A PROPOSED card in Riyadh on February 22 continues to be the subject of online speculation but one fight is a done deal according to a promoter.
It’s no secret that Turki Alalshikh had planned on having Matchroom’s WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson, 22-0 (10 KOs), on the first Riyadh Season card of 2025. The first choice opponent, William Zepeda, 32-0 (27 KOs), withdrew because of injury leaving Stevenson without a fight.
That appears to now not be the case, however, thanks to Floyd Schofield, 18-0 (12 KOs). The 22-year-old’s promoter Oscar De La Hoya wrote on social media platform X that his fighter had accepted the fight.
Schofield is unbeaten in 18 fights but yet to challenge for a world title. (Getty Images)
In his post De La Hoya also described Schofield as “the most badass prospect fighter today”. Stevenson, not short of a word or two on X, replied saying, “Finally you talking some sense. Him first then…
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