Floyd Schofield’s father, Floyd Sr., says his son will beat the royal stuffing out of Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis after they get the possibility to problem him for his WBA light-weight crown. Schofield (17-0, 12 KOs) is respiration down Tank’s neck at #2 with the WBA, and it’s solely a matter of time earlier than the World Boxing Affiliation orders the struggle.
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Schofield, 22, believes that Tank goes to vacate his WBA title and transfer as much as 140 reasonably than stick round and need to struggle him. When that occurs, Schofield says he’ll be combating an enormous identify.
When #3 WBA Edwin De Los Santos was talked about because the man that he’s prone to face, Schofield smiled. De Los Santos could be subsequent in line except he doesn’t wish to take the danger. If that occurs, it could be #4 Andy Cruz, the 2020 Olympic gold medalist from Cuba, who beat Keyshawn Davis repeatedly within the amateurs.
“Everyone has their opinion, however he’s only a common man with energy,” mentioned Schofield to the Cigar Speak channel about Gervonta Davis. “Tank simply a type of fighters which you could get fortunate and outbox him, however even in that twelfth spherical, you bought to be careful for them palms.”
“Distinction is we going to beat the s*** out of Tank,” mentioned Schofield Sr.
Tank Davis (30-0, 28 KOs) isn’t prone to struggle Schofield as a result of he primarily fights PBC fighters, and when he does select to face non-PBC guys, they’re all the time beatable. Schofield could be a menace to Tank. So, he’s not going to get an opportunity to face him.
That signifies that if the WBA does order the struggle, Tank will vacate, as Schofield predicts, and transfer as much as 140, the place he earn more money in that division. There are much more potential greater fights for Tank at gentle welterweight than there are at 135. Shakur Stevenson is the one common fighter left, however he’s prone to lose to William Zepeda in February. So, that might be the final remaining viable [read: easy] goal for a cash struggle for Tank.
“When that struggle occurs, I need my props mentioned Schofield a couple of struggle between him, a high-ranked contender for the WBA belt after Tank vacates. “I don’t know, brother,” mentioned Schofield when requested if he’ll struggle #3 Edwin De Los Santos for the WBA belt after Tank offers it up.
Schofield might want to field De Los Santos for him to beat him as a result of he’s one of many largest punchers within the 135-lb division. His boxing abilities are rudimentary, however his energy is top-notch and maybe the second-best within the division behind Tank. If Schofield will get hit clear by De Los Santos, he’s going to sleep.
On sparring Shakur Stevenson
“He mentioned, ‘What weight do you struggle at? Man, you hit onerous,’” mentioned Schofield about what Shakur Stevenson had mentioned to him after sparring. “Come on, bro. You already know.”
As Schofield says, the sparring with Shakur befell in 2020, when he was simply 17 years previous, and he was giving him large issues. You’ll be able to solely think about what Schofield would do to Shakur now if he obtained the possibility to struggle him, however that’s if Stevenson might make it via coaching camp with no need to cancel the struggle attributable to his brittle palms.
Shakur’s palms can’t maintain as much as combating on the light-weight stage. Ever because the Newark native Shakur moved as much as 135 in 2023, he’s been breaking down like an previous automotive. He’s utterly ineffective at light-weight since transferring up. Stevenson wants to maneuver again all the way down to 130 or 126, the place they don’t hit as onerous, and life is much less arduous.
“The factor is, Shakur was getting schooled,” mentioned Schofield Sr.
“His excuse was he was calculating knowledge. He was letting me get my punches off. That’s a lie. He didn’t throw greater than 20 punches throughout that entire sparring,” mentioned Schofield, reacting to being instructed that Shakur mentioned that he had began operating after he hit him with a physique shot in spherical two.
