Keyshawn Davis did not care that Gustavo Lemos came in over six pounds overweight. He had no hesitation in taking the fight. He knew what was coming. Davis took out Lemos in round two of their lightweight bout in front of a sold-out crowd of 10,568 at The Scope Arena in Davis’ hometown of Norfolk, Virginia.
In round two, Davis dropped Lemos with a hard counter right. Seconds later, it was another even more powerful left hook that dumped Lemos on the deck. Davis finished off Lemos with another left that put him down and the fight was waved off as Lemos fell to the canvas at 1:08.
Davis 134.2 lbs of Norfolk, VA is 12-0 with eight knockouts. Lemos, 141.4 lbs of Buenos Aries, ARG is 29-2.
“I had no hesitation. Me and my team, we stuck to our guns. We said if he comes in too much over we ain’t gonna fight. But he followed his game plan, and he didn’t come too much over (at the weight check on Friday morning), so we had a fight and we gave a spectacular night,” Davis said. “I didn’t feel no power in him. I actually sat back on the ropes one little second, and I let him throw his overhand that he loves and I felt it on my shoulder. And I looked at my brothers and gave them that face like, no, not enough (power). It ended in the second round so maybe he didn’t really get a chance to hit me.”
Troy Isley Decisions Tyler Howard
Troy Isley remained undefeated with a 10-round unanimous decision over Tyler Howard in a middleweight bout.
Isley, 158.9 lbs oof Alexandria, VA won by scores of 99-91 and 98-92 and is now 14-0. Howard, 159.8 lbs of Crossville, TN is 20-2.
Isley landed 143 of 460 punches. Howard was 69 of 256.
Abdullah Mason had to get off the deck twice and came back to stop Yohan Vasquez in round two of their 10-round lightweight fight.
In the first minute of the fight, Vasquez dropped Mason for the first time in his career with a short left hand on the inside. Mason evened things up quickly as seconds later Mason dropped Vasquez with an uppercut. As Mason seemingly went for the finish, he walked into another short left hook and Mason sent down again. In round two, Mason dropped Vasquez with an uppercut to the body and the fight was over at 1:59.
Mason, 135.7 lbs of Cleveland is now 16-0 with eight knockouts. Vasquez, 134.2 lbs of Santiago, DR is 26-6.
Kelvin Davis remained undefeated with an eight-round unanimous decision over Yeis Solano in a junior welterweight bout.
In round eight Davis put Solano on the deck with a straight right hand just before the final bell sounded.
Davis, 142.5 lbs of Norfolk, VA won by scores of 80-71 and 79-72 twice and is now 14-0. Solano, 142.7 lbs of Monteria, COL is 15-4.
Austin DeAnda pounded out an eight-round unanimous decision over DeAundre Pettus in a middleweight bout.
DeAnda, 159.9 lbs of Amhurst, VA won by scores of 78-74 and 77-75 twice and is now 16-0. Pettus, 158.3 lbs of South Carolina is 12-3.
Keon Davis made a successful pro debut with a four-round unanimous decision over Jalen Moore in a welterweight bout.
Davis, 148;7 lbs of Norfolk, VA won by scores of 40-36 on al cards and is now 1-0. Moore, 150.4 lbs of Dallas is 1-2.
Robert Merriweather III remained undefeated with a six-round unanimous decision over Eric Howard in a Junior Lightweight bout.
Merriweather, 131.7 lbs of Louisville, KY won by scores of 60-54 and 59-55 twice and is now 8-0. Howard, 131.4 lbs of St. Louis is 6-3.
Raesse Aleem won a 10-round unanimous decision over Derlyn Hernandez in a featherweight bout.
In round three, Hernandez was cut over the left eye from an accidental headbutt. In round five, Aleem dropped Hernandez with a combination around the head.
Aleem, 126.9 lbs of Muskegon, MI won by scores of 100-89 on all cards and is now 21-1. Hernandez, 126.9 lbs of Dominican Republic is 12-3-1-1.
