Former beginner star Raimer Walker provides Floyd ‘Child Austin’ Schofield no probability of beating WBC light-weight champion Shakur Stevenson on February 22 of their combat in Riyadh.
Walker sparred with Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs) and located it inconceivable to do something to him, which made him wish to enhance his personal protection. He says the one blows he landed had been within the uncommon situations Shakur allowed him to.
No probability
Schofield (18-0, 12 KOs) and his father, Floyd Sr., fought their solution to the title in opposition to Shakur. “Child Austin” didn’t win the shot within the ordinary means by beating somebody notable throughout his four-year skilled profession.
Though the WBC doesn’t rank him within the prime 15, the World Boxing Affiliation ranks him second. He achieved this rating by defeating mid-tier opponents moderately than contenders.
Schofield’s promoter, 1992 Olympic gold medalist Oscar De La Hoya, didn’t need him to tackle this combat, believing he was not skilled sufficient to combat Stevenson. De La Hoya known as Child Austin a “novice” and he needed him to develop extra earlier than difficult for a world title.
Some consider that Schofield is dashing into this combat for cash, desirous to get an excellent wage earlier than being uncovered by one of many suitors. It wasn’t an excellent signal that second-ranked fighter René Tellez Giron dropped him in his final combat on November 2.
I can not wait to begin camp, I miss sparring lol
-Shakur Stevenson (@ShakurStevenson) December 13, 2024
“He doesn’t stand an opportunity.” He will not have an opportunity,” Raimer Walker advised Combathype about Floyd Schofield having no probability of defeating WBC light-weight champion Shakur Stevenson on February 22 in Riyadh.
“He speaks properly, however there’s a distinction between talking and being there with him [Stevenson]. I truly fought Shakur. He’s not going to have the ability to hit Shakur,” Walker stated of “Child Austin” Schofield. “Truthfully, I don’t assume anybody can hit Shakur.
“Sure, it’s exhausting [to land a jab on Shakur]. It’s important to take what he provides you. No matter he provides you, that is what you are going to land. If he would not give it to you, you will not get it. He’s essentially the most defensive fighter I’ve ever been round.
It’s it isn’t truthful to the followers that Shakur defends in opposition to Schofield moderately than face one in every of these gifted contenders:
- Andy Cruz
- Edwin De Los Santos: *Rematch for Shakur to indicate that his poor efficiency in November 2023 was actually on account of a hand harm and never as a result of he was frightened of De Los Santos’ punching energy.
- Raymond Muratalla
- Keyshawn Davis
- Abdallah Mason
“I realized a lesson from it. It made me work much more on my protection,” Walker stated of his combat with Shakur. “As soon as I noticed that I could not hit him as a lot as different folks, I needed to manage my protection like that. I do not know what it’s. He’s completely different. He works on hitting and would not get hit a lot. So, I labored rather a lot on that too. I noticed myself like that.
“Not early in my profession, however later as I become older,” Walker stated when requested if he sees himself changing into a defensive fighter like Shakur, who would not get hit.
Walker didn’t say whether or not Stevenson was on his bike the entire time, working across the ring throughout their coaching classes. We noticed it from Shakur in his fights with De Los Santos, Artem Harutyunyan and Jeremiah Nakathalia. The one combat within the final three years wherein Shakur regarded good was in opposition to Shuichiro Yoshino, and that fighter didn’t look world class.
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