Floyd Schofield reacted as we speak about experiences that his promoter, Oscar De La Hoya, hadn’t signed off on a battle 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 over Shakur (22-0, 10 KOs) on the large Riyadh Season card subsequent February. If Oscar does have misgivings concerning the inexperienced novice Schofield taking the battle in opposition to the three-division world champion Shakur, it’s comprehensible.
Schofield regarded like a pure 100% novice in his final battle in opposition to Rene Tellez Giron on November 2nd. He acquired 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 battle. The backlash could be extreme for Oscar, and his fighter, Schofield’s profession could 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 could 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 Possibility for Schofield
With Child Austin’s #2 rating with the WBA, he can problem champion Gervonta Davis for his belt, which might probably be a much bigger payday. That will be higher battle for Schofield to take than going through the defensive artist Shakur, and get outboxed in a battle that would a uninteresting affair.
Assuming the Shakur-Schofield battle 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 resulting from a hand damage.
As issues at the moment are, followers don’t imagine Shakur was injured within the De Los Santos battle. They felt the facility from him, and he took off operating for the rest of the battle, 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 fashion would possibly work in Newark, New Jersey, however not elsewhere. You entertain, and Shakur’s outdated, archaic hit-and-not-get fashion was poison for the followers on the T-Cellular.
Shakur talked about this week that he needs to signal De Los Santos so he can promote him. Followers see this as a sneaky approach 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 combating him.
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— Shakur Stevenson (@ShakurStevenson) November 28, 2024