Promoter Oscar De La Hoya hinted right this moment that Floyd Schofield WON’T be preventing WBC light-weight champion Shakur Stevenson on February twenty second. De La Hoya says Hearn can’t get any “Decrease” by selecting a “prospect’ Schofield because the opponent for Shakur, who’s making his first battle with Matchroom after signing with them just lately.
“Decrease than Low”
On this week’s Clap Again Thursday submit, De La Hoya scolded Shakur’s Matchroom promoter, Eddie Hear, for wanting to make use of his fighter, 22-year-old prospect Child Austin Schofield, because the opponent for his subsequent battle in February.
Though De La Hoya doesn’t come proper out and say it, it feels like he’s NOT going to log out on his fighter, Schofield, getting used as Shakur’s subsequent challenger.
Shakur Stevenson is taking the dangerous information fairly arduous, crying about it on X, realizing he’s misplaced out on a simple meal.
Precisely @KidAustin11 Speak tremendous massive on-line however take a look at your personal promoter!!! Dawg yall unhappy.. And I despatched that to your punk ass prospect as a result of he speak as if he’s Elite inform that bench participant cease talking like a starter @OscarDeLaHoya and keep in a baby’s place!!
— Shakur Stevenson (@ShakurStevenson) November 28, 2024
You possibly can’t blame De La Hoya for that as a result of Shakur selecting Schofield is an opportunistic transfer, profiting from an inexperienced fighter fairly than somebody older, extra skilled, and an actual risk to him. Shakur is sort of a hen of prey, on the lookout for weak meals on the bottom.
Why Not One Of These Fighters?
– Andy Cruz– Edwin De Los Santos– Keyshawn Davis– Raymond Muratalla– Frank Martin– Abdullah Mason
De La Hoya identified that Hearn might have focused Raymond Muratalla or Frank Martin as Stevenson’s subsequent foe after William Zepeda couldn’t take the battle resulting from an injured left hand that he suffered in his final in opposition to Tevin Farmer on November sixteenth.
Oscar says that is an instance of Hearn not realizing the right way to construct fighters as a result of he’s attempting to make use of the “prospect” Schofield fairly than a extra seasoned fighter as Shakur’s opponent for February twenty second.
Schofield Out?
“Shakur Stevenson vs. William Zepeda was all set to occur till William injured his hand when preventing Tevin Farmer final weekend,” stated Oscar De La Hoya on his Clap Again Thursdays this week, speaking about WBC light-weight champion Shakur Stevenson eager to battle 22-year-old Floyd Schofield on February twenty second fairly than an older, extra skilled fighter.
“So, you’ll naturally suppose Shakur would begin focusing on a Frank Martin or Muratalla, another world champion, proper? No, Shakur and ‘Lonesome Eddie [Hearn] made a suggestion to my 22-year-old prospect Child Austin, who has no world championship expertise,” stated De La Hoya. “That is precisely what I imply once I say Eddie doesn’t know the right way to construct a profession.
“Look, Bob Arum constructed Shakur Stevenson to turn out to be a world champion, and in your first battle with Matchroom, you truly wish to put him in with a prospect, Eddie? I didn’t suppose it might get any decrease for you, but it surely does.”
