Schofield Predicts Shakur’s Mental Collapse: “He Can’t Take My Hits”

Floyd Schofield predicts that WBC light-weight champion Shakur Stevenson will “mentally” break down from the punishing photographs he’ll hit him with this Saturday, February twenty second, of their battle on the DAZN PPV card in Riyadh. Schofield says Shakur is functioning on the developmental degree of a “seven-year-old” youngster and the kind of “ignorant” particular person he dislikes.

The oddsmakers and followers are overwhelmingly selecting Shakur to win this battle towards the inexperienced 22-year-old Schofield. Nevertheless, Schofield is an enormous puncher and fearless. He’s going to assault Shakur, put palms on him, and power him to battle or run.

Can Shakur Stand up to the Stress

Schofield says he’s hoping Stevenson, a Newark, New Jersey native, doesn’t have a hand damage or another unreported drawback. He needs full credit score for beating him. Shakur blamed his much-criticized efficiency towards Edwin De Los Santos on being injured. Most followers who have been sensible to the fighter’s excuses didn’t purchase that clarification from Shakur, however a number of of his loyalists did.

With an upset of the unbeaten Stevenson, Schofield (18-0, 12 KOs) can steal the limelight from the headliner between undisputed mild heavyweight champion Artur Beterbeiv and Dmitry Bivol.

“He’s going to get hit, and we’re going to see if he can take these hits,” stated Floyd Schofield to Battle Hub TV about Shakur Stevenson. “For a sure period of time. Then I’m going to go residence together with his belt,” stated Floyd when requested if Shakur can take his photographs. “I simply really feel like he’ll break down mentally.”

It could be fascinating if Schofield might trigger Shakur to interrupt mentally as a result of he’s dominated everybody he’s confronted, roughly, besides De Los Santos. He’s going to should do a number of chasing to “break” Shakur until he can get him mad sufficient to the place he loses his management and begins combating like a mad man.

We noticed a few of that in Shakur’s loss to Cuba’s Robeisy Ramirez within the 2016 Olympic finals. That was the one the place Shakur cried tearlessly after the battle.

“I really feel like folks haven’t truly hit him, and I’ve the flexibility to hit him. I would like him to provide me a battle. I don’t need Shakur with the hand issues. I would like him to battle me again. It motivates me loads as a result of no one is stopping me,” stated Schofield when informed that Shakur stated that he’d knock him out.

“I’m not going wherever, particularly towards a fighter like him. He might need to convey a sledgehammer in there. Persons are going to be mad in the event that they guess on him getting a knockout. I might care much less. Shawn Porter is 40-something years outdated and simply bought off the sofa from doing interviews.

“So, I’m not fearful about an outdated, retired Shawn Porter who doesn’t even be within the health club can do for you. You’re combating me. You’re not combating Shawn Porter,” stated Schofield, reacting to being informed that Shakur has reportedly been trying good sparring Porter.