Floyd Schofield Sr. wants WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson to next defend his title against his son, ‘Kid Austin’ Schofield Jr (18-0, 12 KOs). He says Shakur doesn’t have an opponent yet, and he feels he should face his son, who is the #2 WBC Floyd Jr.
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Shakur spoke last Saturday night after Schofield’s fight against Rene Tellez Girón (20-4, 13 KOs) in Las Vegas, and Floyd Jr. “food” after seeing himself dropped in the 11th round. It was a blitz, but that didn’t stop Shakur from taking a shot at X.
Floyd Sr. Predict KO
Schofield Jr. got up off the canvas and dominated Giron the rest of the way, showing speed and power that few fighters in the lightweight division have. Indeed not Shakur, who is a defensive fighter with quick feet, but after speed and no power at the featherweight level.
Schofield won the cards by scores of 118-109, 116-111 and 118-109
“So, yes, we want to fight Shakur. He’s not Rene, and we’ll stop Shakur,” Schofield Sr. said Battle hype. “My predictions are coming true. We’re number 2. So what’s the excuse, Shakur? Why not fight?
“Come on, who do you have scheduled to fight? If you don’t want to fight, I understand, but don’t act like a dog and that you want to fight.”
Shakur is coming back from hand surgery and won’t fight until February 22nd. If #1 WBC contender William Zepeda wins his fight against Tevin Farmer on November 16th, he will be the one to challenge Shakur on February 22nd.
That fight is already in the planning stages, and you can tell Shakur is worried. He saw what Zepeda did to Giovanni Cabrera and Maxi Hughes, two fighters with a similar defensive style to his own.
Schofield will have to wait his turn before getting a crack at the WBC belt in the Shakur vs. Zepeda battle winner. It could be against Zepeda.
You have to assume that if Zepeda (31-0, 27 KOs) prevails against Shakur on Feb. 22, there will be an immediate rematch because Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn is pumping too much money into the WBC champion’s career for him to not to try. to avenge the loss.
Hearn has visions of turning Shakur into a “global superstar” and is already discussing wanting to match him against Gervonta Davis next year.
“We trained for a 10-round fight. This is what we signed this contract for,” said Schofield Sr. said about Floyd Sr. which was originally scheduled for the Giron to fight for ten rounds, but then it was changed to 12 rounds on the night of the fight.
It’s incredible that the Schofield-Giron fight was changed to a 12-rounder last Saturday night. If you’ve only trained for ten rounds, it’s understandable why it would be a problem if you discovered it was a 12-rounder. That might explain why Schofield gassed out and was knocked down in lap 11.
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