Avoid the Gauntlet? Keyshawn Davis to face Edwin de los Santos inactive in the first WBO light title defense on June 7

Keyshawn Davis will announce his next fight this Friday, April 18, for his first defense of his light title Wbo against Edwin de los Santos on June 7 at the Arena Scope in Norfolk, Virginia.

Did the “Gauntlet” ignore?

Davis (13-0, 9 kos) has been pressing to fight Davis de Gervonta ‘tank’, but he has not shown that bravery be in a position to fight him through an active mining field still explosive against these three talents:

1. Andy Cruz
2. Raymond Muratalla
3. Abdullah Mason

Instead of fighting them, Keyshawn will face the number 13 in Los Santos (16-2, 14 kos), who has not fought in two years and has a loss in front of Shakur Stevenson in 2023. The calendar of a fight against the Santos works for Keyshawn because he obtains a rusty opponent. Two years ago, the fight would have made more sense, but not now.

Keyshawn should fight Andy Cruz on June 7. Cruz has broken Davis four times, he has called him 24 hours a day and is the first WBC place.

“It’s a great struggle. I love Keyshawn to be a dog and go after the dangerous boys in the division. De los Santos is a boy who gives problems to everyone. It’s a very dangerous counterpuny and Keyshawn wants all the smoke,” said Chris Algieri to Fighthype On the light champion of Wbo, Keyshawn Davis, against Edwin de los Santos, on June 7 in Norfolk.

De los Santos is better than anyone that Keyshawn has struggled so far, but that does not say much. Keyshawn has not yet fought anyone during his four -year career and picked up the Wbo belt last February against the weakest link between 135 champions Denys Berinchyk.

“He is doing exactly what a champion should do. He goes for the boys that people do not want to fight,” Algieri said. “I respect the boys who do it. There is not a lot of reward in Los Santos. Boxing hardcores understand it, but for fans, it is not. It’s a dangerous struggle.”

Of saints inactivity

What does Algieri talk about? How can you avoid Los Santos when you have been sitting on the couch for the last two years? If he struggled, keeping his name in the light, he would have won fights against all the main names.

At this time, De los Santos would have already fought against Abdullah Mason, Andy Cruz and Raymond Muratalla. How can anyone avoid Los Santos when two years ago fermenting how to grow old in a barrel?

“Now, of Los Santos, if he lost two in a row, people wrote even more and despise the danger of an opponent who is even more,” said Paulie Malignaggi. “I remember all the tank locks criticized Shakur for the way they look against the Santos. I said,” OK, the tank will fight against him. Let’s see how it looks. “

“You will show -you are the kind of character Keyshawn Davis also has to take on Los Santos. But it also shows the type of character of Los Santos. He cannot fight. So, he is,” Well, anything. I will only fight anyone, even if they are the hardest possible fights, “said Malignaggi.