Keyshawn Davis: Teofimo’s Welterweight Fight Is a “Scared” Move to Get Away From Me

Keyshawn Davis is sounding bitter about the news of Teofimo Lopez moving up to welterweight to take on Devin Haney in a 145-lb catchweight fight on August 16th in Saudi Arabia. Davis (13-0, 9 KOs) views this move by Teofimo as a sign that he’s “scared” of him because he’s chasing a fight.

Davis: Unwilling to Move Up

Keyshawn claims he doesn’t want to “keep bullying” Lopez (22-1, 13 KOs). However, he’s the one who is keeping the fight from happening by insisting on staying in the safety of the 135-lb division, holding down the WBO title, fighting inactive opposition that casual boxing fans aren’t familiar with. Davis is using 135 as his foxhole to hide from the talents at 147.

Keyshawn is huge for the lightweight division and resembles a welterweight who chooses to cut down in weight to enjoy a monstrous weight advantage after rehydrating for his fights. In other words, he’s a weight bully, and he’s carving out a career using that sneaky strategy.

“Teo is so f*****g scared of me. He wants to move up to 147 because he knows I’m on his a**. I can’t keep chasing people. At this point, I don’t want to keep bullying him,” said Keyshawn Davis about Teofimo Lopez.

There wouldn’t be a problem if Keyshawn moved up to welterweight to join the pool of sharks in the 147-lb division. That’s where the money is at. If Davis had any insight, he’d know that he’s wasting his time at 135 because the guy that he’s dreaming of fighting one of these days, Gervonta Davis, is never going to fight him because he’s not interested in fighting a non-popular that is in effect a welterweight.

Keyshawn’s Lack of Ambition

Teofimo has more ambition than Keyshawn, and he’s already shown that by continually pushing for fights against the welterweight King Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis and junior middleweight Terence Crawford. Why can’t Keyshawn do this? The reason is obvious. He doesn’t want to lose his unbeaten record and get exposed by the fighters his size. He’s just as big as Crawford and Ennis, but doesn’t want to mix it with those talents.