In front of a sold-out hometown crowd at Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia, and with his brothers fighting on the undercard and sisters singing the national anthem, highly touted prospect Keyshawn Davis sent the fans home happy with a second-round stoppage of Gustavo Lemos. With the win, Davis punched his ticket to a future WBO lightweight title fight.
Lemos, who missed weight by more than six pounds on Thursday and entered the ring at 155 pounds on Friday night, came out aggressively, winging wide power punches at Davis from the opening seconds of the fight. Davis countered with responsible defense and simple counter punches and a steady attack to the body.
In the second round, Davis scored a knockdown with a sharp right-hand counter. Lemos was able to beat the count but was dropped again by a brutal left hook moments later. Lemos rose to his feet, …