What was already a horrible weekend for unbeaten light-weight Keyshawn Davis and his pair of boxing brothers took an excellent darker activate Saturday evening at Scope Area of their native Norfolk, Virginia.
On Friday, the 26-year-old Davis (13-0, 9 KOs) missed weight by 4.3 pounds for his WBO 135-pound title defense towards Edwin De Los Santos (16-2, 14 KOs) and was accused by many, together with promoter High Rank, of not trying to chop the additional weight. Due to that, De Los Santos determined towards going ahead with the struggle, which led to the cancellation of the primary occasion and High Rank being pressured to pay De Los Santos his purse.
Issues obtained worse for the trio of brothers, nicknamed “DB3,” when Davis’ older brother, 28-year-old Kelvin Davis (15-1, 8 KOs), suffered his first professional defeat by way of majority determination to Nahir Albright (17-2, 7 KOs), the identical boxer who fought Keyshawn Davis to a detailed loss by way of majority determination in 2023 that was later overturned to a no contest after Keyshawn examined optimistic for marijuana.
After the struggle, nevertheless, tensions escalated when Albright, whereas being interviewed backstage by ESPN’s Mark Kriegel, sported a recent contusion on his brow over his proper eye and revealed that he was attacked backstage by Keyshawn Davis and his youthful brother, 23-year-old Keon Davis (3-0, 2 KOs), a junior welterweight who was additionally preventing on Saturday.
“I used to be right here [backstage] taking within the win, and it was onerous fought, [when] Keyshawn and his little brother jumped me,” Albright stated. “They began strolling as much as me all robust and placing his head towards mine. Then he grabbed me and I used to be about to swing however my crew and all people grabbed Keyshawn and all the pieces. It was loopy.”
Albright, a 29-year-old from Philadelphia, stated the scuffle was damaged up by his coach and lower man however not earlier than the Davis brothers left him with a knot on his brow. He additionally publicly challenged Keyshawn Davis to a rematch.
“It is undoubtedly bullshit but it surely provides gasoline to the gasoline,” Albright stated. “Keyshawn, you need to run it again to me contained in the ring and never exterior of the ring. He’s approaching me on my greatest evening, you’re feeling me? We’ve to settle it now.”
After ESPN cameras captured the melee within the hallway exterior the dressing room Corridor of Fame fighter and analyst Timothy Bradley Jr. did not maintain again in the course of the broadcast when speaking about how the inventory of Keyshawn Davis, who appeared earlier this week to be on the verge of breakout stardom, has fallen within the span of days.
“[Keyshawn Davis’] inventory simply plummeted, to the ground,” Bradley stated. ” [It was] at an all-time excessive and also you see how issues change and get the very best of you? You see how when you do not management your anger? Do you see what occurs? This kind of stuff proper right here! The inventory simply plummeted to the ground. I used to be a Davis brothers fan. I used to be.”
Native police have been concerned within the aftermath and Keyshawn Davis was ejected from the building, in accordance with boxing author Dan Rafael.