Shakur Stevenson hit back when retired world champion Antonio Tarver said Floyd ‘Kid Austin’ Schofield would be a “big fight” for him to test out before he faces Gervonta Davis.
WBC lightweight champion Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs) said Tarver should not compare the 22-year-old Schofield (18-0, 12 KOs) “to”the upper ones,” he said. Shakur points out that Schofield’s muscles don’t mean he has punching power.
Schofield looked strong after beating Mexican champion Rene Tellez Giron last Saturday in their fight in Las Vegas. The punches that landed from Schofield in that fight could have done damage to anyone in the 135 lb division, including Shakur.
Shakur Stevenson: “What kind [stuff] do you smoke He compares to a small child [Schofield] to the upper ones. You can’t compare low-level skills to high-level skills, and just because you’re muscular doesn’t mean you’re strong,” Shakur told X, responding to Antonio Tarver saying he should fight Floyd Schofield to see how he does against him. with him before facing Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis.
Antonio Tarver to Breezy Esco: “If Shakur can handle a little tank [Floyd Schofield]he should be ready for a full Tank [Gervonta Davis]and with this kid’s style, we’re going to take a good look at Davis-Stevenson.”
The truth is that the 27-year-old Shakur hasn’t proven himself to be a great player during his seven-year professional career. He looks average since he’s moved up to 135 in 2023. Shakur is NOT a top-level fighter, and he’s not even an A-level fighter based on his lightweight performance.
His best win at lightweight was against it Edwin De Los Santos last year on November 16, and that was very doubtful because he was constantly moving, trying to get away from the knockout artist. That was a poor performance by Shakur, who was booed by fans at ringside that night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
In Shakur’s last fight against Artem Harutyunyan on July 6, his promoters at Top Rank likened him to a weak puncher coming off a losing streak and a long layoff. He was still fighting badly, showing no willingness to engage.
The crowd started to scream and they left the Prudential Center in the sixth round, unhappy with what they were seeing in Shakur, a fighter from Newark, New Jersey. That performance by Shakur confirmed that he is NOT anything close to a top class fighter. The fight showed that Shakur didn’t have the style to please the fans due to the lack of strength and retreat in his fights. He won’t get involved, even against a weak puncher like Harutyunyan.
Schofield Sr., the father of ‘Kid Austin,’ posted his disapproval of Shakur’s comments, saying, “You are NOT the chosen one. He is the second ranked Olympian [Note: Shakur lost to Cuba’s Robeisy Ramirez in the finals of the 2016 Olympics] who fought with all the cab drivers. What war did you fight for “elite?”
Shakur Is Not This Time
Floyd Sr. you are 100% correct that Shakur is not a superior fighter because he has not been proven to be, and he is a perfect example of a deluded person who lives in a world of imagination, seeing things in himself that are not there. Shakur doesn’t belong in this era of sports. He is a throwback Time for Mayweather before the internet, cable television, and other fighting games.
In this era, a fighter must have an entertaining style to attract and not spoil his promoters with their network deals. Shakur’s style would have been tolerated in the past, but now. You have to entertain and he can’t do that. Schofield has a better style of entertaining fans and becoming a star this season.
William Zepeda is likely to finish Shakur when they fight on February 22nd in Riyadh. Zepeda is a rising star in the lightweight division with a fighting style that appeals to the fans and could make him a major PPV attraction by defeating Shakur by knockout.
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