Promoter Oscar De La Hoya hinted right now that Floyd Schofield WON’T be preventing WBC light-weight champion Shakur Stevenson on February twenty second. De La Hoya says Hearn can’t get any “Decrease” by selecting a “prospect’ Schofield because the opponent for Shakur, who’s making his first combat with Matchroom after signing with them lately.
“Decrease than Low”
On this week’s Clap Again Thursday publish, De La Hoya scolded Shakur’s Matchroom promoter, Eddie Hear, for wanting to make use of his fighter, 22-year-old prospect Child Austin Schofield, because the opponent for his subsequent combat in February.
Though De La Hoya doesn’t come proper out and say it, it feels like he’s NOT going to log out on his fighter, Schofield, getting used as Shakur’s subsequent challenger.
Shakur Stevenson is taking the unhealthy information fairly onerous, crying about it on X, understanding he’s misplaced out on a straightforward meal.
Precisely @KidAustin11 Speak tremendous large on-line however have a look at your individual promoter!!! Dawg yall unhappy.. And I despatched that to your punk ass prospect as a result of he discuss as if he’s Elite inform that bench participant cease talking like a starter @OscarDeLaHoya and keep in a toddler’s place!! https://t.co/EFIYr9mYfI
— Shakur Stevenson (@ShakurStevenson) November 28, 2024
You possibly can’t blame De La Hoya for that as a result of Shakur selecting Schofield is an opportunistic transfer, benefiting from an inexperienced fighter relatively than somebody older, extra skilled, and an actual risk to him. Shakur is sort of a hen of prey, on the lookout for susceptible meals on the bottom.
Why Not One Of These Fighters?
– Andy Cruz
– Edwin De Los Santos
– Keyshawn Davis
– Raymond Muratalla
– Frank Martin
– Abdullah Mason
De La Hoya identified that Hearn might have focused Raymond Muratalla or Frank Martin as Stevenson’s subsequent foe after William Zepeda couldn’t take the combat attributable to an injured left hand that he suffered in his final towards Tevin Farmer on November sixteenth.
Oscar says that is an instance of Hearn not understanding the best way to construct fighters as a result of he’s attempting to make use of the “prospect” Schofield relatively than a extra seasoned fighter as Shakur’s opponent for February twenty second.
Schofield Out?
“Shakur Stevenson vs. William Zepeda was all set to occur till William injured his hand when preventing Tevin Farmer final weekend,” stated Oscar De La Hoya on his Clap Again Thursdays this week, speaking about WBC light-weight champion Shakur Stevenson desirous to combat 22-year-old Floyd Schofield on February twenty second relatively than an older, extra skilled fighter.
“So, you’ll naturally suppose Shakur would begin concentrating on a Frank Martin or Muratalla, another world champion, proper? No, Shakur and ‘Lonesome Eddie [Hearn] made a suggestion to my 22-year-old prospect Child Austin, who has no world championship expertise,” stated De La Hoya. “That is precisely what I imply once I say Eddie doesn’t know the best way to construct a profession.
“Look, Bob Arum constructed Shakur Stevenson to develop into a world champion, and in your first combat with Matchroom, you really wish to put him in with a prospect, Eddie? I didn’t suppose it might get any decrease for you, nevertheless it does.”
