"I'm so excited for me and Keyshawn to square off," Hitchins said on social media Thursday. "I can finally show my true greatness as a great fighter and put my name as one of the best fighters on the planet, pound-for-pound. This is what I am about. … I'm a bad mother------, and y'all will see!"

Davis responded on social media by sharing a coy message with a zipper-mouth face emoji, which typically conveys someone is keeping a secret or remaining silent.

Earlier this month, The Ring's Mike Coppinger reported that Hitchins and Davis were in advanced negotiations for a welterweight fight later this year.

Hitchins (21-0, 8 KOs), a former 140-pound IBF titleholder, moved up to welterweight in July for a dominant shutout decision win over Ricardo Salas. The New York native had been slated to make the final defense of his title against Oscar Duarte in February but became ill after the IBF’s second-day weigh-in on the morning of the bout.

Davis (15-0, 10 KOs) last fought in May and beat Nahir Albright by unanimous decision at 140 pounds. Then the former lightweight titleholder and U.S. Olympic silver medalist drew tremendous criticism for turning down a mandatory title shot against WBO welterweight champion Devin Haney which would have paid him a career-best $3 million in his division debut.

Soon after the fight between the boisterous boxers came to light, Hitchins declared the dance against Davis to be a 50-50 clash.

Davis, meanwhile, has kept a mostly low profile since declining the chance to fight Haney.