Floyd Schofield was amused that Shakur Stevenson told the media last weekend that he hoped he would not withdraw from the February 22 game in Riyadh. “The Austin Kid” Schofield (18-0, 12 KOs) said Shakur (22-0, 10 KOs) is not the kind of threat that would make him want to quit.

Schofield said there was a problem with his “passport” which prevented him from traveling to London to attend Turki Shaikh’s Ring Awards. Otherwise, he would have gone there to be interviewed, like so many other fighters who received invitations.

One-handed Shakur?

Challenger Schofield doesn’t think WBC lightweight champion Shakur is a dangerous boxer because he’s not a boxer, and he’s right. Shakur, a native of Newark, N.J., is a Genuine 100% boxers He shrinks back when under pressure and is unwilling to sit idly by if his opponent has power. Stevenson is perhaps the most timid champion in the sport and has shown no desire to fight.

in stevenson’s final battle Atem Harutunyanhe held his ground for the most part as the 34-year-old was unable to land punches. But even in that fight, Shakur was running. That’s why fans started leaving in large numbers and heading for the exits by the eighth round. This is the Prudential Center in Shakur’s hometown of Newark.

glass hand

Shakur’s surgically repaired right hand is the real question mark in this game, as in a video last week he still wasn’t using it while hitting a ball with a coach. I don’t know if Shakur’s chances in this fight are that glass hand falling. Schofield was too strong and he threw too many punches for one-armed Kuhl to survive.

With just 38 days left until the card is released on February 22nd, it’s not a good sign that Stevenson still hasn’t used that hand. The problem won’t go away in five weeks. If someone has had hand surgery, recovery will take longer than five weeks.

“What did I think? He’s not going to bring anything to the table to take a guy out of a fight. But that’s Shakur. He always has something smart to say. Hopefully he can keep the same energy on February 22nd, But no one quits fighting,” Floyd Schofield said. mill city boxingShakur Stevenson says he hopes he doesn’t withdraw from the fight after skipping last Saturday’s Ring Awards ceremony in London.

“That’s what he should have said. If you feel the same way about him,” Schofield said in a video interview, Shakur said, “Deep down, he (the Austin kid) knows he can’t beat me.”

“He’s not a threat to me. I can’t criticize him for saying what he should have said, but if I didn’t feel that way I wouldn’t be in the fight. He must be self-projecting because I’m here and I’m training And get sparring,” Schofield said of another video of Shakur saying he was “concerned that he (Floyd) might not show up.”