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KEYSHAWN DAVIS RETURNS ON THE RING 6 UNDERCARD AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

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TWO HUGE WORLD TITLE FIGHTS ADDED TO ‘THE RING 6’ EXTRAVAGANZA AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN – PLUS THE RETURN OF KEYSHAWN DAVIS

NEW YORK CITY - 26 DECEMBER, 2025: HE Turki Alalshikh, Chairman of the General Entertainment Authority, is delighted to announce today the addition of two huge World Title fights and the return of former World Champion Keyshawn Davis to the blockbuster ‘The Ring 6’ card on Saturday, January 31 at Madison Square Garden – live worldwide on DAZN.

Headlined by Brooklyn, New York’s own Teofimo Lopez defending his WBO and The Ring Junior Welterweight Titles against Newark, New Jersey’s WBC World Lightweight Champion, Shakur Stevenson, the stacked line-up is the first Ring card of 2026, delivered to fight fans by SELA and Matchroom Boxing.

‘The Businessman’ is back as former Lightweight ruler Keyshawn Davis, ranked No.1 by the WBO, makes his eagerly awaited return to the ring when he faces Jamaine Ortiz in the Co-Main Event of the evening.

The 26-year-old, who is unbeaten with a record of 13-0, 9 KOs, has not fought since last February when he defeated Denys Berinchyk at Madison Square Garden Theatre.

Ortiz (20-2-1, 10 KOs), whose only career defeats came against Teofimo Lopez in 2024 and the great Vasyl Lomachenko two years prior in 2022, will be out to upset his American foe at the World’s Most Famous Arena and look to earn a shot at the winner of the Main Event.

The WBC World Middleweight Champion Carlos Adames (24-1-1, 16 KOs) puts his belt on the line when the destructive Dominican fighter faces a spirited US challenger in Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams (19-1, 13 KOs).

Adames hasn’t fought since he successfully retained the green and gold strap in a draw against Britain’s Hamzah Sheeraz – a man, Williams bravely fell to a late 11th round defeat in June 2024 – in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia back in February.

But Williams had since added a hat-trick of consecutive wins on his resumé against Ivan Vazquez, Patrice Volny, and Gian Garrido, and has earned his second-career World Title shot when he dares for greatness in NYC.

Brooklyn’s brilliant Bruce ‘Shu Shu’ Carrington (16-0, 9 KOs), meanwhile, faces a tough test on home turf when defends his WBC World Featherweight Championship against the seasoned Carlos Castro (30-3-0, 14 KOs), who last time out in 2024 succumbed to a split decision defeat by Stephen Fulton in Las Vegas.

Plus Brooklyn’s ‘Big Baby’ Jarrell Miller brings the Heavyweight action to the card when the 37-year-old (26-1-2, 22 KOs) comes up against the ‘Black Lion’ Kingsley Ibeh (16-2-1, 14 KOs), who has previously fought the likes of Jared Anderson and Gerald Washington.

And Saudi Arabia’s heralded and undefeated Welterweight prospect Ziyad ‘Zizo’ Almaayouf (7-01, 1 KO) returns to the USA – the scene of his overturned DQ victory in August 2024 against Michal Bulik in Los Angeles – when he meets Miami-based Kevin Castillo (5-2-1).

Tickets are officially on sale now via ticketmaster.com. The thrilling main event matchup at the start of 2026 will serve as a fourth title defense for ‘The Takeover’ Teofimo Lopez as he looks to extend his six-fight winning streak following his most recent victory, a unanimous decision win over the previously undefeated Arnold Barboza Jr during The Ring’s historic Fatal Fury Times Square card last May.

For Shakur, who will also be fighting just a few miles from his hometown of Newark, New Jersey, this represents an opportunity to become a four-weight world champion.

The southpaw’s most recent fight came just two months after Teofimo’s triumph, when he claimed a unanimous decision win against mandatory challenger William Zepeda to retain his WBC lightweight belt during July’s stacked Ring III event at Louis Armstrong Stadium in New York.

‘THE RING 6’, JANUARY 31, CARD IN FULL:

Teofimo Lopez vs Shakur Stevenson
12 x 3-minute rounds WBO and The Ring Junior Welterweight Titles

Keyshawn Davis vs Jamaine Ortiz
12 x 3-minute rounds Junior Welterweight Contest

Bruce Carrington vs Carlos Castro
12 x 3-minute rounds WBC World Featherweight Title

Carlos Adames vs Austin Williams
12 x 3-minute rounds WBC World Middleweight Title

Jarrell Miller vs Kingsley Ibeh
10 x 3-minute rounds Heavyweight Contest

Ziyad Almayouf vs Kevin Castillo
8 x 3-minute rounds Welterweight Contest




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