Fans Question Schofield Jr. Injury; Dad Blames His Power

Floyd Schofield Sr. says his son’s recent left hand injury was the result of him “grown man good luck” and “hit too hard”. The left hand sprain resulted in lightweight contender Schofield Jr. (19-0, 13 KOs) has postponed his November 8 fight against Joseph ‘Jojo’ Diaz until February 2026.

“Grown Man Strength” gone wrong

“His next fight is at the end of February or the beginning of March. And it should be for the world title. He is in line to fight tank or Lucas Baldi,” Floyd Schofield Sr. said. MillCity Boxing about his son’s next fight.

Schofield Sr. sounded confused during the interview. He began by saying his son’s next fight in February will be for a world title at lightweight. He later talked about rescheduling his fight with Joseph ‘JoJo’ Diaz in 2026.

There is little chance that Gervonta Davis would agree to deal with a dangerous puncher like Schofield Jr. to fight because it was not his style. If anything, he will swing out, evacuate or retire.

“I just have to come back, make sure my hand is healed right, and just relax,” Schofield Jr. said. said about his left hand injury.

Fans are crying wolf on another draw

Boxing fans on social media are questioning the legitimacy of Schofield’s injury, seeing it as a case of him pulling out again because he didn’t want to fight. This is the second fight in 2025 that Schofield has pulled out of at short notice.

For his scheduled title fight against WBC lightweight champion Shakur on February 22, 2025, Schofield pulled out four days before the February 18 contest due to a mysterious illness. Fans think he got stage fright and dried out. Now the left hand injury.

“He sprained his wrist. He didn’t break his hand,” Schofield Sr. said. said about his son. “We rock in sparring. We don’t beat in sparring. This is war.”

Floyd Sr. went on to say that Schofield’s wrist sprain is different from the hand injury Shakur Stevenson has. He points out that Shakur broke his hand and claims that it will never mend.