Keyshawn Davis continued his rise toward his first world title when he fell in the second round to strong Argentinian Gustavo Lemos on Friday at Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia.
Lemos outweighed six pounds over the lightweight limitand was even heavier on fight night, but that didn't matter as Davis secured a ruthless victory.
Davis (12-0, 8 KOs) had previously made gradual progress to world level, earning an impressive sixth-round stoppage win over Jose Pedraza and one in 2024 big points win against Miguel Madueno in July.
Lemos (29-2, 19 KOs) was expected to give the 25-year-old rounds after suffering just one loss in his last outing. Richardson Hitchins a very good argumentwhich ultimately fell through a narrow decision.
The visitor tried to take advantage of that extra weight by throwing punches at “The Businessman” in the opening round, but Davis used speed and accuracy to nullify him.
The home favorite then prevailed in the second round, landing a left hook for a flash knockdown. When the match resumed, Lemos was down again and a left hook did the damage again.
The message was on the wall and Davis immediately ended the show, landing combinations and then a sharp right hand punch to the head that landed the 28-year-old on the canvas for a third time and the contest was over.
The win for Davis cements his lofty position on three of the four governing bodies and the Norfolk native nominated both WBO champion Denys Berinchyk and WBA titlist Gervonta Davis.
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“I honestly thought Lemos would pose a stronger challenge than Berinchyk,” he said ESPN after the fight.
“But I knocked him out in the second round.
“So, we’ll see what Berinchyk suggests.
“But next year, hey Norfolk, next year you’ll have a world champion, how about that?
“Hey Gervonta, knock, knock.”
Mason survives the horror against Vasquez
Highly touted Abdullah Mason survived a real scare before stopping Yohan Vasquez in the second round in a lightweight thriller.
Mason (16-0, 14 KOs) was down twice in the first round, scoring a knockdown of his own in between, and he picked up the win in the second round by landing a series of hard combinations that ended in a body shot Vasquez (26-6, 21 KOs) unable to beat the count.
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Aleem is back on the road to success
Ra'eese Aleem (21-1, 12 KOs) bounced back from a first professional loss to drop Derlyn Hernandez-Gerarldo (12-3-1, 10 KOs) in the fifth round of a scheduled ten at featherweight before completing all available sessions won on all three scorecards.
Isley says goodbye to Howard
Troy Isley (14-0, 5 KOs) was also a points winner in the other ten rounds, picking up a middleweight win over Tyler Howard (20-2, 11 KOs).
Two scores of 9:91 and a third score of 98:92 secured victory for the home fighter.
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At middleweight, Austin Deanda (16-0, 10 KOs) picked up a points victory over DeAundre Pettus (12-3, 7 KOs), winning by scores of 78-74 and 77-75×2.
Kelvin Davis (14-0, 7 KOs) was another points winner, suffering a knockdown in the final seconds against Yeis Gabriel Solano (15-4, KO10) before taking the win with scores of 80-71 and 79- 72×2 secured welterweight.
The only six-round contest was at super featherweight, where Robert Meriwether III (8-0, 3 KOs) outpointed Eric Howard (6-3, 1 KO), and the only four-round contest was at super welterweight, and debutant Keon Davis (1-0) secured the win against Jalen Moore (1-2, 1 KO).
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