Keyshawn Davis doesn’t want to waste any time.

The 26-year-old will return on January 31 in New York’s Madison Square Garden when he takes on Jamaine Ortiz. The bout will serve as the co-main event to Shakur Stevenson vs. Teofimo Lopez on Ring VI.

It will be Davis' first fight at 140 pounds. Don’t expect him to plant his flag at junior welterweight, which he views as a pit stop before competing at welterweight.

"I see the boxing landscape. I understand Shakur will be 140 champ [if he beats Lopez] and that's my division. I feel like boxing is my division," Davis, who has a close personal relationship with Stevenson, said recently on Inside The Ring. "I feel like I can really do whatever I want to do. I know what I want to do after I beat Jamaine. I want to move up to 147 and get a 147 title."

Davis’ 2025 started off hot. The 2020 Olympic silver medalist proved that he was level’s above Denys Berinchyk. When they met February 14, it was one-way action as Davis easily stopped him in the fourth round to grab his first world title.

A few months later, Davis (13-0, 9 KOs) was supposed to have his coronation. However, his June 7 homecoming fight against Edwin De Los Santos in Norfolk, Virginia, was canceled thanks to Davis missing weight by 4.3 pounds. That blunder also led to him losing his WBO strap on the scales.

In the immediate aftermath, Davis was involved in a backstage altercation with Nahir Albright, who'd upset his brother at Scope Arena. None of it was his proudest moment, but Davis claims to be better and more mature. He also believes he’s improved as a fighter, despite sitting on the shelf and switching to a new trainer.

He’ll get a chance to prove he isn’t all talk when he takes on Ortiz. The 29-year-old, highly ranked contender is on a three-fight win streak, with two of those victories coming via stoppage.

Junior welterweight has more than enough names to occupy Davis’ time. Nevertheless, welterweight is drawing his attention. It's also an easier landscape to navigate with Mario Barrios (WBC) the most beatable of those beltholders. The Ring rates Barrios at No. 10.

“I just feel like those guys can’t beat me from 140 to 147," Ortiz said.