科羅拉多斯普林斯, 膝部. (五月 20, 2019) – Team USA lightweight Keyshawn戴維斯has been preparing all of his young life to represent his country in the Olympics. If everything goes as planned and remains on schedule, the Norfolk, Virginia native will be boxing for gold next year in Japan.
The 20-year-old Davis, 誰運動 110-15 業餘紀錄, is racking up medals at such a torrid pace that he desperately needs to expand his display case. He is a two-time Elite National (2017-18) and two-time National PAL (2013-14) 冠軍, as well as a gold medalist at the 2017 東方精英預選賽, 2017 Youth Open and 2017 全國金手套.
Internationally, he’s done some serious damage, 太. The highlight of his amateur career, to date, is winning gold at last year’s Strandja Tournament in Bulgaria. Davis recently captured silver at the 2019 Pan-American Games Qualifier in Nicaragua, 除了 2018 Chemistry Cup in Germany.
“I won my first International gold medal in Bulgaria,” Davis agreed with it being the highlight of his amateur career. “I was also selected as the Most Outstanding Boxer.”
His victory at the 2018 USA Nationals qualified him for the 2020 拳擊奧運選拔賽, while his silver at the Pan American Games Qualifier qualified him for the Pan American Games (July 27-August 2) 利馬, 秘魯. This year he will also be competing at the Elite Men’s World Championships (七. 7-21) 在葉卡捷琳堡, 俄羅斯.
“Qualifying for the Olympic Trials really wasn’t much of an accomplishment for me because it was expected,” Davis noted. “For me it was to get on Team USA, again and this is my second year on the team.
“There’s no real competition for me to qualify for the USA Olympic Boxing Team. My last fight in The Nationals was a little bit of a challenge (VS. DALIS屬性), because I slipped and got up.”
At the Pan American Games, Davis could very well face the Cuban boxer who defeated him by a score of 3-2 at the Pan American Games Qualifier, Andy Cruz, setting up a possible rubber match between the two elite boxers next year at the Olympic Games.
“There’s a very good chance we’ll fight again at the Pan-Am Games, most likely in Japan, 還有,” Davis added. “We have to win two rounds to qualify for the finals and for me to get my revenge. Cruz has a lot more International experience than I do. 他 26 years old and World Champion in our weight class.”
Davis started boxing when he was nine when, tired of Keyshawn and his two brothers fighting each other and in school, his mother asked if they wanted to go to the gym to learn how to box. They did and today, his older (Kelvin) 和年輕 (基恩) brothers are also amateur boxers.
Not long after that he met特洛伊艾斯利, who is a fellow member of Team USA, and today they’re as close as brothers.
“I met Troy way back, after I first started boxing,” Davis remembered. “We’d meet up at the Nationals and other tournaments and hang together with my brothers. My coach retired, so I went to Troy’s gym (亞歷山大, VA) and started working with CoachKay (Koroma, USA Assistant National Boxing Coach). We’re getting close to our dream (representing the USA in the Olympics) that started so long ago that it seems unreal to be getting close. You can expect two boxers from Virginia to come back from Japan with gold medals. We’re like brothers.”
“Coach Kay first cornered me when I was 13. He’s a great coach who wants us to succeed in life, not just in the ring. He wants the best for us. We have one of the best U.S. boxing teams in a long time and it’s going to show in Japan. We always help each other out and this is a very exciting time for us right now.”
Another close friend of Keyshawn’s is, 2018 奧運會銀牌得主 沙庫爾·史蒂文森, who has been through what Keyshawn is approaching, and is now at the level as a professional prospect in which Davis aspires to reach.
“Shakur has always supported me,” Davis continued. “We talk a lot. 老老實實, it’s hard for me not to think about turning pro, because my amateur career will be over after the Olympics. I’ve always been taught to have a plan, so I’ve been preparing, business-wise, looking into my options (manager and promoter), and to stay on the right track from the amateurs to pros.”
If he wasn’t a boxer, Davis figures he’d be a realtor, but he’s thoroughly enjoying the life as a boxer.
“This has been a great experience,” Davis spoke about his amateur boxing career, “especially this year getting ready for the Pan AMs. I’ve had opportunities to travel and meet people, but the best part is being part of a team like this. Boxing is an individual sport but, 環外, we’re always pushing hard for each other.
“I thank God every day when I get up for putting me in this position. All I want to do is provide for me and my family. 在我的年齡, I’m ahead of the game.”
紐約 (五月 20, 2019) –Three cites, three wins for Split-T Management fighters this past Saturday night asArdreal Holmes 和 Raquel Miller remained undefeated whileCarlos Dixonscored a big knockout in his hometown.
Holmes went to 9-0 with a six-round unanimous decision over veteran Lanardo Tyner in Dearborn, 密歇根.
該 24 year-old Holmes of Flint, Michigan was systematic in winning by shutout tallies on two cards at 60-54 和 58-56 to raise the former amateur star’s record to 9-0.
Miller moved a step closer to winning a world championship as she captured the NABF Middleweight title with a 7th round stoppage over Erin Toughill inHawaiian Gardens, 加利福尼亞州.
Miller of San Francisco knocked Toughill down in the 1st round with a body shot, and then she dropped Toughill with a vicious combination that was punctuated by a nasty left hook in the 7th round that sent Toughill to the canvas. Toughill got up, but was in no condition to continue, 和布特是在停止 1:01.
