Bob Arum Anoints Keyshawn Davis As Vasily Lomachenko’s “Next Successor” Following Retirement

Promoter Bob Arum Says Keyshawn Davis is the “Next successor” to Replace Vasily Lomachenko HIS RANK Company Following Today’s Retirement of Loma. Arum Feels That Keyhawn (13-0, 9 kos) Is The Right Man to Fill The Former Three-Division World Champion Lomachenko.

Arum Names Loma’s successor

Fans Would Being With The One To Take Over Lomachenko, But You Can’t Blame Arum for Him To Him. He’s Poured A Money Into Davis’ Career, And He Wants Him to Be A Star. Howver, Promoters Can’t Force The Public to Like A Fighter IF He’s Not Beating Elite-Level Opposition.

It worbed for Arum Turning Tyson Fury Into A Star, and Hey Only Has Two Notable Wins on His Resume: Fading 39-Year-Old Wladimir Kitschko and Deontay Wilder. It’s More Difficult to Turn A Fighter Into a Mega-Star at 135, 140, and 147 Because They Have Fight Good Opposition. They Can’t Face Washed-Up Old Guy Who Are Even Paper Champions, Like We Saw With Fury.

Davis vs. Lomachenko Comparison

Unfortunately, Keyhawn’s Credentials Are Nowhere near As Spectacular As Loma’s. Davis Was Beaten by Cuba’s Andy Cruz in the 2020 Olympics and Had to Settle for a Silver Medal. Lomachenko Captured Two Gold Medals for Ukraine, and Could Have A Third And Fourth If He Had Decided to Stay In The Amateurs.

As a Professional, Vasily Captured World Titles in Three Weight Classes. For Keyshawn to Equal That, He Would Need to Move Up to 140 and 147 to win Belts. With The Right Kind of Matchmaking, Davis Can Capture at 140, But He’s Not Going to Win Any Titles at 147 AS Long As Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis and Brian Norman Jr. Even Still Around.

Keyhawn Doesn’t Have The Chin To Take The Shots From Those Fighters. Moreover, The Huge Size Advantage Davis has been Had at 135, He’s Going to Be Overmatched Against His Size at 147, Like Boots, Norman Jr, And Shakhram Giyasov. He won’t Win a World title if he has to start Those of Those Fighters. As Such, Arum Is Going To Fight Someone ELSE to Replace Lomachenko Keyshawn Is A Poor Replacement.

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– Top rank Boxing (@tboxing) June 5, 2025

“One of My Fighters, Retired Today, and The Next Success For Hym is Keyshawn. So, I’m Going To Be The Next Couple of Years,” Said Promoter Bob Arum Fighthype. “That’s Fine. Words Don’t Upset me,” Said Arum About The Back-And-Forth Between Keyshawn and Abdullah Mason.

“As Long ThemSelves to ThemStves, 2 Years, OR 1 year, You’re Going to End to End Nothing Abdullah Had Nearly The Experience That Keyshawn Has. So, He Needs That Experience Before He’s Ready to Step In The Ring With Keyshawn. “