The light-weight Keyshawn Davis says he didn’t load up on the fitting hand that he dropped Gustavo Lemos with for the primary knockdown of his second-round knockout win on Friday evening on the Scope Enviornment in Norfolk, Virginia.
Davis’ First Spherical Adjustment
Keyshawn’s coach, Brian ‘BoMac’ McIntyre, instructed him to throw a looping proper hand, which he did, and that put Lemos down in spherical two for the primary knockdown. Lemos by no means got here again from that knockdown as a result of he was shocked.
BoMac additionally instructed Keyshawn to cease transferring across the ring as a result of he was permitting Lemos to wear down his legs. As soon as Davis stopped transferring, that’s when he damage Lemos in spherical two with a proper hand excessive.
Even when Lemos had, he was going to get stopped anyway as a result of he was wreckless with the best way he was throwing wild energy pictures with no hand velocity. Any light-weight within the prime 15 would have achieved the identical factor to Lemos that Keyshawn did tonight.
Davis (12-0, 8 KOs) states he bought his distance from Lemos, let it go, and put him down on the canvas in spherical two. Keyshawn says that after that knockdown, he knew he was going to knock him out.
Lemos (29-2, 19 KOs) appeared painfully gradual all through the battle, and it was clear that his latest success in opposition to Richardson Hitchins on April sixth is a sign of how flawed the Brooklyn, New York native is.
That battle was Lemos’ solely notable opponent throughout his professional profession, and it’s now apparent that he was by no means nearly as good as followers had thought he was after watching him give Hitchins issues. The one different man Lemos has confronted that followers have heard of is Lee Selby, however he was 35 years previous and gone his greatest years when he stopped him within the fifth spherical on March twenty sixth, 2022.
“My coach, BoMac, instructed me to return excessive and begin catching him with the fitting hand, to start out looping it,” mentioned Keyshawn Davis to the media about how he bought his knockout win over Gustavo Lemos on Friday evening.
“That was the primary time I threw my proper hand. All through the entire first spherical, I used to be simply sticking and transferring. Sticking and transferring. So, mainly, as soon as I bought my rhythm, he stored leaping in. So, as soon as I bought my rhythm, and bought my distance, I simply let it go. It was only a response,” mentioned Keyshawn.
Lemos didn’t look good in any respect tonight, and in hindsight, it appears apparent why Keyshawn wished him so badly when High Rank was providing him selections for opponents. Keyshawn made it sound to the media like he was taking over a serious expertise, a killer, however after tonight, it’s now apparent that Lemos was a mean fighter, barely fringe-level.
Keyshawn Couldn’t Really feel Lemos’ Energy
“I didn’t put no energy behind it. I didn’t load up. It simply got here. It him proper on the chin, and he went down. Yeah, I made an adjustment. Within the first spherical, I used to be actually simply utilizing my legs loads. BoMac was like, ‘Don’t let this man use your legs an excessive amount of too early.’”
It will have been attention-grabbing if Lemos might have stayed round for ten full rounds as a result of he would have landed one thing that put some put on and tear on Keyshawn. He was so gradual, although.
“That was actually my sport plan. I actually wished to see what sport he bought, see what his strikes are like and simply really feel him out. Within the second spherical, they mentioned, ‘Begin taking shorter steps.’ I mentioned, ‘Okay.’ That’s why I took slightly brief step again, and I hit him with the fitting hand.
“I do know I bought the complete Virginia behind me. After an evening like this, it’s going to be much more individuals behind us. So, simply understand it began proper right here in Norfolk on the Scope,” mentioned Keyshawn.
