‘He’s no threat’: Schofield dismisses Stevenson’s chances in upcoming fight

Floyd Schofield had a funny reaction when Shakur Stevenson told the media last weekend that he hoped not to back down from their February 22 fight in Riyadh. ‘Kid Austin’ Schofield (18-0, 12 KOs) says Shakur (22-0, 10 KOs) is not the type of threat that would make him want to retire.

Schofield says he has “passport” issues, which prevented him from traveling to London to take part in Turki Al-Sheikh’s ring prize. Otherwise, he would have been there to be seen and do interviews, just like many other fighters who received their invitations.

One-handed Shakur?

Opponent Schofield doesn’t see WBC lightweight champion Shakur as a dangerous fighter because he’s not a puncher, and he’s right. Shakur is a native of Newark, New Jersey 100% pure boxer. who retreats when under pressure and shows no willingness to get into the pocket if his opponents have power. Stevenson is probably the most timid champion in the sport and shows no desire to fight.

In the last fight against Stevenson Artem Harutyunyanhe maintained his strength most of the time because the 34-year-old couldn’t land punches. But even in that fight, Shakur was running. That’s why the fans began to leave in large numbers, heading for the exits in the eighth round. That was in Shakur’s hometown of Newark at the Prudential Center.

The glass hand

Shakur’s surgically repaired right hand is the real question mark in this fight because, in a video last week, he still didn’t use it while hitting gloves with one of his trainers. I don’t know Shakur’s chances in this fight if that the glass hand falls apart. Schofield is too strong and throws too many punches for a one-armed Kur to survive.

With just 38 days until the Feb. 22 card, it’s not a good sign that Stevenson isn’t using that hand yet. A problem doesn’t go away in five weeks. If someone has hand surgery, it takes much longer than five weeks to recover.

“I thought for what? He doesn’t bring anything to the table to get a person back out of a fight. But that’s Shakur. He’s always going to have something smart to say. Hopefully, he keeps the same energy on February 22nd, but no one is backing down from the fight,” Floyd Schofield told the MillCity Boxingreacting to Shakur Stevenson saying he hopes he doesn’t pull out of the fight after his no-show at the Ring Awards in London last Saturday.

“That’s what he’s supposed to say. If you feel the same way about him,” Schofield said, referring to a video interview in which Shakur says, “Deep down, he (Kid Austin) knows he can’t beat”.

“He’s not a threat to me. I can’t fault him for saying what he’s supposed to do, but I wouldn’t have taken the fight if I didn’t feel that way. He’s got to project himself because I’m here , I’m training and doing my sparring,” Schofield said of another video of Shakur saying he’s “concerned that he (Floyd) won’t show up.”