Right then. Let's not beat around the bush — Keyshawn Davis vs Nahir Albright isn't a rematch built on a great fight. It's a rematch built on every single thing that's happened around the first fight. Overturned result, last summer's car-park scrap in Norfolk, two brothers getting tangled up in it, and a hometown headline fight at Scope Arena to finish the conversation.
Tale Of The Tape
The numbers tell their own story.
Keyshawn “The Businessman” Davis — record 14-0 (10 KOs), age 27, height 5ft 10in, southpaw stance, from Norfolk, Virginia. Now campaigning at super lightweight after vacating his WBO 135-pound belt for missed weight in February 2025. Last out: knocked out Jamaine Ortiz on January 31 at the Garden in his 140-pound debut. A class-of-his-generation amateur, Olympic silver medallist, and a proper finisher when he commits.
Nahir “Showtime” Albright — record 17-2-1 (7 KOs), age 28, height 5ft 11in, orthodox, out of Sicklerville, New Jersey. Last out: a hard draw with Frank Martin on the Garcia-Barrios card. A switch-hitting tactician, deceptively slick, and the only fighter on Earth who can credibly say he's never lost to Keyshawn Davis on the cards.
The History That Matters
December 2023 in Las Vegas. Davis won a majority decision in a fight a lot of good judges thought Albright shaded. A few weeks later the result was vacated because Davis tested positive for marijuana. Officially: no contest. Practically: Albright reckons he won that fight, and so do plenty of people who watched it.
Then came last June in Norfolk. Albright walks in to face Keyshawn's brother Kelvin Davis, wins on the cards, and on the way out there's a physical confrontation between Albright and the Davis brothers. Marked-up face, ESPN interview, accusations of being jumped, denials and counter-accusations. Police involved. Settled with nobody charged. Not settled in the gym, where it should have been.
It gets settled on Saturday.
Styles And Edges
Albright's edges: technique, ring craft, switch-hitting, and the genuine belief that he's already beaten this fighter once. He'll move, he'll counter, he'll make Davis miss in the early rounds and bank them. He'll try to spoil the romance of the hometown crowd narrative by being the smart, irritating problem.
Davis' edges: he's bigger, hits harder, more athletic, and has the home arena. Crucially, he's been the more developed pro since the first fight — that Ortiz stoppage was a proper statement, and his work at 140 has looked physically and naturally his weight. He's also got a chip on his shoulder about the no contest. He wants this one finished, not won.
What The Albright Camp Are Saying
Albright has been clear about his motivation. He believes he beat Davis in 2023, that the system protected the prospect, and that the only way the record book is corrected is via stoppage in Norfolk. That's the right mentality for an underdog walking into a hostile arena. The wrong mentality is to mistake confidence for tactical execution — Davis is a different fighter at 140 than he was at 135.
Luke's Read
I had Albright winning rounds 1, 2 and 4 of the first fight, with Davis taking the rest comfortably. That was three years ago. Keyshawn is now physically a man in his weight class — not the boy who was making 135. He's also a hometown fighter with a personal grievance in front of his own people. That's a brutal combination for a road dog.
Albright will have moments in the first four rounds and probably make people think this could be the upset. But Davis lands the heavier shots, the back-foot work that frustrated him last time hits harder now, and Albright's chin has wobbled before in deep water. The grudge isn't being settled on the cards.
Prediction: Davis by stoppage between rounds 8 and 9. Make no mistake — this is the kind of fight where the hometown finisher walks through the storm in the middle rounds, then has a moment late and ends it. Levels of finishing.