Floyd Schofield reacted right now about experiences that his promoter, Oscar De La Hoya, hadn’t signed off on a struggle 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 crew to ship the ultimate settlement.” He insists that his crew “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 in regards to the inexperienced novice Schofield taking the struggle towards the three-division world champion Shakur, it’s comprehensible.
Schofield appeared like a pure 100% novice in his final struggle towards Rene Tellez Giron on November 2nd. He bought dropped and took many arduous, punishing pictures from a fighter Michel Rivera had dominated. De La Hoya would look incompetent if he allowed Schofield to take that struggle. The backlash can be extreme for Oscar, and his fighter, Schofield’s profession can be ruined.
Schofield’s inventory would plummet from a one-sided loss to Stevenson, and it’s potential that he would by no means stand up once more. He can 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 an even bigger payday. That might be higher struggle for Schofield to take than dealing with the defensive artist Shakur, and get outboxed in a struggle that might a uninteresting affair.
Assuming the Shakur-Schofield struggle doesn’t occur, Shakur wants to offer Edwin De Los Santos a rematch so he can present followers that his poor efficiency towards him in 2023 was actually as a result of a hand damage.
As issues are actually, followers don’t consider Shakur was injured within the De Los Santos struggle. They felt the facility from him, and he took off working for the rest of the struggle, 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 model would possibly work in Newark, New Jersey, however not elsewhere. You entertain, and Shakur’s outdated, archaic hit-and-not-get model was poison for the followers on the T-Cellular.
Shakur talked about this week that he desires 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.
— Shakur Stevenson (@ShakurStevenson) November 28, 2024