Shakur Stevenson says he’s not wanting previous his subsequent opponent, Floyd Schofield, for February twenty second in direction of the 2 massive fights that Turki Alalashikh and promoter Eddie Hearn have deliberate for him in 2025 in opposition to William Zepeda and Gervonta Davis.
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Given what’s at stake in 2025, Shakur doesn’t overlook the 22-year-old Schofield as a result of he is aware of that if he loses this combat, it should wreck his probabilities for the Zepeda and Tank bouts subsequent 12 months. No matter how nice he seems to be in opposition to Floyd Jr., it’s nonetheless questionable whether or not Stevenson will get an opportunity to combat Gervonta.
Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs) will defend his WBC light-weight title in opposition to challenger Schofield (18-0, 12 KOs) on Turki’s loaded February twenty second card in Riyadh. Curiously, Shakur’s combat in opposition to Schofield is the fifth combat on the undercard, down from 4 different contests.
Schofield goes to be coming for an upset, seeking to knock out the finesse fighter, Shakur, and take his spot because the WBC champion. You possibly can’t rule out an upset win for Schofield as a result of he’s received the facility, pace, and youth to tug it off. Stevenson struggled in his fights in opposition to sluggers Edwin De Los Santos and Jeremiah Nakathilia.
He additionally didn’t look good in his final contest in opposition to Artem Harutyunyan on July sixth, getting booed by his personal followers on the Prudential Middle in Newark, New Jersey. Lots of them started leaving on the midway level of the combat, maybe as a consequence of how uninteresting it was.
“I’ve been wiser to know to deal with the second. It’s good for them to have the plans and say it to the general public, however I’m extra so targeted on this child [Floyd Schofield Jr] first simply because I do know if I don’t get previous him first, I can go to the subsequent,” mentioned Shakur Stevenson to Wager On Your self channel, reacting to being instructed that Eddie Hearn and Turki Alalashikh have mapped out a three-fight plan for him in 2025 in opposition to Floyd Schofield, William Zepeda and Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis.
“I believe you’re going to see a greater model of one of the best model you’ve seen of me,” mentioned Stevenson about how he’s going to look in opposition to Schofield. “I’m not 100%, however I’m at 90%, 95%, and as I preserve working it, it’ll get to 100,” mentioned Shakur about his latest surgically repaired proper hand.
