Keyshawn Davis believes his presence on “The Ring 6” card has given the show the promotional jolt it needs leading up to January 31.

The former WBO lightweight champion contended during an interview with The Ring that his return to action after self-destructive behavior cost him a 135-pound title seven months ago has generated the type of attention this DAZN Pay-Per-View event would otherwise lack. Davis emphasized that he meant no disrespect to his close friend, Shakur Stevenson, or Teofimo Lopez, who will meet in the 12-round main event a week from Saturday night.

Davis (13-0, 9 KOs, 1 NC) will make his debut as a full-fledged junior welterweight when he squares off with Jamaine Ortiz (20-2-1, 10 KOs) in the 12-round co-feature before Lopez defends his Ring and WBO 140-pound championships versus Stevenson.

“I’m just being myself, honestly, bro,” Davis told The Ring. “I feel like, honestly, I’m doing a lotta promotion for this fight, bro. I feel like every time I go on social media the first thing I see is my face, somebody clipping me from a interview or somebody clipping my vlogs or somebody taking a clip from my Instagram and putting it on Twitter. Like I really feel like I’m carrying this promotion, this card.

“Like almost everything is damn near about me and my return. Shakur and Teo are big names, so I’m not saying that, you know, a lotta people aren’t coming to watch them. But I can also say a lotta people is coming to watch me as well. So, I just gotta keep being myself, bro, and as long as I keep being myself, I’m gonna be a superstar.”

There is widespread interest in the boisterous Davis, who came in 4.3 pounds overweight for what was scheduled as his first defense of the WBO lightweight title June 7 in his hometown of Norfolk, Virginia. Sampson Lewkowicz, the former promoter of Edwin De Los Santos (17-2, 15 KOs), wouldn’t allow the Dominican contender to move forward with their bout because he felt it would’ve been excessively dangerous due to Davis’ weight advantage.

Their fight was canceled June 6. The next night, Davis got into an altercation with a previous opponent, Nahir Albright, in Albright’s locker room after Albright beat his older brother, Kelvin Davis, by majority decision on the card Keyshawn Davis was supposed to headline at Scope Arena.

A regretful Davis divulged during a recent “All The Smoke Fight” podcast interview with Hall-of-Famers Andre Ward and Roy Jones Jr. that drinking alcohol “every single day” while training for the De Los Santos bout was part of the reason he came in so heavy.

Davis, 26, hasn’t fought in the 11 months since he demolished then-unbeaten Ukrainian Denys Berinchyk on February 14 in The Theater at Madison Square Garden. The 2021 Olympic silver medalist dropped Berinchyk (19-1, 9 KOs) twice and knocked him out in the fourth round to win the WBO lightweight title.

DraftKings nonetheless lists Davis as more than a 4-1 favorite to defeat Ortiz, of Worcester, Massachusetts. Ortiz, 29, has lost only unanimous decisions to Lopez and retired three-division champ Vasiliy Lomachenko in competitive 12-round bouts.

“The Ring 6” can be bought on pay-per-view for $69.99 in the United States and £24.99 in the United Kingdom. The card headlined by Lopez-Stevenson is included in DAZN’s Ultimate monthly plan for subscribers ($44.99 in the U.S.; £24.99 in the UK).