Keyshawn Davis broke his silence following an embarrassing weight miss in March.
‘The Businessman’ was scheduled to defend his WBO light-weight title towards Edwin De Los Santos on June 7 in Norfolk, Virginia. Sadly, the battle by no means got here to fruition after Davis missed weight by a whopping 4.3 pounds in the course of the official weigh-ins.
In consequence, the American was stripped of his gold and the chance to defend his belt in entrance of 9,000 battle followers in his hometown.
“I’m not up right here attempting to win no person over,” Davis stated throughout an look on The Ariel Helwani Show. “I’m not up right here downtalking no person. I’m up right here saying that I’m improper. And once I come out to boxing, I’mma be a greater particular person due to God.”
Regardless of the large weight miss, negotiations ensued between Davis and De Los Santos’ camps to succeed in a deal to permit their headlining bout to proceed below a brand new settlement. De Los Santos needed to maneuver ahead with the battle; nevertheless, his promoter, Sampson Lewkowicz, finally canceled the conflict.
“Undisciplined, for certain. Not being true to myself as nicely… simply figuring out that it’s most likely time to maneuver up and simply figuring out how my physique feeling and attempting to mainly sacrifice as a result of I received one other homecoming battle, and I wish to defend my title in my hometown. I simply took a sacrifice to attempt to make the load once more, and it simply didn’t prove that manner.
“In the course of the [Denys] Berinchyk battle [in February], I instructed my crew, ‘That is my final time doing this.’ However after you win, [you’re] a world champ now, so there’s lots of alternatives and all that stuff. They’re like, ‘Simply defend it one time, you’re going again residence.’ They [made] it sound actual good, so I’m like, ‘OK, I’ll do it. I’m staying lively, I don’t shoot up in weight, so I must be [good].’ I assume that was the improper name” (h/t Yahoo! Sports).
Sadly, the drama didn’t cease on the weigh-ins.
Keyshawn Davis disputes claims of backstage assault on ex-opponent
Davis attended the occasion as a spectator on June 7, with ESPN cameras capturing him casually consuming popcorn and showing to don’t have any care on this planet, regardless of dropping his title and disappointing 1000’s of followers.
Later within the night time, David watched his former opponent, Nahir Albright, upset his brother, Kelvin. Davis determined to go to Albright’s locker room alongside his different brother, Keon. When ESPN cameras went to Albright’s locker room, Albright instructed them that he was “jumped” and “head-butted” by the Davis brothers, and confirmed the cameras a big lump on his brow, which was not seen instantly after his battle.
Davis was fast to name bullsh*t on Albright’s declare.
“All the things that he’s speaking about that occurred within the locker room is just not true,” Davis stated. “He took that second [of me being in his locker room] and ran with it and used that s*** for what he used it for. All the things simply received blown out of proportion.
“I walked in there, simply not attempting to battle this dude. I’m not attempting to start out no altercation. Initially, his locker room was proper subsequent to ours. It wasn’t like I needed to skip throughout city to seek out him. He was proper there. I used to be going to say a couple of phrases. It wasn’t going to be [anything] loopy as a result of the battle is over with. For him to say that I put my arms on him, and me and my brother [head-butted] him and all that s*** — I used to be like, ‘What?’ I used to be shocked for actual. On the finish of the day, I shouldn’t have walked in his locker room anyway, so he simply [took] that s*** and [ran] with it.”
