Floyd Schofield Sr. says his son Floyd Jr. (18-0, 12 KOs) could face Edwin De Los Santos or Andy Cruz for the WBA belt in 2025.
It will be a big jump in competition for the 22-year-old Schofield to fight big puncher De Los Santos or 2020 Olympic gold medalist Andy Cruz (4-0, 2 KOs) for the WBA belt. These are advanced fighters, and Schofield might not be ready to face either of those killers.
WBA ranking
- Guglielmo Zepeda
- Floyd Schofield
- Edwin Delos Santos
- Andy Cruz
De Los Santos (16-2, 14 KOs) has not fought in a year since his 12-round unanimous decision loss to Shakur Stevenson for the vacant WBC title on Nov. 16. It is not known if De Los Santos will be eager to return to the ring against Schofield for what would be a tough fight.
Schofield expects a World Title Shot in 2025
It is not known if Tank Davis plans to move up to 140 or go beltless and save money on the expensive penalty costs that the champions are stuck paying. Tank is popular enough that he no longer needs a world title to validate himself in the eyes of the boxing public.
No matter who Schofield fights for the WBA title, he will need to raise his game the way he did in his last fight against Rene Tellez Giron on November 2nd. Schofield was dropped in the 11th round and took a lot of hard shots. Giron was nowhere near the talent level of De Los Santos, Cruz, or Tank.
“Anyway, we’re going to get the title next year. We just don’t know who we’re going to fight next year,” said Floyd Schofield Sr. MillCity Boxing about his son Floyd Jr. “Frank Martin. Keyshawn is running. Try to fight Tank or go to 140. He doesn’t want to fight for the title.
Keyshawn is targeting WBO lightweight champion Denys Berinchyk for a world title shot in 2025, and he won’t want to put up a tough fight against Schofield. Top Rank protected Keyshawn, carefully matching them the way they did Edgar Berlanga before he landed them.
Cruz or De Los Santos for Schofield
“It doesn’t look like Shakur is going to beat us for the title. So, we’ll wait to see who they give us. Probably Edwin (De Los Santos) or maybe the guy (Andy Cruz) who beat Keyshawn in the amateurs in the Olympics. One of those two,” Schofield Sr. said.
It will be either Cruz or De Los Santos that Schofield will fight, but he may live to regret fighting either of them. His last fight against Giron showed that he is not ready to fight the Cuban Andy Cruz or big power-puncher De Los Santos.
Cruz would be the more difficult of the two because of his boxing skills and pedigree. De Los Santos’ money from his fight against Shakur last year may have undermined some of the ambition he had before getting the payday.
“Yes, that’s who it should be because he’s right below us (De Los Santos). I don’t think it should be Frank Martin,” Schofield Sr. said. “Edwin is #3, and Andy (Cruz) is #4, so it would make sense.
“It’s not a jump. Rene is tougher than everybody,” Schofield Sr. said. when asked if it would be a big jump for Floyd Jr. to go from fighting Rene Tellez Giron in his last fight to fighting either Cruz or De Los Santos for the WBA title. “Rene is more durable than all of them, and hits harder.”
Schofield Sr. he’s kidding himself if he believes Rene Giron is a tougher fight for his son than Cruz and De Los Santos. Giron is nowhere near the level of those two fighters, and Schofield has gone life and death with him.
“Shakur had ten KOs. Rene had one more knockout than Shakur. Edwin is cracking, but I don’t think he’s going to have a chin that Rene had.
