos Burgos on July 15, 2023]. After that, I by no means watched a full Andy Cruz combat apart from his debut.
“Maintain constructing your identify off mine. Maintain having the commentators point out my identify. Hopefully, in the future you may get to me,” stated Davis, with a fake-looking smile on his face. “I’ll knock him out. My mission is to change into world champion and to unify.
“If he don’t wish to combat me, we’re going to attempt to get the most important identify. I do know I’ll knock Andy Cruz out. I used to be saying this within the amateurs after I was dropping to this dude [four times]. ‘Once I flip professional, I’m knocking this dude out.’ I simply don’t have the proper beginner type that he do. I simply don’t, however professional.
“He’s Not That Thrilling”
“That’s how he fights. That’s Andy Cruz,” stated Keyshawn when informed that Cruz moved quite a bit in his beginner fights. “He’s naturally a counter-puncher. He doesn’t come ahead and stroll you down with punches.
“That’s why he’s not that thrilling as a result of he actually needs to sit down again and let others punch at him so he can do all that tough s*** and counter and punch you. That truly works nice within the amateurs. Then he begins coming ahead with some bull s***, however he’s not likely a come ahead fighter.
“He actually needs to sit down again, play together with his jab and let anyone miss and hit him. That’s actually how he fights. I simply don’t see that working with me for 12 rounds. I’m going to knock your a** out.
“Lomachenko has yet one more combat in him. He’s on High Rank’s facet. Okay, I’m going to attempt to go the Lomachenko route. If he don’t wish to combat me. Okay, I’m going to attempt to go the sunshine pores and skin [Gervonta Davis] route.
Keyshawn nonetheless hasn’t crushed any notable fighters. He’s been protected by High Rank since his shut name with Nahir Albright when he damage him. Davis’ finest wins are towards these fighters:
– Jose Pedraza: 35
– Nahir Albright: Shut victory
– Gustavo Lemos
– Miguel Madueno
– Anthony Yigit
– Francesco Patera
