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Former novice star Raimer Walker isn’t giving Floyd ‘Kid Austin’ Schofield any likelihood of beating WBC light-weight champion Shakur Stevenson on February twenty second of their struggle in Riyadh.
Walker sparred with Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs) and located it inconceivable to land something on him, which made him wish to enhance his personal protection. He says the one punches he landed have been within the uncommon situations the place Shakur allowed him.
No Likelihood
Schofield (18-0, 12 KOs) and his dad, Floyd Sr., talked their method into the title shot in opposition to Shakur. ‘Kid Austin’ didn’t earn the shot the conventional method by beating anybody of be aware throughout his four-year professional profession.
Though the WBC doesn’t rank him within the high 15, the World Boxing Affiliation has him ranked #2. He earned that rating by beating middle-of-the-road opposition relatively than contenders.
Schofield’s promoter, 1992 Olympic gold medalist Oscar De La Hoya, didn’t need him to take this struggle, feeling he was not skilled sufficient to struggle Stevenson. De La Hoya labeled Child Austin as a “novice,” and he wished him to develop extra earlier than preventing for a world title.
It’s believed by some that Schofield is speeding into this struggle for the cash, eager to get the good payday earlier than he will get uncovered by one of many contenders. It wasn’t a great signal that second-tier fighter Rene Tellez Giron dropped him in his final struggle on November 2nd.
Can’t wait to start out camp I miss sparring lol
“He doesn’t have a chance. He won’t stand a chance,” mentioned Raimer Walker to Fighthype about Floyd Schofield not having any shot at defeating WBC light-weight champion Shakur Stevenson on February twenty second in Riyadh.
“He talks a good one, but there’s a difference between talking and being in there with him [Stevenson]. I actually sparred Shakur. He’s not going to be able to hit Shakur,” Walker mentioned about ‘Kid Austin’ Schofield. “Truthfully, I don’t suppose anyone can hit Shakur.
“Yes, it’s hard [to land a jab on Shakur]. You got to take what he give you. Whatever he gives you, that’s what you’re going to land. If he don’t give it to you, you’re not going to land it. He is the most defensive fighter I’ve ever been in with.”
It’s not truthful to the followers that Shakur is defending in opposition to Schofield relatively than dealing with one in every of these gifted contenders:
Andy Cruz
Edwin De Los Santos: *Rematch for Shakur to point out that his poor efficiency from November 2023 was actually because of a hand damage and never as a result of he was afraid of the punching energy of De Los Santos.
Raymond Muratalla
Keyshawn Davis
Abdullah Mason
“I learned from that. It made me work on my defense a lot more,” mentioned Walker about his sparring with Shakur. “As soon as I seen I couldn’t hit him as a lot as I hit different folks, I needed to get my protection like that. I don’t know what it’s. He’s totally different. He works on hit and never get hit lots. So, I’ve been engaged on that lots too. I might see myself like that.
“Not early in my career, but later as I get older,” mentioned Walker when requested if he might see himself growing right into a defensive fighter like Shakur, who doesn’t get hit.
Walker didn’t say whether or not Stevenson was on his bike the complete time, working across the ring throughout their sparring classes. We’ve seen that from Shakur in his fights with De Los Santos, Artem Harutyunyan, and Jeremiah Nakathalia. The one struggle within the final three years wherein Shakur seemed good was in opposition to Shuichiro Yoshino, and that fighter didn’t look world-class.
