Oscar de la Hoya says he expects Joseph ‘Jojo’ Diaz to give a real test on November 8 in their 10-round lightweight fellow Feature battle over Dazn in Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.
The Golden Boy promoter de la Hoya mentions that he considers 23-year-old Schofield (19-0, 13 COs) as a ‘superstar’. He has not yet had the chance to show what he can do.
Can Schofield handle veterinary pressure?
Former IBF Super Featherweight Champion Diaz (34-8-1, 15 COs) has one of his best performances in the past four years in his narrow ten-round unanimous decision-loss to the former two-time 140-LB champion Regrais on August 2, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois, in the first four years in the first four years in the first place of his best. Illinois. He has stepped a few times in the fight several times, despite losing.
Superstar potential on the line
‘Joseph Diaz had a tremendous performance against Regis Prograis. This is going to be a difficult challenge for ‘kid’. If ‘child’ goes out there as against Tevin Farmer, we have a superstar on our hands. Golden Boy Boxing.
” Kid Austin, ‘prepares yourself. Get ready, because ‘Jojo’ comes after you. I’m telling you now, we have a superstar in ‘Kid Austin’, ‘says De la Hoya.
It is still too early to know if Schofield will become something different from a contender. Although he looked good in his last fight and knocked out former IBF Super Featherweight Champion Tevin Farmer in the first round on June 28, 2025, he was dealing with a 35-year-old fighter.
In addition, Farmer had back-to-back-out fights that walked the distance against William Zepeda. Tevin took a lot of punishment in those battles, which he lost through a few decisions. It was not the ideal situation for Farmer to go just three months after a fight against Schofield after losing a unanimous decision of 12 round to Zepeda on March 29, 2025 in Cancun, Mexico.
Gauging Schofield’s true talent
Perhaps an accurate measure of Schofield’s talent on November 2, 2024 against Rene Tellez Giron. He couldn’t do much against Giron, was dropped in the 11th and forced to distance the 12-round to win a decision.
We would have known how good Schofield is now if he did not move out of his fight against Shakur Stevenson earlier this year against Shakur Stevenson. Schofield had food poisoning.
Last updated on 09/27/2025
