Floyd Schofield’s father, Floyd Sr., says his son will beat the real stuff of Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis when they get the chance to challenge him for his WBA lightweight crown. Schofield (17-0, 12 KOs) is breathing down Tank’s neck at No. 2 with the WBA, and it’s only a matter of time before the World Boxing Association orders the fight.
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Schofield, 22, believes Tank will drop his WBA title and move to 140 rather than stay and have to fight. When that happens, Schofield says he’ll be fighting a big name.
When a No. 3 WBA Edwin De Los Santos was mentioned as the guy he is likely to face, Schofield smiled. De Los Santos would be next in line unless he doesn’t want to take the risk. If that happens, it would be 4 Andy Cruz, the 2020 Olympic gold medalist from Cuba, who beat Keyshawn Davis repeatedly in the amateurs.
“Everybody has their opinion, but he’s just a regular guy with power,” Schofield told Cigar Talk. channel on Gervonta Davis. “Tank just one of those fighters you can get lucky and knock him out, but even in that 12th round, you have to watch his hands.”
“The difference is we’re going to beat the crap out of Tank,” Schofield Sr. said.
Tank Davis (30-0, 28 KOs) is not likely to fight Schofield because he mainly fights PBC fighters, and when he chooses to face non-PBC guys, they are still beatable. Schofield would be a threat to Tank. Therefore, he has no chance to confront him.
This means that if the WBA orders the fight, Tank will leave, as Schofield predicts, and move to 140, where he will make more money in that division. There is a lot more potential for bigger fights for Tank at light welterweight than there are at 135. Shakur Stevenson is the only popular fighter left, but he is likely to lose to William Zepeda in February. So, this would be the last remaining viable (read: easy) goal for a money fight for Tank.
“When that fight happens, I want my props told Schofield about a fight between him, a high-ranking candidate for the WBA belt after Tank has vacated. “I don’t know, brother,” said Schofield when asked s He will fight #3 Edwin De Los Santos for the WBA belt after Tank gives up.
Schofield will need to box De Los Santos to beat him because he is one of the biggest punchers in the 135 lb division. His boxing skills are rudimentary, but his power is top notch and perhaps the second best in the division behind Tank. If Schofield is hit by De Los Santos, he will sleep.
In sparring Shakur Stevenson
“He said, ‘What weight are you fighting?’ Man, you hit hard,” Schofield said of what Shakur Stevenson had told him after sparring. “You go, bro. You know.”
As Schofield says, the sparring with Shakur happened in 2020, when he was only 17 years old, and it gave him huge problems. You can only imagine what Schofield would do to Shakur now if he had the chance to fight, but that’s if Stevenson could make it through training camp without having to call off the fight because of his frail hands.
Shakur’s hands can’t support wrestling at the lightweight level. Since Shakur, a native of Newark, moved to 135 in 2023, he’s worn out like an old car. It is completely useless at light weight since the movement. Stevenson needs to move back to 130 or 126, where they don’t hit as hard, and life is less arduous.
“The thing is, Shakur was struggling,” Schofield Sr. said.
“His excuse was that he was calculating data. He was letting me drop my punches. That’s a lie. He didn’t throw more than 20 punches during that entire sparring,” Schofield said, reacting to being told that Shakur had started running after he hit him with a body shot in the second round.
