Floyd Schofield Sr. said his son Floyd Jr. (18-0, 12 KOs) could face Edwin De Los Santos or Andy Cruz for the WBA belt in 2025.
It would be a big jump in competition for the 22-year-old Schofield to fight big punch De Los Santos or 2020 Olympic gold medalist Andy Cruz (4-0, 2 KOs) for the WBA belt. These are advanced fighters, and Schofield may not be ready to face one of those killers.
WBA ranking
- William Zepeda
- Floyd Schofield
- Edwin Delos Santos
- Andy Cruz
De Los Santos (16-2, 14 KOs) has not fought in a year since his close 12-round unanimous decision loss to Shakur Stevenson for the vacant WBC lightweight title on Nov. 16. It is unknown if De Los Santos will be eager to return to the ring against Schofield for what would be a tough fight.
Schofield expects world title shot in 2025
It is unknown if Tank Davis plans to move up to 140 or go without belts and save money on the expensive sanctioning fees that champions are stuck paying. Tank is popular enough that he no longer needs a world title to validate him in the eyes of the boxing public.
No matter who Schofield fights for the WBA title, he will need to up his game from the way he performed in his last fight against Rene Tellez Giron on November 2nd. Schofield was dropped in the 11th round and took many hard blows. Giron was nowhere near the talent level of De Los Santos, Cruz or Tank.
“Anyway, we’ll get the title next year. We just don’t know who we’re going to fight next year,” Floyd Schofield Sr. said MillCity Boxing about his son Floyd Jr. “Frank Martin. Keyshawn is running. He tries to fight against or go to 140. He doesn’t want to fight with us for the title.”
Keyshawn is targeting WBO lightweight champion Denys Berinchyk for a world title in 2025, and he won’t want to face a grueling fight against Schofield. Top Rank protected Keyshawn and closely matched him as they did Edgar Berlanga before he bailed on them.
Cruz or De Los Santos for Schofield
“It doesn’t look like Shakur is going to fight us for the title. So, we will wait to see who they give us. Probably Edwin (De Los Santos) or possibly the guy (Andy Cruz) who beat Keyshawn in the amateurs in the Olympics. One of those two,” Schofield Sr. said.
It’s going to be Cruz or De Los Santos that Schofield fights, but he might regret fighting either of them. His last fight against Giron showed that he is NOT ready to fight the Cuban Andy Cruz or the big power puncher De Los Santos.
Cruz would be the much tougher of the two due to his boxing skills and pedigree. De Los Santos’ money from his fight against Shakur last year might have interrupted some of the ambition he once had before he got the payday.
“Yes, that’s who it has to be, because he’s right among us (De Los Santos). I don’t think it should be Frank Martin,” says Schofield Sr. “Edwin is #3, and Andy (Cruz) is #4, so it would make sense.
“It’s not a leap. Rene is tougher than all of them,” Schofield Sr. said. said when asked if it was a big leap for Floyd Jr. will be to fight Rene Tellez Giron in his last fight to Cruz or De Los Santos to fight for the WBA title. “Rene is more durable than all of them, and he hits harder.”
Schofield Sr. mocks himself as he believes Rene Giron is a tougher fight for his son than Cruz and De Los Santos. Giron is nowhere near the level of those two fighters, and Schofield has gone life and death with him.
“Shakur got ten knockouts. Rene has one more knockout than Shakur. Edwin cracks, but I don’t think he’s going to have a chin that Rene had.”
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