Walker: Schofield No Match For Stevenson

Former amateur star Raimer Walker is giving Floyd ‘Kid Austin’ Schofield no chance of beating WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson on February 22nd in their fight in Riyadh.

Walker fought Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs) and found it impossible to land anything on him, which made him want to improve his own defense. He says the only hits he threw were on the rare occasions Shakur allowed him.

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Schofield (18-0, 12 KOs) and his father, Floyd Sr., fought their way to a title fight against Shakur. ‘Kid Austin’ didn’t earn his shot the normal way by beating anyone of note during his four year professional career.

Although the WBC does not rank him in the top 15, the World Boxing Association has him at number two. He won this ranking by beating midway opposition rather than contenders.

Schofield’s promoter, 1992 Olympic gold medalist Oscar De La Hoya, did not want him to take this fight, feeling that he did not have enough experience to fight Stevenson. De La Hoya called Kid Austin a “rookie” and wanted him to develop more before fighting for a world title.

Some believe that Schofield is rushing into this fight for the money, eager to get the big payday before being exposed by one of the contenders. It wasn’t a good sign that second tier fighter Rene Tellez Giron dropped him in his last fight on November 2nd.

I can’t wait for camp to start, I miss sparring lol

— Shakur Stevenson (@ShakurStevenson) December 13, 2024

“He has no chance. He’s not going to have a chance,” Raimer Walker said Fighthype about Floyd Schofield having no chance of defeating WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson on February 22 in Riyadh.

“He talks good, but there’s a difference between talking and being there with him (Stevenson). I actually wrestled Shakur. He’s not going to be able to beat Shakur,” Walker said of ‘Kid Austin’ Schofield. “Honestly, I don’t think anyone can beat Shakur.

“Yeah, it’s hard (to land a hit on Shakur). You’ve got to take whatever he gives you. Whatever he gives you, that’s what you’re going to land. If he doesn’t give it to you, you’re not going to land him. He’s the most defensive end I’ve ever been around.”

it is it’s not fair to the fans that Shakur is defending against Schofield instead of facing one of these talented contenders:

1. Andy Cruz
2. Edwin De Los Santos: * Revenge for Shakur to show that his poor performance in November 2023 was actually due to a hand injury and not because he was terrified of De Los Santos’ punching power.
3. Raymond Muratalla
4. Keyshawn Davis
5. Abdullah Mason

“I learned from that. It made me work a lot harder on my defense,” Walker said of his bout with Shakur. “Once I saw that I couldn’t hit him as much as I hit other people, I had to get my defense that way. I don’t know what it is. He is different. It works in bursts and doesn’t get hit much. So I’ve been working on it a lot too. I could see myself like this.

“Not early in my career, but later as I get older,” Walker said when asked if he could see himself becoming a defensive fighter like Shakur, who doesn’t get hit.

Walker did not say whether Stevenson was on his bike all the time, running around the ring during his sparring sessions. We’ve seen it from Shakur in his fights with De Los Santos, Artem Harutyunyan and Jeremiah Nakathalia. The only fight in the last three years where Shakur looked good was against Shuichiro Yoshino, and that fighter didn’t look world class.