WORLD light-weight contender Keyshawn Davis now is aware of for sure who he wish to face in his subsequent struggle.
The 25-year-old is one week faraway from his final bout – a full of life 10-round battle in opposition to Miguel Madueno – which Davis, (11-0, 7 KOs), gained handily sufficient however was positioned underneath fixed strain all through. Davis additionally proved he may 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 needs to tackle subsequent trip.
“Frank Martin, we gotta run that,” Davis stated.
“No disrespect, let’s struggle. The followers wanna see it. It’d be a hell of a struggle. It may be our personal primary occasion struggle. 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 struggle. 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 struggle. We received historical past. I wish to struggle 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 struggle 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 throughout the Terence Crawford-Errol Spence Jr (who manages Martin) struggle 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 received his job achieved and planted the seed.
Martin is at the moment boxing underneath the Premier Boxing Champions banner, whereas Davis plies his commerce on High Rank promotions.