When is Keyshawn Davis vs. Nahir Albright II?
Keyshawn Davis vs. Nahir Albright II is on Saturday, May 16. The broadcast will begin at 8 p.m. Eastern Time (1 a.m. BST). A preliminary undercard will kick off at 6:30 p.m. ET (11:30 p.m. BST)
What channel is Keyshawn Davis vs. Nahir Albright II on?
Keyshawn Davis vs. Nahir Albright II will stream on DAZN.
Where is Keyshawn Davis vs. Nahir Albright II?
The fight is taking place at Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia.
Who is Keyshawn Davis?
Keyshawn Davis, 14-0 (10 KOs), is a former lightweight titleholder who already defeated Nahir Albright once before. That sentence by itself might suggest that Davis is taking a step backward by facing Albright again.
That isn’t the case.
Davis and Albright had unfinished business after their first meeting in October 2023. And they have even more to settle in the ring this Saturday, including some drama that happened both inside and outside of the ring last year in this same arena.
Davis turned pro early in 2021 after the Olympics were postponed the previous year due to the pandemic. He still competed in the rescheduled Games that summer and returned home from Tokyo with a silver medal, continuing his development on Top Rank undercards.
By October 2023, Davis was in with Albright, who was 16-2 at the time. The scorecards were close but in Davis’ favor: 97-93, 96-94 and 95-95; Davis felt he deserved more credit than the judges gave him. Yet his majority decision win was soon overturned to a no-contest by the Texas commission – not because of any performance-enhancing drugs, but because Davis had tested positive for marijuana.
Davis grew from there. His 2024 began with a fifth-round TKO of Jose Pedraza, formerly a two-division titleholder and since a gatekeeper. Davis moved on to a wide decision over Miguel Madueno. Then he thrilled his hometown crowd in Norfolk – fighting there for the first time as a professional – with a two-round demolition of Gustavo Lemos, who had come in massively overweight.
Then came 2025, which had a big high and a remarkable low. In February, Davis blew through Denys Berinchyk to capture the WBO belt at 135lbs. Davis then scheduled a victory lap in Norfolk for June, with his first title defense to come against contender Edwin De Los Santos. But Davis came in more than four pounds overweight, losing his belt on the scales.
Things got worse that night. Both of Davis’ undefeated fighting brothers, Keon and Kelvin, were also performing on the show. In the new main event, Kelvin lost via majority decision to Albright. And afterward, Albright alleged that he was attacked backstage by Keyshawn and Keon.
That was it for Keyshawn in 2025. With Top Rank’s ESPN deal over, the promoter looked at other ways to keep its stable as active as possible. This past January, Davis made his junior welterweight debut with a dominant 12th-round TKO of Jamaine Ortiz on the undercard of Teofimo Lopez-Shakur Stevenson. Davis is currently rated No. 1 at 140lbs by the WBO and No. 4 by the IBF. Stevenson holds the WBO title and is the lineal champion, but he and Davis are friends who have said they will never fight each other.
Now Davis returns to Norfolk in the first event of Top Rank’s new deal with DAZN. He’s still just 27 years old and has plenty of potential ahead of him. Standing opposite him, and in the way of that, is a familiar rival: Albright.
Who is Nahir Albright?
Nahir Albright, 17-2-1 (7 KOs), has a story we’ve seen on occasion before: that of a fighter who blooms later in his career despite not having the same kind of hype and resources as his more famous and accomplished counterparts. The 30-year-old grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is an aspiring singer and entertainer in addition to his pugilistic pursuits.
Albright lost in his first pro bout via majority decision in 2016. But he moved forward and developed on smaller shows, winning 14 straight. That landed the 14-1 Albright in a main event with the 14-0-1 Jamaine Ortiz in February 2022. Albright lost a majority decision, yet he continued to maintain himself afterward as a level above certain other aspiring prospects, outpointing the 11-0 Estivan Falcao and edged the 14-1 Carlos Balderas.
It’s no wonder that Top Rank’s matchmakers viewed Albright as a good gauge for where Keyshawn Davis, then 9-0, was at in his growth. Albright lost via majority decision; the only reason Albright doesn’t have this third defeat on his record is because Davis tested positive for marijuana, and the Texas commission nullified the result.
Albright didn’t fight at all in 2024. He only performed once in 2025, upsetting Kelvin Davis – one of Keyshawn’s brothers – via majority decision. Kelvin wasn’t the only one upset. Angered by the result, Keyshawn and Keon Davis allegedly attacked Albright backstage afterward.
Albright returned to the ring this February in his biggest event yet, taking on Frank Martin at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on the undercard of Mario Barrios-Ryan Garcia. Albright held Martin to a draw. Afterward, Martin said he was open to a rematch. Instead, Albright is getting a sequel with Keyshawn Davis.
What other fights are on the undercard of Keyshawn Davis vs. Nahir Albright II?
The undercard includes the return of Brian Norman Jnr, 28-1 (22 KOs), back for the first time since losing his welterweight title to Devin Haney last November. Norman will face Josh Wagner, 19-2 (10 KOs), who has lost two of his last three. Wagner was knocked out by prospect David Papot in 2024 and nearly shut out by Harlem Eubank last November.
Also on this show, featherweight prospect Yan Santana, 16-0 (13 KOs), will take on solid measuring stick opponent Cristian Cruz Chacon, 24-7-2 (12 KOs). Kelvin and Keon Davis will fight as well. Kelvin, 15-1 (8 KOs), has a welterweight match with Peter Dobson, 17-3 (10 KOs); and junior middleweight Keon, 4-0 (3 KOs), is stepping up in level of competition against Edwin Humaine Jnr, 9-2 (7 KOs), who has lost decisions to Ardreal Holmes Jnr and Yoelvis Gomez.
The full list of undercard fights can be seen on BoxRec.
David Greisman, who has covered boxing since 2004, is on Twitter @FightingWords2. David’s book, “Fighting Words: The Heart and Heartbreak of Boxing,” is available on Amazon.
