NEW YORK – Andy Cruz was as shocked as anyone when he learned Keyshawn Davis came in 4.3 pounds overweight for what was supposed to be his first defense of the WBO lightweight title Saturday night.

Promoter Sampson Lewkowicz removed Edwin De Los Santos from his main event versus Davis on Friday night because Lewkowicz determined it wouldn’t be safe for De Los Santos to face an opponent who weighed in almost five pounds heavier than him. Davis stunned Cruz again when he entered Nahir Albright’s locker room and got into an altercation with one of his prior opponents after Albright beat his older brother, Kelvin Davis, by majority decision Saturday night.

Cruz chastised Davis (13-0, 9 KOs, 1 NC) for his rival’s behavior in what was supposed to be another night to showcase one of boxing’s ascending stars in his hometown of Norfolk, Virginia.

“He has not learned from his father at all,” Cruz joked during an interview with The Ring. “I think what we can say is he has not learned that this is a professional sport. He disrespected boxing, he disrespected his fans and boxing fans in general.”

Davis destroyed the momentum he built by knocking out Argentinean contender Gustavo Lemos (29-2, 19 KOs) and former WBO 135-pound champ Denys Berinchyk (19-1, 9 KOs) in back-to-back bouts before he agreed to fight De Los Santos (16-2, 14 KOs).

Cuba’s Cruz dislikes Davis, whom he beat 4-1 in the lightweight final to win a gold medal at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo in August 2021. Even Cruz couldn’t believe what Davis did, though, because “The Businessman” seemed so focused since his 10-round, majority-decision victory over Albright in October 2023 was overturned due to Davis testing positive for marijuana, a substance banned by the Texas Department of Licensing & Regulation.

“I think it not only shocked me, but it shocked the whole world,” Cruz said. “It almost seemed that it was planned in that way. We just didn’t know it was happening.”

Davis didn’t plan on confronting Albright (17-2, 7 KOs, 1 NC), who said he would consider taking legal action against the Olympic silver medalist for “head-butting” him as he tried to celebrate his victory over Kelvin Davis (15-1, 8 KOs).

“Boxing’s a sport where you have to know how to win and you have to know how to lose,” Cruz said. “In this case, [Keyshawn Davis] didn’t know how to lose.”

The 29-year-old Cruz (5-0, 2 KOs) hoped to eventually face Davis in a lightweight title unification bout. Cruz still believes they will fight again as professionals, just at a higher weight.

This week, however, Cruz is concentrating only on his IBF lightweight elimination match with Japan’s Hironori Mishiro (17-1-1, 6 KOs) on Saturday night in The Theater at Madison Square Garden.

“I’m completely focused on the fight that’s coming up for me,” Cruz said. “But one thing I can tell you is that father [Cruz] and son [Davis] will be united at some point down the line.”

DAZN will stream the 12-round bout between Cruz and Mishiro as its co-feature before Brooklyn’s Richardson Hitchins (19-0, 7 KOs) defends his IBF junior welterweight title against Australia’s George Kambosos Jr. (22-3, 10 KOs) in the 12-round main event.

Barring a draw or no-contest, the heavily favored Cruz, who is ranked third by the IBF, or the fifth-ranked Mishiro will become its No. 1 contender for newly elevated lightweight champ Raymond Muratalla (23-0, 17 KOs). The top two spots in the IBF’s lightweight rankings are unoccupied.