Look, I come from the MMA world, where the leading monopsony has turned stiffing its talent into an art form. I support fighters’ efforts to receive appropriate compensation for giving themselves CTE to please the masses. But Keyshawn Davis might be the most entitled fighter in recent memory. He hadn’t fought once at 147, but Top Rank still managed to slot him in as a mandatory challenger for Haney, only for Davis to spit in their faces. As Hitchins points out, that was more than twice the size of Davis’ largest purse to date, and now he wants three times that for a non-title fight as a free agent.
If he wants to keep coasting on his talent and credentials, he’s free to do so. Just stop wasting actual fighters’ time.