Floyd Schofield’s father, Floyd Sr., says his son will beat the royal stuffing out of Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis when they get the chance to challenge him for his WBA lightweight crown. Schofield (17-0, 12 KOs) snaps Tank’s neck at #2 with the WBA, and it’s only a matter of time before the World Boxing Association orders the fight.
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Schofield (22) believes that Tank will vacate his WBA title and move up to 140 rather than hold on and have to fight him. When that happens, Schofield says he’ll fight a big name.
When #3 WBA Edwin De Los Santos was mentioned as the guy he would likely face, Schofield smiled. De Los Santos will be next in line unless he doesn’t want to take the risk. If that happens, it will be #4 Andy Cruz, the 2020 Olympic gold medalist from Cuba, who repeatedly beat Keyshawn Davis in the amateurs.
“Everybody has their opinion, but he’s just a regular man with power,” Schofield told the Cigar Talk channel about Gervonta Davis. “Just tank one of those fighters you can get lucky and outbox him, but even in that 12th round you have to watch out for their hands.”
“The difference is we’re going to beat the s*** out of Tank,” Schofield Sr. said.
Tank Davis (30-0, 28 KOs) probably won’t fight Schofield because he mainly fights PBC fighters, and when he does choose to face non-PBC guys, they’re always beatable. Schofield would be a threat to Tank. So, he’s not going to get a chance to face him.
This means that if the WBA does order the fight, Tank will vacate, as Schofield predicts, and move up to 140, where he makes more money in that division. There are many more potential bigger fights for Tank at light welterweight than there are at 135. Shakur Stevenson is the only popular fighter left, but he will likely lose to William Zepeda in February. So, this would be the last remaining viable (read: easy) target for a money fight for Tank.
“When that fight happens, I want my props,” Schofield said of a fight between him, a top contender for the WBA belt after Tank vacated. “I don’t know, bro,” Schofield said when asked if he’ll fight #3 Edwin De Los Santos for the WBA belt after Tank relinquishes it.
Schofield will have to box De Los Santos for him to beat him as he is one of the biggest punchers in the 135-lb division. His boxing skills are rudimentary, but his power is top notch and perhaps the second best in the division behind Tank. If Schofield is hit clean by De Los Santos, he goes to sleep.
About sparring Shakur Stevenson
“He said: ‘What weight do you fight at? Man, you hit hard,’” Schofield said of what Shakur Stevenson told him after sparring. “Come on, little brother. You know.”
As Schofield says, the sparring with Shakur took place in 2020, when he was just 17 years old, and he gave him a lot of trouble. You can only imagine what Schofield would do to Shakur now if he got the chance to fight him, but that’s if Stevenson could get through training camp without canceling the fight due to his brittle hands.
Shakur’s hands can’t handle fighting at the lightweight level. Ever since the Newark native moved up to 135 in 2023, Shakur has broken down like an old car. He’s been completely useless at lightweight since moving up. Stevenson should move back to 130 or 126, where they don’t hit as hard, and life is less difficult.
“The thing is, Shakur got schooled,” Schofield Sr. said.
“His excuse was that he was busy calculating data. He let me beat him. That’s a lie. He didn’t throw more than 20 punches during that whole sparring run,” Schofield said, responding to Shakur saying he started running after body punching him in round two.
