By Declan Taylor
MATCHROOM have made a ‘large provide’ for Golden Boy’s rising star Floyd Schofield to face WBC light-weight champion Shakur Stevenson in Riyadh on February 22.
Stevenson had regarded sure to face William Zepeda, who’s ranked at No.1 by all 4 sanctioning our bodies, on that date however an harm picked up in his win over Tevin Farmer this month will maintain him out.
And now Matchroom boss Eddie Hearn, who’s Stevenson’s promoter, has revealed that they’ve turned to a special Golden Boy fighter in a bid to discover a viable opponent.
Hearn believes his very public back-and-forth on social media with Golden Boy founder Oscar De La Hoya may forestall Stevenson and Zepeda combating however is now awaiting a response on Schofield.
Hearn informed Boxing Information: “I don’t suppose Golden Boy and Oscar De La Hoya need that [Zepeda] struggle with Shakur Stevenson. Oscar just isn’t an fool and he is aware of. That is the unhappy factor about boxing, slightly than tackle greatness in Shakur Stevenson, I consider Oscar would slightly not lose to Matchroom.
“We now have now made Golden Boy a proposal for Child Schofield. It’s a large provide. I’m sick and uninterested in individuals speaking on Twitter. Make the struggle. Child Schofield, nice younger expertise, it could be an excellent construct up. You’ve obtained nothing to lose. You’ve obtained a load of cash and an excellent alternative.”
It had been recommended that Joe Cordina, the previous super-featherweight world champion, may very well be in line to face Stevenson too, however Hearn believes {that a} showdown with WBO king Denis Berinchyk is extra viable ought to Golden Boy snub the provide for Schofield.
“We talked about Cordina for the struggle,” Hearn mentioned. “However I believe that the principle plan can be to struggle Berinchyk for the unification however there are a number of points surrounding that as properly.”
