Career-long lightweight Keyshawn Davis is not keen on a long run in the division.

“The Businessman” Davis (12-0, 8 KOs) is inching toward his first title shot on February 14 against WBO lightweight belt holder Denys Berinchyk (19-0, 9 KOs) at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York.

However, the upstart Davis will only likely entertain a unification fight before moving on to 140 pounds.

If he beats Berinchyk, that means Davis, ranked No. 5 by The Ring, is eyeing the likes of WBA titleholder Gervonta Davis and IBF champion Vasiliy Lomachenko, both of whom appear to have one foot out of the door of boxing with talks of pending retirements. Shakur Stevenson, the WBC crownholder, is a confidant of Davis and they’ve already shared that a fight is never happening.

“There are fights out there,” Davis told MillCity Boxing. “I don’t have to just fight Shakur. But I would love to unify after I beat Berinchyk with one of the champions. We’ll see if one wants to fight me. I want to fight. I’m a young gunner. I want to fight everybody. I don't care, not retiring anytime soon. After I get my belt, of course I want to unify with one of the champions other than Stevenson. It's self explanatory.

“I can win this belt, unify, go to 140 and then take over that division. I don’t have to stay at 135. I’m bigger than Shakur. Shakur probably peaks at 135. My peak is at 147. I know that for a fact. This is just the beginning. 135 is just the beginning.”

Davis’ confidence is through the roof right now after a banner 2024 campaign that featured a sixth-round stoppage win against faded former titleholder Jose Pedraza in February, a unanimous decision win against the rugged Miguel Madueno in July, and a second-round knockout of an overweight Gustavo Lemos in November.

“I'm the best right now, because I believe it, and I am going to show all of y'all,” said Davis. “I’m not going to be at 135 for too much longer. As long as I want to be here, honestly. I weigh 144 pounds right now. I’m not really a 140-pounder, for real, but I got the size and strength to do that.”

Davis also took a shot at The Ring and WBO junior welterweight champion Teofimo Lopez Jr., who just turned down a title defense against Subriel Matias and is instead interested in fights at 147 and 154 pounds.

“He’s going to 147 for one reason – because I’m on his ass,” said Davis. “Teo knows I want to fight him. He knows what the f*** is going on. I'm not going to sh** on his name. But he’s going to 147 for one reason because I’m on his a**. There are a helluva lot of money-making fights to make for him at 140.”