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Keyshawn Davis has been nearly flawless through the genesis of his career. 

He doesn’t want to be evaluated on what he’s put on display so far, however. He’s only just getting his bearings. 

The 23-year-old Norfolk, Va. native is 6-0 since turning pro, winning five of his fights by knockout. Before that, he was a silver medalist at the 2020 Summer Olympics and enjoyed a prolific amateur career.

“Y’all haven’t really seen me yet,” Davis told The Post. “I’ve still got a lot of my amateur ways, I’m still settling down as a pro. I’m only 6-0. In terms of that, you can start judging me like that when I’m a full-fledged pro. I feel like I’m still settling down with my pro style. I’m starting to find it, but I’m not really all the way there yet. 

“I would say my last fight was one of my first fights where my hands are down more, and I’m just comfortable, thinking and relaxed. That was my first fight that I felt like that. Just judge me when I’m a fully-fledged pro, because I’m not yet.”


  Keyshawn Davis (right) has been nearly flawless to start his pro career. Top Rank via Getty Images Keyshawn Davis (right) has been nearly flawless to start his pro career. Top Rank via Getty Images

  Keyshawn Davis, left, squares off with Juan Carlos Burgos ahead of their bout. Top Rank via Getty Images Keyshawn Davis, left, squares off with Juan Carlos Burgos ahead of their bout. Top Rank via Getty Images

Just how comfortable he is will now be tested, as he faces veteran Mexican boxer Juan Carlos Burgos (35-6-3) on the Teofimo Lopez-Sandor Martin card Saturday night (9 p.m., ESPN) at Madison Square Garden in an eight-round lightweight bout. 

Burgos has never been knocked out in his 18-year career, a challenge that provides Davis an opportunity to demonstrate just how mature his game is. Davis has hardly been bothered inside the ring, seemingly always having a solution on how to pick apart his opponent. 

Despite that, Davis finds himself at a different spot than his peers. The lightweight division is perhaps boxing’s most-intriguing at the moment, containing some of the sport’s biggest young stars. Having just turned 24, Devin Haney is already the division’s undisputed champion. At 25, Shakur Stevenson just entered the lightweight division after already winning two world titles at super featherweight and a title at featherweight. At 24, Ryan Garcia has already emerged as a top pay-per-view draw and as a top contender, nearing a megafight with Gervonta Davis in 2023.

Davis is still a ways away from that stature. But as he keeps passing bigger tests, Davis feels his turn approaching.

“I’m not gonna lie, I am anxious to get there, just because I wanna be great, honestly,” Davis said. “But I also know that I have to take my time and stay in my own lane. I feel like I’m gonna be my own superstar with or without them being in this weight class. I’m gonna be my own greatest fighter, great champion, with or without them. I just know how to take my time, and stay in my line, and let myself develop, and keep living out my pro career for my own story.” 

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