Boxing Updates: Frank Martin Agrees to Fight Keyshawn Davis

While Frank Martin still digests his first professional defeat, Keyshawn Davis wants to hunt the hunted. So, even though it has barely been a week since Keyshawn Davis had his last fight against Miguel Madueno, ‘The Businessman’ is already aiming for Martin.

Well, for some time, Davis has been aspiring to fight a big name in the sport and likewise, even called out Teofimo Lopez, Gervonta Davis, and Vasyl Lomachenko. However, in addition to Lopez calling Keyshawn “big-headed,” the CEO of Top Rank, Bob Arum opined it was “too early” for ‘The Businessman’ to take on someone like Lopez. However, Keyshawn Davis has had enough!

So, taking to X, Davis asked his followers about the opponent they would prefer next. The majority voted for Frank Martin. Therefore, in a video, Keyshawn called out Martin, saying, “Everybody right now, y’all tag Frank Martin. We got to run that. No disrespect, let’s fight. The fans want to see it. It will be a hell of a fight.”

“It can be our own main event fight. We could take that s**t to Vegas. Me and you both had great performances. Go on my post and tag Frank Martin, let’s just build this s**t up. The time is now,” he added, encouraging Martin.

Hoping to give what the fans want, he even referred to the time they ran into an altercation. “Let the world know, I want to fight Frank Martin out of everybody,” he concluded. Of course, the message came to Frank Martin’s notice. Taking to his Instagram Story, Martin replied, “Say less.” As per FightHype’s interpretation of Martin’s words, the 25-year-old has agreed to fight Davis. Anyway, what altercation did Davis refer to?

Keyshawn Davis confronted Frank Martin

Ahead of Errol Spence Jr. vs. Terence Crawford, Fight Hub TV interviewed Frank Martin as trained with Derrick James and Spence Jr. Here, Keyshawn Davis ran into Martin and interrupted the latter’s interview. In his own way, Keyshawn Davis called Frank Martin insignificant. You wonder how? “I’m just getting to know you, Sir,” ‘The Businessman’ told Martin on his face. Here, one asked Davis if Derrick James had taught Martin anything special.

“I’ve been training with Derrick James and Derrick James never mentioned this man. I’ve been training with Derrick James before I went pro, I never heard of Frank Martin,” he answered, insulting Martin. Of course, the incident attracted considerable attention from the boxing world and went viral. So, now that Martin has responded to Davis’ callout, let us see if the fight comes to fruition. Do you want to see Frank Martin vs. Keyshawn Davis? Let us know in the comments.