{"id":420468,"date":"2026-01-20T02:07:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T02:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/420468\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T02:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T02:07:11","slug":"i-really-feel-like-im-carrying-this-promotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/420468\/","title":{"rendered":"I Really Feel Like I\u2019m Carrying This Promotion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Keyshawn Davis<\/a> believes his presence on \u201cThe Ring 6\u201d<\/a> card has given the show the promotional jolt it needs leading up to January 31.
The former WBO lightweight champion contended during an interview with The Ring that his return to action<\/a> after self-destructive behavior cost him a 135-pound title seven months ago has generated the type of attention this DAZN Pay-Per-View event would otherwise lack. Davis emphasized that he meant no disrespect to his close friend, Shakur Stevenson<\/a>, or Teofimo Lopez<\/a>, who will meet in the 12-round main event a week from Saturday night.
Davis (13-0, 9 KOs, 1 NC) will make his debut as a full-fledged junior welterweight when he squares off with Jamaine Ortiz<\/a> (20-2-1, 10 KOs) in the 12-round co-feature before Lopez defends his Ring and WBO 140-pound championships versus Stevenson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just being myself, honestly, bro,\u201d Davis told The Ring. \u201cI feel like, honestly, I\u2019m doing a lotta promotion for this fight, bro. I feel like every time I go on social media the first thing I see is my face, somebody clipping me from a interview or somebody clipping my vlogs or somebody taking a clip from my Instagram and putting it on Twitter. Like I really feel like I\u2019m carrying this promotion, this card.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike almost everything is damn near about me and my return. Shakur and Teo are big names, so I\u2019m not saying that, you know, a lotta people aren\u2019t coming to watch them. But I can also say a lotta people is coming to watch me as well. So, I just gotta keep being myself, bro, and as long as I keep being myself, I\u2019m gonna be a superstar.\u201d<\/p>\n

There is widespread interest in the boisterous Davis, who came in 4.3 pounds overweight for what was scheduled as his first defense of the WBO lightweight title June 7 in his hometown of Norfolk, Virginia. Sampson Lewkowicz, the former promoter of Edwin De Los Santos<\/a> (17-2, 15 KOs), wouldn\u2019t allow the Dominican contender to move forward with their bout because he felt it would\u2019ve been excessively dangerous due to Davis\u2019 weight advantage<\/a>.
Their fight was canceled June 6. The next night, Davis got into an altercation with a previous opponent, Nahir Albright, in Albright\u2019s locker room<\/a> after Albright beat his older brother, Kelvin Davis, by majority decision on the card Keyshawn Davis was supposed to headline at Scope Arena.
A regretful Davis divulged during a recent \u201cAll The Smoke Fight\u201d podcast interview with Hall-of-Famers Andre Ward and Roy Jones Jr.<\/a> that drinking alcohol \u201cevery single day\u201d while training for the De Los Santos bout was part of the reason he came in so heavy.
Davis, 26, hasn\u2019t fought in the 11 months since he demolished then-unbeaten Ukrainian Denys Berinchyk on February 14<\/a> in The Theater at Madison Square Garden. The 2021 Olympic silver medalist dropped Berinchyk (19-1, 9 KOs) twice and knocked him out in the fourth round to win the WBO lightweight title.
DraftKings nonetheless lists Davis as more than a 4-1 favorite to defeat Ortiz, of Worcester, Massachusetts. Ortiz, 29, has lost only unanimous decisions to Lopez and retired three-division champ Vasiliy Lomachenko<\/a> in competitive 12-round bouts.
\u201cThe Ring 6\u201d can be bought on pay-per-view<\/a> for $69.99 in the United States and \u00a324.99 in the United Kingdom. The card headlined by Lopez-Stevenson is included in DAZN\u2019s Ultimate monthly plan for subscribers ($44.99 in the U.S.; \u00a324.99 in the UK). <\/p>\n

Keith Idec is a senior writer and columnist for The Ring. He can be reached on X @idecboxing.<\/p>\n

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