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Schofield Sr. is trying to postpone the fight with Shakur

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11 months ago

December 21, 2025

Image: Floyd Schofield Amused by Shakur Stevenson's Dismissal of Tevin Farmer KO: "Zepeda is Coming!"

Schofield Sr. reiterated his stance this week in an interview with MillCity Boxingmaintaining that his son would have beaten Stevenson if the fight had happened. “Floyd would have knocked out Shakur,” Schofield Sr. said. “He has too much pressure. Floyd doesn’t [William] Zepeda.”

Despite renewed pressure from Schofield’s camp, it seems unlikely that Stevenson’s fight will happen in 2026. Stevenson is currently focused on higher-level fights, embarking on what he described as “business” phase of his career. He is scheduled to fight Teofimo Lopez on January 31, 2026 in a major lightweight unification fight, and later also mentioned interest in potential fights with Conor Benn and Lamont Roach.

Meanwhile, Schofield Jr. he continued to build his career. His first-round knockout of Tevin Farmer on June 28 was one of the most eye-catching performances of his career, further elevating his prestige. However, that same result could complicate his chances of fighting Stevenson.

Schofield is a regular on season cards at Riyad, supported by Turki Alalshikh, a position that relies heavily on marketability and dynamism. Schofield is a regular feature in Turki Alalshikh’s season at Riyad, but his position depends on Stevenson’s continued victories.

Losing to a juvenile hitter like Schofield would be a problem, especially if he ended up with the same result as Tevin Farmer. A knockout loss will change the way Stevenson is viewed and could make it easier to replace him on future cards.

That’s the risk. There aren’t many rewards. Schofield is unsafe and developing, so he came in with nothing to lose. For Stevenson, this is a fight that carries real losses without giving much in return.

Schofield senior also hinted at stylistic confidence against Stevenson, dismissing the effectiveness of Stevenson’s defense against shoulder rolls and claiming his son would attack ruthlessly. These comments did little to change the bigger picture.

Even if Stevenson were to consider this matchup, it would likely resemble his movement-based approach against Edwin De Los Santos rather than the immobile exchanges he used against high-pressure fighters like Zepeda.

At this point, there is no reason to believe the fight will ever happen.

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Robert Garcia Analyzes Tim Tszyus Odds Against Erislandy Lara | Boxing News

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3 hours ago

November 7, 2026

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"Robert Garcia Analyzes Tim Tszyu's Odds Against Erislandy Lara | Boxing News"

Tim Tszyu seeks to become Australia’s third multi-divisional boxing world champion when he competes for Erislandy Lara’s WBA middleweight title next month, and ahead of the action, trainer Robert Garcia has offered his thoughts on the fight.

Tszyu lost his WBO super-welterweight title in a defeat to Sebastian Fundora back in 2024 and twice failed to reclaim 154lb honours, both against Bakhram Murtazaliev and in a rematch with Fundora.

Since then, the Aussie has stepped up to middleweight and scored a career-best win over Errol Spence Jr earlier this yearand now, the 32-year-old could join lead trainer Jeff Fenech and Liam Paro as his nation’s third two-weight world champion, if he can trump 43-year-old.

Speaking with ProBox TVRobert Garcia, who trains a potential future Tszyu opponent in Vergil Ortiz, admitted that he is leaning towards the home fighter, but noted that Lara will not be phased by competing in the challenger’s backyard.

“We can probably lean towards Tim Tsyzu because he is fighting at home, in front of his hometown, but Lara is not the fighter that brings in a lot of fans following him.

“He doesn’t have a following, he is not one that is going to sell out arenas, so even if it is in the United States, it is likely that most of the people are going to be [there] for Tim Tszyu because Australians do travel and Tim Tszyu has a lot of fans.

“For Lara, going to Australia is like going to Las Vegas or going to New York because he never has that following anyways. Anywhere he goes, he is going to be against the crowd. So, I think for him it is going to be one of those performances where it doesn’t make a difference if he is going to Tim Tsyzu’s hometown.”

Tszyu-Lara takes place at the Cbus Super Stadium in Queensland, Australia on Sunday 13 December.

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Malik Scott Predicts Knockout Victory for Jai Opetaia in Upcoming Fight

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4 hours ago

November 7, 2026

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"Malik Scott Predicts Knockout Victory for Jai Opetaia in Upcoming Fight"

Deontay Wilder’s former head coach Malik Scott has delivered a knockout prediction for the American’s upcoming showdown with Jai Opetaia.

The pair will square off at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on December 11, with Opetaia making his heavyweight debut on the undercard of Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua.

Despite him being the naturally smaller man, many are favouring the Australian – a former two-time world cruiserweight champion – to defeat his 10-years-older opponent.

It is, after all, generally accepted that Wilder has declined significantly since his trilogy bout with Furywho survived two knockdowns and scored an 11th-round knockout in their 2021 encounter.

Back then, Wilder had just joined forces with Scott, his former opponent, and the pair maintained their fighter-trainer relationship through subsequent defeats against Joseph Parker and Zhilei Zhang.

With Wilder now operating under different coaches, though, Scott has shared a balanced view of the Opetaia fight with Seconds Out.

“The fight’s got dynamite written all over it. Jai Opetaia is very dangerous, but he’s a smaller man that’s been hurt by smaller men than Deontay, slower men than Deontay.

“I’ve never seen Opetaia get hit by nobody like Deontay; I’ve seen Deontay get hit by bigger punchers than Opetaia. [But] one thing we can expect in this fight is a knockout.

“The name of the fight is ‘bad intentions’ – at least that’s what I’m calling it, because that’s what they share in common. What they share in common is mentality – they both are trying to hurt you.”

While he stopped short of predicting a winner, it is perhaps telling that Scott, despite his relationship with Wilder, has not explicitly favoured him to win by knockout.