Keyshawn Davis has hinted that three-time heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev cheated to get his power ahead of his fight against Dmitry Bivol. Lightweight contender Keyshawn says IBF, WBC and WBO 175-lb champion Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KOs) is “Unnaturally strong” and what if “natural vein” for his fight against WBA champion Bivol (23-0, 12 KOs) this Saturday night in Riyadh, he will lose.
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Fans criticize Keyshawn for insinuating that two-time Olympian Beterbiev is a cheater, as he has never tested positive for PEDs during his 11-year professional career and has always been a great puncher since his amateur days in Russia.
He is a guy who is blessed with enormous power and has the ability to throw short punches with a lot of steam. Most fighters have to charge to generate power, but Beterbiev doesn’t have to.
“I won’t say why I’ll be in the headlines, but I’ll always go with the boxer. I’ll go with Bivol for sure,” said Keyshawn Davis to Fighthypepicking Dmitry Bivol to defeat Artur Beterbiev on Saturday night in Riyadh.
“Beterbiev, he’s so unnaturally strong,” Keyshawn said as he widened his eyes in a hint that something was wrong with Beterbiev. “It’s hard to beat unnatural shit if you know what I’m saying. If it comes naturally, Bivol should win. But if it comes unnaturally strong, it’s hard to beat something like that.”
If Bivol loses, it will not be at all unnatural on Beterbiev’s part. He is a better fighter than Bivol, who has already shown chin problems in the past against lesser fighters.
If Keyshawn had the kind of power that Beterbiev possessed, he would be a more popular fighter and a lightweight, and he wouldn’t be fighting the lesser fighters that Top Rank fed him. He hasn’t looked good in two of his last three fights against Miguel Madueno and Nahir Albright.
It’s pretty clear from watching those fights that Keyshawn isn’t going anywhere, and Top Rank wasted their time signing him after his loss to Andy Cruz of Cuba in the 2020 Olympics. They signed Cruz instead of Keyshawn. It was a mistake on his part.
