Light-weight contender Floyd Schofield (17-0, 12 KOs) and his opponent Rene Tellez Giron (20-3, 13 KOs) each weighed in on Friday and might be assembly this Saturday evening at The Theater at Virgin Accommodations Las Vegas.
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Schofield and Giron got here in at 134.4 lbs through the weigh-in for his or her conflict, stay on DAZN. This might be a very good take a look at for the 22-year-old Schofield to point out if he’s prepared for the subsequent stage or not. We haven’t seen Schofield up in opposition to anybody with a pulse, so it needs to be attention-grabbing to see how he does in opposition to Giron. This man can battle.
Weights
Floyd Schofield Jr 134.4 x. Rene Tellez Giron 134.4
Bektemir Melikuziev 170 vs. David Stevens 167.4
Gabriela Fundora 111 vs. Gabriela Alaniz 110.4
Darius Fulghum 167 vs. Christopher Pearson 166.4
Joel Iriarte 146.4 vs. Xavier Madrid 147
Eric Tudor 145.8 vs. Harold Calderon 146.6
Dalis Kaleiopu 130.8 vs. Manuel Lerma 131.8
Jordan Fuentes 119 vs. Roberto Pena 119.8
“Whoever wins right here, they’ll transfer on, and so they’ll get one other predominant occasion slot,” stated Sergio Mora to DAZN Boxing, speaking in regards to the Schofield vs. Giron battle this Saturday.
Mora can’t be speaking about Giron as a result of he’s not going to be a predominant occasion fighter even when he wins on Saturday, as a result of he’s going to wish greater than a win over Schofield to get followers enthusiastic about seeing a fighter with three defeats on his resume.
“Particularly with Schofield. I need to see what sort of development we’re going to get together with his boxing model,” stated Chris Mannix. “The previous few fights, now we have seen Floyd Schofield badly reduce,” and he has been badly reduce as a result of he has an unorthodox lunging model that places him in important hazard of getting a foul headbutt.”
Schofield throws with massive energy when charging ahead, however he will get clobbered steadily. As soon as his opponents time him, they begin nailing him with photographs when he’s leaping in, and that’s the place he will get reduce.
“We’re speaking about cuts that had been deep that required lengthy breaks. Extra importantly, as the extent of competitors for Floyd Schofield will increase, not solely will he be in peril of a foul reduce, however the precise opponent, with the precise counter-punching energy, goes to catch him. These lunges coming in, they’re going to get him in bother sooner or later.
“I feel his father has finished a very nice job with him up up to now. He has some good individuals in his nook. I’m of the opinion that this model that Floyd has fought up up to now is unsustainable. You may’t win on the highest stage lunging as a lot as he does,” stated Mannix.
We’ve already seen that Schofield’s model is unsuitable for combating on the prime stage in his final three fights, and he wasn’t even combating anybody of word but. Put him in with Gervonta Davis, and he’ll KO like he did Rolly Romermo. We noticed how Gervonta caught him coming in, and knocked him out.
“It’s sustainable as a result of he’s been doing it his total profession. He’s going to get quite a lot of cuts on his face. He’s most likely going to run into larger photographs from larger punchers,” stated Mora about Schofield. “He’s going to should develop a chin and a coronary heart and peel himself off the canvas, however he’s confirmed he has a coronary heart.”
It’s going to be attention-grabbing to see if Schofield ever makes it to the top-rung fighters or if he’ll get overwhelmed alongside the best way by one of many second-tier guys that Golden Boy are matching him in opposition to. The cuts aren’t simply coming from head clashes. Schofield is getting hit by photographs whereas lunging in, and the magnifies the facility of the punches. He’s simply fortunate that the opposition he’s been going through aren’t massive knockout punchers.
“He’s going to be an thrilling fighter and a ticket vendor. In the event that they need to maneuver him the precise manner, he’s going to should be careful for guys like Giron,” stated Mora.
Schofield is heading towards defeat together with his model. We already noticed that in his battle in opposition to Haskell Rhodes, a fighter that he was alleged to beat simply however turned out to be a tough match for him. If Schofield ever will get to the extent of fighters like Shakur Stevenson, Gervonta Davis, and Denys Berinchyk, he could come aside and get knocked out. He’ll most likely get via this battle in opposition to Giron on Saturday, however that’s solely as a result of he’s not a top-tier fighter.
