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Promoter Oscar De La Hoya announced today that Floyd Schofield will NOT be fighting WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson on February 22nd. De La Hoya says Hearn can’t get any “lower” by choosing the “promising” Schofield as an opponent for Shakur, who is fighting his first fight with Matchroom after signing with them recently.
“Lower Than Low”
In this week’s Clap Back Thursday, De La Hoya blasted Shakur’s Matchroom promoter, Eddie Heer, for wanting to use his fighter, 22-year-old prospect Kid Austin Schofield, as an opponent for his next fight in February.
While De La Hoya isn’t coming right out and saying it, it sounds like he will NOT sign off on his fighter, Schofield, being used as Shakur’s next challenger.
Shakur Stevenson is taking the bad news pretty hard, crying about it on X, knowing he’s missing out on an easy meal.
Exactly @KidAustin11 Talk great on the internet, but look at your promoter!!! Davg iall sad.. And I sent it to your bartender because he talks like he’s elite, tell that bench player to stop talking like a rookie @OscarDeLaHoia and stay in the child’s place!! https://t.co/EFIIr9mIfI
— Shakur Stevenson (@ShakurStevenson) November 28, 2024
You can’t blame De La Hoya for that because Shakur chose Schofield opportunistic move, taking advantage of an inexperienced fighter rather than someone older, more experienced and a real threat to him. Shakur is like a bird of prey looking for vulnerable food on the ground.
Why not one of these fighters?
– Andy Cruz
– Edwin De Los Santos
– Keyshavn Davis
– Raymond Muratala
– Frank Martin
– Abdullah Mason
De La Hoya pointed out that Hearn could target either Raymond Muratala or Frank Martin as Stevenson’s next foe after William Zepeda was unable to fight due to a left hand injury suffered in his last bout against Tevin Farmer on November 16.
Oscar says this is an example of Hearn not knowing how to build fighters as he tries to use the “prospect” of Schofield instead of a more experienced fighter as Shakur’s February 22nd opponent.
Schofield Out?
“Shakur Stevenson vs. William Zepeda was set to happen until William injured his hand in his fight against Tevin Farmer last weekend,” said Oscar De La Hoya on his Clap Back Thursdays this week, talking about WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson wanting to fight 22-year-old Floyd Schofield on February 22 rather than an older, more experienced fighter.
“So you’d naturally think that Shakur would start targeting Frank Martin or Muratala, some other world champion, right? No, Shakur and Lonesome Eddie (Hearn) made an offer to my 22-year-old prospect Kid Austin, who has no world championship experience,” De La Hoya said. “That’s exactly what I mean when I say Eddie doesn’t know how to build a career.”
“Look, Bob Arum built Shakur Stevenson to become a world champion, and in his first fight with Matchroom, you actually want to put him in perspective, Eddie? I didn’t think it could get any lower for you, but it did.”
