After recently becoming a world champion, the smile on Keyshawn Davis was as bright as ever but Brian “Bomac” McIntyre’s pearly whites might’ve been brighter.

It took just four years for Davis to officially call himself a champion. Most fighters, if they even reach that level, have a much longer road, so Team Davis is appreciative of being fast-tracked. McIntyre, Davis’ trainer, is in charge of what he puts into his body, the overall game plan, and he’s also in charge of sharpening his skills.

He doesn’t, however, have much say in who Davis should fight and what he should do with his career. If he did, he guarantees that his man would’ve checked that championship box a bit sooner.

“I was telling them we should’ve went to 140 a long time ago,” McIntyre told The Ring.

Denys Berinchyk was bulldozed, run over, and dominated, leading to a fourth-round stoppage win this past weekend. Once he fell to his knees and was unable to make the count, Davis reached outside of the ring, grabbed the fallen Ukrainian’s belt, and wrapped it around his waist.

Now, the former Olympic silver medalist isn’t short on options. Of course, Shakur Stevenson is off the table. The two are practically brothers, making a showdown between them unlikely. Still, Gervonta Davis is a possibility. So is Vasiliy Lomachenko.

McIntyre is all for a unification match with one of the champions but the longtime trainer isn’t moving away from his original thought of making a pitstop one division lower.

Some critics might shake their heads at McIntyre. Davis (13-0, 9 KOs) is muscular, comfortable, and dominant as a lightweight. All of that might be true, but behind the scenes, McIntyre will continue to whisper in Davis’ ear.

“I keep telling him let’s go to 140.”