Also on Saturday night in Louisville, Kentucky, 22 year-old super bantamweight, Carlos Dixon stopped Jeno Tonte in the 2nd round of their scheduled six-round bout.
With the win over the 17 老將拼, Dixon of Louisville, 現 8-1 六擊倒.
Holmes and Miller are promoted by DiBella Entertainment.
BOUTS WILL STREAM LIVE ON UFC FIGHT PASS® THIS THURSDAY NIGHT FROM CASINO DEL SOL IN TUCSON, 亞利桑那州 AT 10 P.M. E.T. / 7 P.M. P.T.
TUCSON, 亞利桑那 (五月 22, 2019) – Tunisia native and mother of two,Ikram Kerwat, headlines this Thursday evening for her first time in the initial female main event streamed on RJJ Boxing on UFC FIGHT PASS®, 開始 10 P.M. AND / 7 P.M. PT, live from Casino Del Sol’s outdoor AVA Amphitheater in Tucson, 亞利桑那.
Kerwat (9-1, 5 科斯), fighting out of Frankfurt, 德國, throws-down with 9-time world title challengerSimone DaSilva (15-12, 6 科斯), 巴西的, in the 10-round main event for the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) female super featherweight championship.
Kerwat vs. DaSilvais presented by Roy Jones Jr. (RJJ) Boxing Promotions and Kerwat is trained by living legend and 10-time world champion羅伊·瓊斯, JR.
“Ikram is an exciting fighter with awesome power and good hand speed,” Jones evaluated his protege. “She’s always looking to improve, and I look forward to her next voyage towards a world title.”
The 35-year-old Kerwat is a former WBC International female lightweight champion, who will be fighting in the United States for the fourth time as a pro boxer. “Fighting in the U.S. was always one of my biggest dreams,” she commented. “It’s amazing. I already have a fanbase and they are really awesome. I like the enthusiasm and positive energy of U.S. 人.
“This is my first main event and I can’t wait to step into the ring. To be live streamed on UFC FIGHT PASS is very important to me, my fans and, 當然, 我的家人. My last fight was also live streamed on FIGHT PASS and it was amazing. I’m happy and thankful for that.
“I want to give a big shout out to my family and my coach and promoter, 羅伊·瓊斯, 小, his wonderful wife, Natlyn Jones, 和, 當然, the RJJ Promotions team for this opportunity and their kindness.” (L-R) Ikram Kerwat & 羅伊·瓊斯, JR.
親自 2015, Kerwat first met Jones at the WBC Convention three years ago in Miami. “It’s an honor for me to lean from a legendary boxer like Roy,” 她補充說. “He’s a boxing guru! Before I met Roy, I was a brawler, more of an aggressive fighter. 現在, I’d say I learned to skillfully box. I’ve made a lot of improvements and I developed more, boxing-wise. I grew mentally, which is the most important part in boxing and life.”
Da Silva may have fought in nine world titles fights, but Ikram doesn’t feel that she’s at a disadvantage because of her opponent’s edge in quality experience. “My opponent is experienced, but this means nothing to me,” she remarked. “I fear nobody, but I respect all boxers who step in the ring. I do not underestimate anyone, nothing more, and nothing less. I don’t look at her, I look at myself. This is only thing I have control over. I do my job, live my dream, and I have fun doing it. I enjoy every single minute of it. This next step is very important for us. Every single fight brings me a step closer to my goal, which means that every single fight is significant for my career. Fights like this even more so.”
Although she had only three amateur matches, including a gold medal performance in the Berlin Championships and taking bronze in the German Championships, Ikram is positioning herself for a world title fight in the not too distant future, assuming she gets past Da Silva.
“I trained myself (作為一個業餘) and that wasn’t easy for me, because I really wasn’t a trainer, but I wanted it so bad and now even more,” Kerwat concluded. “I have two kids and I used to say boxing is my third child. And it’s the oldest. I protest and love it, making sure that I progress and develop, getting better and better.”
在共功能的事件, unbeaten bantamweightMax “The Baby Face Assassin” Ornelas (12-0-1, 4 科斯), 排名第. 11 in the world by the World Boxing Organization (WBO), as well as the reigning NABA USA bantamweight champion, clashes with亞歷克斯 “Xhino” Rangel (17-9, 4 科斯), 墨西哥, in an eight-round bout.
Tucson’s阿方索·奧維拉 (11-5-2, 4 科斯) 會見卡洛斯 “Silk” 別墅 (14-3-1, 6 科斯), 聖安東尼奧, in the six-round Special Welterweight Attraction, and undefeated middleweight prospects, Tucson’sNicholas Rhoads (5-0, 2 科斯) 發生在Eduardo Ayala (4-0, 1 KO), 鳳凰, square off in a four-round match.
Former UFC fighter喬 “柴油機” 里格斯(47-18-1, 1 NC), 從鳳凰城戰鬥, makes his professional boxing debut in the FIGHT PASS opener versus pro-debutingDaviante Jones, also of Phoenix, in a four-round bout.
Undefeated Kazakhstan fighterMadiyar Asjkeyev (11-0, 6 科斯) 面孔塞西爾McCalla (21-3, 8 科斯) to open the non-FIGHT PASS segment of the show in a 10-round bout for the vacant North American Boxing Federation (NABF) super welterweight title.
A pair of Tucson middleweights, Arturo Resendiz (2-0, 2 科斯) 和何塞 “Raging Bull” 毛 (2-1, 1 KO), are matched in the four-round swing bout. 卡如有變更.
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