Shakur Stevenson vs. Floyd Schofield | PPV - February 22, 2025

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Who wins?

Poll runs till 22 Feb 2025, 04:28

Stevenson - Decision
8
47%
Stevenson - T/KO
1
6%
DRAW
2
12%
Schofield - T/KO
2
12%
Schofield - Decision
4
24%
 
Total votes: 17

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Shakur Stevenson vs. Floyd Schofield | PPV - February 22, 2025

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Eddie Hearn confirms offer made for Shakur Stevenson vs. Floyd Schofield

Eddie Hearn has confirmed that an offer has been sent to Floyd Schofield for a bout with WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson.

Stevenson was due to face his mandatory challenger William Zepeda on the upcoming Riyadh Season card on February 22 in Saudi Arabia. Zepeda has since confirmed that he will not be facing Stevenson after injuring his left forearm in a split decision win over Tevin Farmer earlier this month.

There had been rumours that fellow Golden Boy fighter, Schofield could jump in to replace the injured Zepeda. The 18-0 (12 KOs) American recently picked up the best win of his career against Rene Tellez Giron and was quick to declare his interest in a world title shot. The rumours that Schofield would be the man to replace Zepeda grew further after he traded blows on social media with Stevenson earlier this week.

Hearn, Stevenson’s promoter, has now confirmed that discussions are underway with Golden Boy and that the fight could possibly still land on the huge card in February.

“We agreed to fight Zepeda, so did Golden Boy apparently,” Hearn told Boxing Scene. “But apparently, he’s injured after a very lackluster performance. Schofield is a name that’s in the hat, we’ve been talking to Golden Boy, we’ve made them an offer and we’re trying to tie that up with His Excellency now.

“I think it’s a really good fight, two very good undefeated American fighters, a lot of chat, a lot of back and forth in that fight. It’s Thanksgiving today, which is difficult to do business on, but we’ll do our best tonight and see where it gets to.”
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Re: Shakur Stevenson vs. Floyd Schofield - February 2025?

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Schofield said on social media, "It is on Shakur Stevenson… You can’t run from this. 'And the new'… We accept the challenge. This is a message from [my promoter], Oscar De La Hoya. He told my father, 'My man, I seriously believe in your son so much and have love for him, but he’s 22 and I know how to make a champ for the next 15 years. Do not run the risk of getting beat because he had no experience. But if you’re telling me make it happen, then I will. Happy Thanksgiving and have a blessed day.'"

Schofield added, "Muhammad Ali was 22 years old when he defeated Sonny Liston in their 1964 world heavyweight championship boxing match... This victory marked the beginning of Ali's legendary career in boxing, where he would later be known as one of the greatest boxers of all time. And everyone said Ali had no chance… history will repeat."
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Re: Shakur Stevenson vs. Floyd Schofield - February 2025?

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Eddie Hearn: Shakur Stevenson-Floyd Schofield has 'a chance'

Matchroom Boxing chairman Eddie Hearn says he isn’t yet sure whether Floyd Schofield is the opponent to take on Shakur Stevenson – but won't rule it out.

Schofield, 22, originally from Jersey City, New Jersey, has been calling out Stevenson – a 27-year-old lightweight titleholder from Newark, New Jersey – since it was announced that Stevenson’s first choice for an opponent, William Zepeda, was injured and out of the mix.

Despite Schofield’s entreaties, Hearn – Stevenson’s promoter – isn’t convinced he’ll be the opponent for Stevenson on a proposed February 22 card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

“I mean, I know that there's a back-and-forth, and the father wants it, the fighter wants it,” said Hearn during an interview with Fight Hub TV. “Obviously, we're talking to Golden Boy as well. We've made them an offer, when Shakur was supposed to be fighting Zepeda. All was good for February 22; now they're saying that Zepeda is not ready. [Stevenson] needs an opponent.

“For me, Schofield has been calling out for a while now. He's a very talented young fighter. [Stevenson] is a big step up. But at some point, you take a big step up, especially if there's a financial reward.”

Stevenson, 22-0 (10 KOs), was initially scheduled to face Joe Cordina on October 12 in Riyadh, but the fight was canceled after Cordina suffered a hand injury. Since then, Stevenson has expressed interest in facing Zepeda, his mandatory challenger, but then that fight fell through.

