As fans have read, Floyd Schofield is out of Saturday’s fight with Shakur Stevenson, Schofield having come down ill, with him deemed too sick to be able to fight.
Shakur Stevenson is reportedly looking for a replacement to defend his WBC lightweight title on DAZN PPV on Saturday because his initially scheduled opponent, Floyd Schofield, has suffered an illness.
Floyd Schofield says Shakur Stevenson is an emotional, hyper-sensitive “Diva” with a developmental level of seven years. Besides that, he says he doesn’t like Shakur because he’s “ignorant.
Abdullah Mason says Floyd ‘Kid Austin’ Schofield has “no chance” of defeating WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson in their fight on February 22nd in Riyadh.
Promoter Eddie Hearn calls the February 22nd Riyadh Season card the “greatest night of boxing” the sport has seen. The headliner is the rematch between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol, and the event will be shown live on DAZN.
Shakur Stevenson says Ernesto Mercado is just “clout-chasing” by calling him out and trying to get attention by challenging him to a fight.
Shakur Stevenson reiterated today that Terence Crawford would beat Canelo Alvarez when they fight in September on the Mexican Independence Day weekend.
Mikey Garcia says he’s not a fan of Shakur Stevenson’s style of fighting, and he wouldn’t be interested in seeing him fight Gervonta Davis because he feels it would be a dull fight.
Though it seems plenty of fans continue to shoot down a Canelo Alvarez-Terence Crawford fight as a mismatch in favor of the reigning 168-pound king from Mexico, there are some experts who feel “Bud” is special enough to be able to pull off a win over Canelo.
Coach Andre Rozier is picking Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis to defeat Shakur Stevenson in a unification fight at lightweight if the two fighters meet up.