Davis beat Rio silver medallist Sofiane Oumiha on Saturday
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.From his breezy manner and unwavering confidence, you’d never guess that Keyshawn Davis had suffered from mental health issues just four years before his Olympic debut as a lightweight boxer for Team USA.
Those days are behind him, Davis said, and nothing was going to stop him from achieving his childhood dream of winning an Olympic gold medal - what would be the first for U.S. men’s boxing since 2004.“I’m getting the gold. That’s not even a question,” Davis said on Saturday, having just beaten Rio silver medallist Sofiane Oumiha. The bout ended in a referee stop after Davis landed a powerful hook that sent the Frenchman wobbling.
Davis said that having to go up against a top-seeded boxer in only his second bout had only worked to fire him up. “Or that’s just how I take it to motivate myself to go into each one of these fights. But I don’t care if you gave me Andy Cruz the first day. I was going to beat him and move on to the next day.”
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