With Stevenson currently looking for a replacement, Schofield, 18-0 (12 KOs), wants to step into the void and challenge for a belt in what would be the biggest fight of his career thus far.

Hearn says only time will tell if the fight can happen.

“So, I don't know if that fight will get made, but we have been talking to Golden Boy about numbers around that fight – and there is a chance,” he said. “But we won't know for the next probably 24, 48 hours.”
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Re: Shakur Stevenson vs. Floyd Schofield | PPV - February 22, 2025

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Artur Beterbiev-Dmitry Bivol II set for February 22 in Riyadh

Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol will rematch for the undisputed light heavyweight title on February 22 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, headlining the latest Riyadh Season event on a card stacked with championship bouts.

The main event, announced Monday on social media and billed as "The Last Crescendo," will revisit the October clash in which Beterbiev narrowly edged Bivol via majority decision to unify the division.

In that fight, the 39-year-old Beterbiev, 21-0 (20 KOs), who has spent much of his career training in Montreal, went the distance for the first time. Meanwhile, the 33-year-old Bivol, 23-1 (12 KOs), suffered his first career defeat despite outlanding Beterbiev 142-134 on punches, according to CompuBox. Beterbiev, for his part, landed 90 power shots to Bivol’s 84, highlighting the razor-thin margin.

The undercard will see IBF heavyweight titleholder Daniel Dubois, 22-2 (21 KOs), defend his title against Joseph Parker, 35-3 (23 KOs). Dubois, 27, from the UK, is on a three-fight win streak following a 2023 stoppage loss to Oleksandr Usyk. Parker, 32, a New Zealand former titleholder, enters on a five-fight win streak, with notable victories over Deontay Wilder and Zhilei Zhang. Parker’s last title fight was a loss to Anthony Joshua in 2018, while Dubois knocked out Joshua in his most recent fight.

WBC lightweight titleholder Shakur Stevenson, 22-0 (10 KOs), will face Floyd Schofield, 18-0 (12 KOs). Stevenson, 27, originally from Newark and now training in Houston, accepted the challenge from Schofield, 22, nicknamed “Kid Austin,” following Schofield’s unanimous decision win over Rene Tellez Giron last month, after Schofield called Stevenson out. Their exchanges on social media helped build anticipation for this showdown, which many believed to be out of reach for Schofield.

Carlos Adames, 24-1 (18 KOs), will defend his WBC middleweight title against Hamzah Sheeraz, 21-0 (17 KOs). Adames, 30, based in Las Vegas, has been plagued by inactivity (fighting just once per year since 2022) but is riding a six-fight win streak. Sheeraz, 25, from the UK, earned the title shot with a stoppage of Tyler Denny in September.

The WBC interim junior middleweight title will be contested between Vergil Ortiz Jnr, 22-0 (21 KOs), and Israil Madrimov, 10-1-1 (7 KOs). Ortiz, 26, from Grand Prairie, Texas, won a majority decision over Serhii Bohachuk in August to capture the title. Madrimov, 29, from Uzbekistan, is coming off a unanimous decision loss to Terence Crawford in August in Los Angeles, marking Crawford’s debut at 154lbs. More perplexing is that Madrimov will be scheduled for this fight while keeping his fight on December 21 with Bohachuk.

“It’s surprising to see, considering Serhii knocked Vergil down twice and sent him to the hospital [August 10 in Ortiz’s narrow victory by decision in Las Vegas],” Tom Loeffler, Bohachuk’s promoter told Boxing Scene on Monday.

Madrimov would be left with just over two months to recover and prepare against a WBC interim titleholder who has knocked out every foe except Bohachuk.

Also on the card, 41-year-old Zhilei Zhang, 27-2-1 (22 KOs), will face Germany’s Agit Kabayel, 25-0 (17 KOs), for the WBC interim heavyweight title. Zhang, who twice stopped Joe Joyce before losing to Parker, rebounded with a dramatic knockout of Wilder in June. Kabayel, 32, earned this opportunity by stopping Frank Sanchez and Arslanbek Makhmudov in back-to-back fights.

