Floyd Schofield Sr. he wants WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson to defend his title against his son, “Kid Austin” Schofield Jr (18-0, 12 KOs) next. He says Shakur doesn’t have an opponent yet, and feels he should face his son, who is ranked #2 WBC Floyd Jr.
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Shakur spoke Saturday night after Schofield’s fight against Rene Tellez Girón (20-4, 13 KOs) in Las Vegas, calling Floyd Jr. “Food” after seeing him fall in the 11th round. It was a flash shot, but that didn’t stop Shakur from taking a shot at X.
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Schofield Jr. he rose from the canvas and dominated Giron the rest of the way, showing speed and power that few fighters have in the lightweight division. Actually, not Shakur, who is a defensive tackle with quick feet, but then speed and no feather-level power.
Schofield won the cards by scores of 118-109, 116-111 and 118-109
“So, yes, we want to fight Shakur. It’s not Rene, and we’re going to stop Shakur,” said Schofield Sr. Fighthype. “My predictions came true. We’re number 2. So, what’s the excuse, Shakur? Why not fight?”
“Come on, who have you programmed to fight now? If you don’t want to fight, I understand, but don’t act like a dog and you want to fight.”
Shakur is coming back from hand surgery and won’t bat until February 22nd. If WBC #1 contender William Zepeda wins his fight against Tevin Farmer on November 16th, he will be the one to challenge Shakur on February 22nd.
This fight is already in the planning stages, and you can tell Shakur is worried. He saw what Zepeda did to Giovanni Cabrera and Maxi Hughes, two fighters with a similar defensive style to his own.
Schofield will have to wait his turn before he gets a crack at the WBC belt against the winner of the Shakur vs. Zepeda fight. That could be against Zepeda.
You have to assume that if Zepeda (31-0, 27 KOs) is victorious against Shakur on February 22, there will be an immediate rematch because Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn has put too much money into the WBC champion’s career not to try. to avenge the loss.
Hearn has visions of turning Shakur into a “global superstar” and has already discussed wanting to face Gervonta Davis next year.
“We trained for a 10-round fight. That’s why we signed this contract,” said Schofield Sr. that Floyd Sr. it was originally scheduled for Giron to fight for ten rounds, but it was later changed to 12 rounds on fight night.
It’s incredible that the Schofield-Giron fight was changed to a 12-rounder on the night of its headliner on Saturday night. If you only trained for ten rounds, it’s understandable why it would be a problem if you found out you were a 12-rounder. That might explain why Schofield gassed and was taken down in the 11th round.
