Keyshawn Davis taking a break from boxing. ‘What happened is going to change me.'
'I hate what happened, but what happened is going to change me,' Davis said during an interview on 'The Ariel Helwani Show' posted on YouTube on Wednesday.
'I'm not up here trying to win nobody over, I'm not up here down-talking nobody,' Davis added. 'I'm up here saying I'm wrong, and when I come back from boxing, I'm going to be a better person.'
The nearly hour-long interview included Davis' first public comments since his main-event boxing match at Scope on June 7 was canceled and he was stripped of his championship belt after he missed weight. The next day the card that included his two brothers went on without Davis, but it was marred by a post-fight scuffle involving Keyshawn and Keon Davis after Kelvin's first professional loss.
Keyshawn Davis, 26, said during this week's interview he was 'undisciplined for sure. Not being true to myself as well.'
Keyshawn Davis, nicknamed 'The Businessman,' was scheduled to make the first defense of his lightweight title against Edwin De Los Santos on June 6 at Scope — his second featured professional bout in his hometown. But Davis came in at 139.3 pounds — 4.3 pounds over the 135-pound limit — during a weigh-in.
Organizers said about 3,000 fans received refunds for their tickets before the main card began the next day, with a crowd of more than 6,500 attending.
Davis became the World Boxing Organization lightweight world champion with a knockout of Denys Berinchyk on Feb. 14.
This is a developing story.
Jami Frankenberry, jami.frankenberry@pilotonline.com.
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