Opening the event, Joshua Buatsi, 19-0 (13 KOs), will defend his WBO interim light heavyweight title against Callum Smith, 30-2 (22 KOs). Buatsi, 31, a 2016 Olympic bronze medalist training in California with Virgil Hunter, is coming off wins over Dan Azeez and Willy Hutchinson in 2024. Smith, 34, rebounded from a stoppage loss to Beterbiev with a fifth-round knockout of Carlos Galvan on Saturday.
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Re: Shakur Stevenson vs. Floyd Schofield | PPV - February 22, 2025

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If I were SS I'd accept what my skills gave me and stick to being a boxer.
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Re: Shakur Stevenson vs. Floyd Schofield | PPV - February 22, 2025

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Floyd is not prepared for Shakur, but I am not believing by a bit the latter is going to make it exciting.
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Re: Shakur Stevenson vs. Floyd Schofield | PPV - February 22, 2025

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have 0 interest in watching this fight
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Re: Shakur Stevenson vs. Floyd Schofield | PPV - February 22, 2025

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This fight feels like Andre Ward fighting Andre Ward.
There might be a lot of skill, but who the hell cares.
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Re: Shakur Stevenson vs. Floyd Schofield | PPV - February 22, 2025

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‘I got too much experience for him’: Shakur Stevenson expects to handle Floyd Schofield

Shakur Stevenson believes he’s too skilled and experienced for Floyd Schofield to deal with in their upcoming fight.



Here’s some of what Stevenson had to say on those topics below.

Stevenson on his upcoming fight with Floyd Schofield
“It’s a familiar face to the fans, I think the people know him a little bit. So I think it’s going to be a fun fight. It’s a motivated kid, he wants to take my spot, take my crown, and I’m going to have to son him.

“When you fighting a young, hungry lion that’s a lot to deal with in itself. I remember being that age myself and I wanted to win a world title so bad so I worked super extremely hard and I’m expecting him to be the same way.

“I got too much experience for him, I’m too smart. I’m going to take him to another level that he’s never been at before.”

On wanting a fight against Gervonta Davis and Davis saying he’s looking at retirement
“I mean if he want to retire with the career that he got then go ahead and do whatever you got to do. I disagree with it, I think it’s soft, but that’s on him.

“I ain’t going to lie, I ain’t into chasing people around. I mean, if he’s willing to fight, I’m ready to fight and I think it should happen but I can’t like, I can’t sit there and chase you and then he try to make it seem as though I need him and I don’t need him.”

On if he thinks Devin Haney will beat Ryan Garcia in a prospective rematch
“I know he’s strong mentally so he can win for sure but it all depends on how he’s feeling after he gets back. Is he the same fighter? Let’s see, we got to find out.”
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Re: Shakur Stevenson vs. Floyd Schofield | PPV - February 22, 2025

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Fight week!! :box:
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Re: Shakur Stevenson vs. Floyd Schofield | PPV - February 22, 2025

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Be great if Floyd pulled off the upset.

Would also be great if Shakur turned in one of his 'on' performances.

We'll find out on Saturday.
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Re: Shakur Stevenson vs. Floyd Schofield | PPV - February 22, 2025

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FLOYD SCHOFIELD JR: I JUST WANT TO CHALLENGE MYSELF AGAINST THE BEST

Floyd Schofield Jr. had to laugh at the suggestions that he didn’t really want this fight.

A lot has been made about his decision to challenge three-division and reigning WBC lightweight titlist Shakur Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs) this early into his career. The pair of unbeaten Americans will meet this Saturday as part of the loaded Riyadh Season show on DAZN Pay-Per-View from Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Golden Boy Promotions chairman Oscar De La Hoya was admittedly hesitant but ultimately honored the wishes of the unbeaten lightweight and his father/head trainer Floyd Sr. to accept the opportunity. Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs), The Ring’s No. 3 lightweight, cautioned that his opponent should have listened to his promoter, a Hall of Fame former six-division titleholder.

“It sounds good—we still gotta fight on Saturday,” Schofield noted during Ring Magazine’s “The Final Note” segment conducted from the Mike Tyson Boxing Club in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. “It is what it is.

“I just feel, I like to test myself. That was really it. I’ve read a lot of comments saying I’m just doing it for the money. It sounds good but at the end of the day, boxing is about challenges. I just want to challenge myself against the best.”

