Shakur Stevenson needs Floyd Schofield as his opponent for the title protection of his WBC light-weight belt on February twenty second in Riyadh. Schofield isn’t well-known to informal boxing followers. He’s younger and inexperienced and coming off a poor efficiency towards Rene Tellez Giron.
Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs) and Schofield agreed to the battle on social media after the 22-year-old Floyd mentioned he would step in to switch William Zepeda after he selected to not take the battle.
Golden Boy’s prime brass, Eric Gomez and Oscar De La Hoya, should agree with letting Schofield (18-0, 12 KOs) be the substitute.
Extra importantly, His Excellency Turki Alalshikh might want to conform to the battle as a result of it’s his Riyadh Season card. He might need qualms about letting the inexperienced Schofield take this battle towards the three-division world champion Shakur. Schofield isn’t prepared.
Higher Choices Exist
- Andy Cruz: 2020 Olympic gold medalist
- Raymond Muratalla
- Edwin De Los Santos
- Jose ‘Rayo’ Valenzuela
If you happen to’re Turki, a greater choice for Shakur could be to make use of Andy Cruz as a result of he’s bought the expertise, measurement, technical expertise, and a artful recreation that mirrors Stevenson’s. The distinction is that Cruz has extra energy, and is prepared to trade.
Schofield didn’t look good in his final battle, laboring to a 12-round unanimous determination win over Rene Tellez Giron on November 2nd in Las Vegas. He was dropped within the eleventh spherical by Giron and took loads of onerous pictures all through the battle.
