Floyd Schofield reacted as we speak about experiences that his promoter, Oscar De La Hoya, hadn’t signed off on a combat between him and WBC light-weight champion Shakur Stevenson for February twenty second.
Contract Replace
Schofield (18-0, 12 KOs) posted that De La Hoya is “ready for Shakur’s workforce to ship the ultimate settlement.” He insists that his workforce “is aware of we’re going to cease Shakur.”
De La Hoya has been quiet about his fighter, 22-year-old Schofield, taking up Shakur (22-0, 10 KOs) on the large Riyadh Season card subsequent February. If Oscar does have misgivings in regards to the inexperienced novice Schofield taking the combat in opposition to the three-division world champion Shakur, it’s comprehensible.
Schofield seemed like a pure 100% novice in his final combat in opposition to Rene Tellez Giron on November 2nd. He obtained dropped and took many arduous, punishing photographs from a fighter Michel Rivera had dominated. De La Hoya would look incompetent if he allowed Schofield to take that combat. The backlash can be extreme for Oscar, and his fighter, Schofield’s profession can be ruined.
Schofield’s inventory would plummet from a one-sided loss to Stevenson, and it’s doable that he would by no means stand up once more. He can be one of many many fighters who’ve misplaced to Shakur and would by no means be talked about once more by followers besides to be criticized.
A Higher Choice for Schofield
With Child Austin’s #2 rating with the WBA, he can problem champion Gervonta Davis for his belt, which might doubtless be a much bigger payday. That will be higher combat for Schofield to take than dealing with the defensive artist Shakur, and get outboxed in a combat that would a uninteresting affair.
Assuming the Shakur-Schofield combat doesn’t occur, Shakur wants to present Edwin De Los Santos a rematch so he can present followers that his poor efficiency in opposition to him in 2023 was actually as a consequence of a hand damage.
As issues are actually, followers don’t consider Shakur was injured within the De Los Santos combat. They felt the facility from him, and he took off working for the rest of the combat, which was closely booed by the followers on the ringside on the T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas.
The Nevada crowd doesn’t like watching runners. That type would possibly work in Newark, New Jersey, however not elsewhere. You entertain, and Shakur’s outdated, archaic hit-and-not-get type was poison for the followers on the T-Cellular.
Shakur talked about this week that he desires to signal De Los Santos so he can promote him. Followers see this as a sneaky means for Shakur to have a ducking excuse. If Stevenson indicators De Los Santos, he’ll have a everlasting excuse to inform followers why he’s not preventing him.
— Shakur Stevenson (@ShakurStevenson) November 28, 2024
