Floyd Schofield posted a message to his promoter, Oscar De La Hoya, on X, begging him to allow him to fight WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson next February.
The way the 22-year-old Schofield (18-0, 12 KOs) asked De La Hoya smacked of a fighter too early in his career development stage to get permission from Golden Boy Promotions to take that kind of fight against the 2016 Olympian silver medalist Shakur.
Schofield NOT ready
If Schofield is a Olympic gold medalist the way De La Hoya started his own career, that would be one thing, but he’s not that type of talent. De La Hoya won his first world title in his 12th pro fight in 1994, but he was light years ahead of where Schofield was.
It would be a mismatch if you took that version of De La Hoya and plugged him into Shakur. Oscar would destroy Shakur, but Schofield is not that kind of fighter. Take Oscar’s ability and transplant it into Schofield, and he’ll crush Shakur like De La Hoya did Rafael Ruelas.
Fans would roast De La Hoya and Golden Boy if they allowed rookie Schofield to fight Shakur and something bad happened. Schofield’s last fight against Rene Tellez Giron showed that he is not ready to fight for a world title or face one of the talented contenders.
Schofield’s father has talked about him fighting Andy Cruz or Edwin De Los Santos in a WBA 135-lb title eliminator, but that’s bullshit. Those guys would school Schofield and make him look bad. These are both better fighters than Shakur in terms of offensive ability and entertainment value. Shakur is just a defensive guy.
“Bro, this is your promoter. Call that man and get it done. Do you not have direct contact with them? I told you who to have Oscar (De La Hoya) reach out to. Let’s get this moving.. Begging him on social media for publicity doesn’t make a fight happen!” said Shakur Stevenson Xtalk to Floyd Schofield.
