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Is Haney the perfect firefight to restore Davis champion lustre?
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Keyshawn Davis was particularly revealing in his post-bout remarks on Saturday night when he dismissed Nahir Albright's challenge.
'The Businessman', out for the second time in 2026, never seemed like he needed to push into his upper gears against 'Woo' in Norfolk.
Yet even as the star acknowledged his motivation was perhaps undercooked, he wasted little time in putting his next foe on blast.
Davis is far from the first man to issue a challenge to Devin Haney, far from the first man to chase 'The Dream' and his reputation.
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But unlike plenty of others who want the WBO welterweight champion, the Virginia native could well prove to be up to the challenge.
Now, as he eyes the rest of 2026, the question begs - would a firefight with Haney be just the tonic to restore his champion lustre?
Why did Davis lose his world title?
Victory over Albright drew a line under one of several controversies that have dogged Davis across his career, and he now turns to another.
Having claimed the WBO lightweight title with a brutal stoppage against Denys Berinchyk in February last year, he seemed primed for glory.
Yet ahead of his first scheduled defence, Davis blew over the weight limit by four pounds before he was due to face Edwin De Los Santos.
Subsequently stripped of his title - and then engaged in a backstage brawl with Albright - it marked a fresh blow to his professional reputation.
One year on, the star has knocked up two wins at super-lightweight, but he still missed weight last Friday, flagging up concerns once again.
Would Haney be open to fighting Davis?
Logic dictates a move to welterweight, and the cushion that those additional pounds affords him, is the smart money for Davis to pursue.
There, he already has his sights on two-weight champion status too, clocking Haney as his preferred target after prior reported discussions.
Such a suggestion points to a willigness for a bout - but at the same time, the Californian has his own ambitions to add further titles too.
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Amid a fractured division, that is easier said than done. Throw in the Ryan Garcia factor, and Haney may have his eyes on bigger prizes.
Should the chance for unification flounder though, he will need bouts - and Davis, with his own impressive resume, could be a tempting foe.
Does Davis need a world title bout?
He may have looked steady in the ring across his last few fights, but Davis still feels like he has some baggage that needs to be sorted out.
A world title opportunity is perhaps the easiest way to do this, a straight-shot opportunity to silence the critics and return to the summit again.
Haney too represents a spectacular calibre of opponent, one of the current American generation's strongest pound-for-pound performers too.
If Davis can knock him back, it undoubtedly restores the lustre that has been dimmed by his own issues outside the ring across the past year.
It is a gamble. Haney is a tough fish. But now, the time for gambles is upon 'Thee Amazing' - and he must be ready to seize them when he can.
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