Schofield (18-0, 12 KOs) is not rated among The Ring’s top ten lightweights as he enters his first major title fight. However, his team decided after a modest 2024 campaign that it was time to advance from the rising contender stage straight to the top.

The 22-year-old Austin, Texas-based lightweight tore through the prospect phase of his career with four dominant wins in 2023. The temperature cooled a bit with a disqualification win over Esteuri Suero in an uneven performance last March 16 in Las Vegas.

Schofield returned to the fight-friendly city last Nov. 2, where he brushed off the first knockdown of his career to soundly outpoint Rene Tellez Giron. Immediately afterward, his attention shifted towards Stevenson, a former Ring and unified WBC/WBO champion at 130 who also held the WBO title at featherweight.

The fight was eventually signed but only Stevenson made his way to London for the Jan. 13 kickoff press conference to formally announce Saturday’s full fight card. Schofield was among several participants who could not attend the show, though it was only his absence which drew the most attention.

“I had passport issues and couldn’t get on the plane,” Schofield stated, confirming a prior report from The Ring. I was upset, myself. It was gonna be my first time in London, I was excited. You know, passport issues and I couldn’t make it.”

There were no such issues ahead of fight week, as evidenced by Schofield’s in-country presence. Little trash talk has surfaced thus far, though admittedly his father’s style more so than his own.

That shouldn’t be mistaken for a lack of confidence, or suggestive of buyer’s remorse.

“I gotta say I’m coming out victorious,” Schofield calmly insisted. “It’s what we train for.”
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Re: Shakur Stevenson vs. Floyd Schofield | PPV - February 22, 2025

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SHAKUR STEVENSON: I'M THE BEST FIGHTER ON BETERBIEV-BIVOL CARD, I'M MUST-SEE TV

The Riyadh Season show on February 22 in Saudi Arabia – billed as the “The Last Crescendo” – is being heralded as the greatest boxing fight card ever assembled.

Topping the event is the undisputed light heavyweight title rematch between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol. In the co-main event slot, IBF heavyweight titleholder Daniel Dubois defends his belt for the first time against Joseph Parker. Other matchups include Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Israil Madrimov, Carlos Adames vs. Hamzah Sheeraz, and Zhilei Zhang vs. Agit Kabayel.

Preceding the co-main event will be Shakur Stevenson’s WBC lightweight title defense against Floyd Schofield Jr.

Stevenson is confident that he’s the star of the stacked show.

“No disrespect to them guys, but I’m the best fighter [on the card]. I’m what everyone wants to see on that card,” Stevenson said on DAZN’s “On the Ground” series. “A lot of people said they’re not going to wake up at a certain time [to watch the fight] and all that stuff. But everybody is going to be watching that sh-t. Everybody is going to want to see Shakur. A lot of people act like Shakur isn’t must-see TV, but I'm must-see TV. I’m the best fighter in boxing. Everyone wants to see me. Everybody wants to watch me. They’re going to keep paying attention.”

Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs) will be making his Matchroom Boxing debut and is fighting for the first time since scoring a unanimous decision against Artem Harutyunyan in July. The Newark, New Jersey native was originally supposed to fight in October against Joe Cordina, but a hand injury derailed his date.

“It’s been a rocky couple of months,” said Stevenson. “It just seems that a lot of people are counting me out. They talk bad about me. They act like I’m not this person that I’ve been my whole life. So, f--- them. Mentally, it starts to bother me but then you start to realize that the only thing that really matters is the people that care about you.”

Stevenson, a three-division champion and The Ring’s No. 3 rated lightweight, is unbothered by the challenges the upstart Schofield (18-0, 12 KOs) could present.

“He's a young lion who is hungry and undefeated. Truthfully, I guess you can say there is more to it,” said Stevenson. “This is going to be the best version of me. I think I am going to whoop some ass this year starting with Kid Austin. Hopefully everything will go right so all of my dreams come true.”
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Re: Shakur Stevenson vs. Floyd Schofield | PPV - February 22, 2025

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Smallest guy on the card with probably easiest oponent on the card and he is loud trashtalking about how he is best on the card.
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