Keyshawn Davis W12 Nahir Albright...   Keyshawn Davis (15-0, 10 KOs) returned home to deliver the victory his hometown of Norfolk, Virginia had been waiting for. The former lightweight champion and Olympic silver medalist defeated Nahir Albright (17-3-1, 7 KOs) via unanimous decision Saturday evening at the Scope Arena. The two first met in October 2023 in a bout that ended in a majority decision victory for Davis that was later overturned after Davis tested positive for marijuana. But this time, he closed the chapter with a dominant performance in Top Rank's inaugural DAZN event. Davis began the fight by firing hard jabs while taunting and grinning at Albright. By the third and fourth rounds, he started landing power shots.

 

But the Philadelphian came to fight, buckling Keyshawn with a sharp right hand in the fifth. The two continued trading and clinching, and frustration got the best of Davis when he lifted Albright during a clinch and threw him to the canvas in the seventh round. He was deducted two points. Soon after, Davis  began fighting with more urgency, driving home right hands in the ninth. But it wasn’t until the championship rounds that he truly let his hands go, unloading combination after combination in search of a stoppage. Albright, however, refused to give it to him. Davis prevailed by scores of 117-109 and 118-108 twice.

 

Afterwards, the winner said, "I felt amazing. I felt good. He’s a crafty fighter. He’s been around. I tried to go for the knockout. We all saw that he was hurt. I just didn’t get it. But I got the decision, and that’s all that matters. He liked to punch and hold. He does that. So, he was on my neck, and I got angry and flipped him over. I felt like I was beating him up in every round. What really made me pick it up is that he caught me with one good shot. And I was like, 'I’m about to beat you up now. You ain’t getting nothing else off.'”