WBC light-weight champion Shakur Stevenson is coaching for his title protection towards unheralded Floyd Schofield on February twenty second in Riyadh. Followers are curious whether or not Shakur, 27, could make it by coaching camp with out struggling a relapse from his injured proper hand.
Hand Healed?
Shakur harm his proper hand in coaching for a title protection towards Joe Cordina on the October twelfth card. The struggle was canceled, and this will likely be Shakur’s first time again since surgical procedure.
If Stevenson’s surgically repaired proper hand breaks down in the course of the Schofield struggle, he will likely be compelled to maneuver across the ring as he did towards Edwin De Los Santos of their struggle on November 16, 2023.
Assuming Stevenson does make it by coaching camp with out his palms falling aside him, he has a tricky struggle towards the 22-year-old Schofield (18-0, 12 KOs). This man can punch, is aggressive, and sees this struggle as a technique to put himself ready to struggle Gervonta Davis.
Shakur must look good on this struggle as a result of he’s acting on Turki Al-Shiekh’s loaded Riyadh card. His struggle with Schofield is buried beneath 4 different fights on the cardboard, which indicators that he’s misplaced standing after two lackluster performances towards Artem Harutyunyan and Edwin De Los Santos.
Schofield has no expertise towards world-level opposition throughout his brief profession, and a few followers consider the one cause he’s getting the title shot towards Shakur is as a result of his dad talked his method into the match on social media.
Schofield was given a excessive rating by the World Boxing Affiliation for beating fluff opposition, however he doesn’t fee a high 15 rating in true phrases. Floyd struggled to beat journeyman Rene Tellez Giron on November 2nd in his final struggle.
Shakur (22-0, 10 KOs) must impress towards Floyd Jr., who’s 22, to win again the followers he misplaced after his final two fights towards De Los Santos and Harutyunyan. Many individuals have given up on Shakur, viewing him as a typical runner after these two fights.
Stevenson had been preventing that method since he turned professional after getting overwhelmed by Cuba’s Robeisy Ramirez within the 2016 Olympic finals. Some naive boxing followers had hoped Shakur would evolve. Sadly, it hasn’t occurred. The saying goes, ‘A tiger can’t change its stripes.’
The Newark native Shakur simply doesn’t match on this fashionable boxing period. He belongs to the Mayweather period within the Nineteen Nineties earlier than the Web age. These days, followers have little persistence for boring fighters who run. You have to entertain.
Schofield isn’t fairly as huge a puncher as De Los Santos, however he’s nonetheless harmful and younger. He will likely be going all out, trying to knockout Stevenson to place himself for a struggle towards Gervonta Davis.
8 weeks out 📸 @ShakurStevenson pic.twitter.com/kVFaJGMV9J
— Shot By Zax📸 (@ShotByZax) January 2, 2025
