Peter Dobson to oppose Kelvin Davis on May 16th

Source: Top Rank

21/04/2026

Peter Dobson to oppose Kelvin Davis on May 16th

Nearly one year after the lone defeat of his pro career, Kelvin Davis returns home to reassert himself against veteran Peter Dobson in a ten-round welterweight showdown on Saturday, May 16th at Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia. Additionally, iron-fisted Dominican featherweight Yan Santana looks to inch closer to a title opportunity in a ten-round battle against Cristian Cruz Chacon. Davis-Dobson and Santana-Cruz join a card headlined by the Keyshawn Davis-Nahir Albright twelve-round junior welterweight rematch. In the ten-round welterweight co-feature, former champion Brian Norman Jr. returns against Canada’s Josh Wagner.
 
Keyshawn-Albright II, Norman-Wagner, Davis-Dobson and Santana-Cruz will be streamed live on DAZN beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. Promoted by Top Rank, in association with RDR Promotions, tickets are on sale at the Scope Arena box office and via Ticketmaster.com.
 
Davis (15-1, 8 KOs), the 29-year-old brother of ex-lightweight champ Keyshawn, looks to bounce back after last June’s majority decision loss to Albright. Davis now moves up to welterweight to take on Dobson (17-3, 10 KOs), a 35-year-old native of the Bronx who has faced the likes of Conor Benn in February 2024 and then-unbeaten Jakil Hacket in July of that year.
 
Santana (16-0, 13 KOs) looks to become the first man to stop Cruz as he climbs the rankings in a division ruled by proven champions. Santana went 3-0 with one knockout in 2025, including a fifth-round stoppage of Alexis Eduardo Molina in November. Cruz (24-7-2, 12 KOs) is 2-0-1 since his April 2024 decision loss to Ruben Villa, including a points win over Jeremy Hill last September before a split draw against once-beaten Muhammad Yaquobov in November.