Norfolk’s Keyshawn “The Businessman” Davis and older brother Kelvin were victorious in boxing bouts Saturday night at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, in front of a packed crowd that included fans from their hometown.
Both were on the undercard of Shakur Stevenson’s World Boxing Council lightweight title defense against Artem Harutyunyan.
Keyshawn Davis, a lightweight, scored a unanimous decision over Mexican contender Miguel Madueno (31-4, 28 knockouts) with a dominating performance to improve to 11-0 in a fight that was on ESPN. All three judges scored it 99-91.
Davis, an Olympic silver medalist three years ago who attended Granby High, said prior to the fight that boxing fans could see a “punching machine” and that they may see “a whole another Keyshawn.”
He was right as he landed many vicious shots throughout the fight. He landed 49% of his punches, including 194 body punches, 122 power punches and 72 jabs. In the fourth round, Davis landed 63.4%.
The fight got ugly late when a frustrated Madueno, who landed just 13.7% of his punches, tried to pick up Davis in the seventh round. The boxers had butted heads after the sixth round, with Madueno throwing an errant punch that hit the referee.
“He was tougher than I expected,” Davis said after the fight. “Honestly, this was the toughest physical professional fighter I had. But I had fun in there, I like to fight.”
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Keyshawn Davis & Miguel Madueno both butt heads at the end of round six 😯 pic.twitter.com/7gYgPZ9xGZ
— Sky Sports Boxing (@SkySportsBoxing) July 7, 2024
Davis showed why he is one of the top rising prospects in his weight class.
Kelvin “Nite Nite” Davis, a junior welterweight, beat Kevin Johnson of Detroit to win an eight-round majority decision and improve to 13-0. Davis won 78-74 on two cards, while a third judge had it even at 76-76.
Kelvin Davis controlled the early rounds, but had to survive a late-round rally from Johnson (12-4, 8 KOs), who had beaten his five previous opponents.
The Davises had plenty of support as a sold-out bus brought fans from Norfolk to New Jersey for the fight.
Keyshawn Davis, 25, hinted last week that he hoped to bring a fight to Norfolk later this year.
“I think about the Scope with Young’s Park right there, you’ll have people walking from there to come see me fight,” he said. “That’s why this is a beautiful story. And Scope is going to happen sooner than you know.”
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Keyshawn Davis & Miguel Madueno both butt heads at the end of round six 😯 pic.twitter.com/7gYgPZ9xGZ
— Sky Sports Boxing (@SkySportsBoxing) July 7, 2024
