Shakur Can Outbox Teo, However Can’t Harm Him — Schofields Predict Boring 2026 Conflict

Floyd Schofield Jr. is choosing Shakur Stevenson to defeat  WBO mild welterweight champion Teofimo Lopez of their potential combat within the first quarter of 2026. He believes Shakur (24-0, 11 KOs) will “outbox’ Lopez (22-1, 13 KOs).

Sr. Sees a Boring Battle Forward

Schofield’s father, Floyd Schofield Sr., says it’s going to be a boring combat as a result of he doesn’t suppose Shakur will “have interaction” in opposition to Teofimo like he did in opposition to William Zepeda final summer time on July 12, 2025, in Queens, New York.

Turki Deserves Higher

In different phrases, it’s a combat that can be a Tom and Jerry conflict, and Turki Alalshikh gained’t get his cash’s price for putting it on one in every of his Riyadh Season playing cards.

“I received Shakur,” stated Floyd Schofield Jr. to Fighthype, choosing Shakur Stevenson to defeat Teofimo Lopez of their potential combat in early 2026. “It’s a combat that’s not wanted.” 

Floyd Jr. raises a sound level in regards to the combat not being mandatory. Shakur has loads of nice choices in opposition to fighters at light-weight that he’s not but fought, who would readily comply with combat him if he weren’t ignoring them.

Lightweights Shakur Has Ignored

As a lot as Stevenson likes to speak about how nobody needs to combat him, these fighters have already known as him out quite a few occasions:

Ernesto Mercado
Andy Cruz
Jadier Herrera

You’ll be able to add Schofield Jr. to that listing as a result of he needs to reschedule a combat in opposition to Shakur after he missed out on a match in opposition to him earlier this 12 months on February 22 attributable to contracting meals poisoning.

“Shakur can’t harm Teofimo with these fingers,” stated Schofield Sr.

“He can outbox him,” stated Schofield Jr. about Shakur.

James_theGrad Flames the Matchup

It’s unlikely that Shakur would even attempt to harm Teofimo. That’s not his model of combating, as he’s a pure boxer who tries to win selections quite than knocking out his opponents.

“He can outbox, however he can’t harm Teo,” stated Floyd Sr. “Teo can field some, however is Teo’s wind going to carry out to chase Shakur round all night time and field. It’s going to be a boring combat. Shakur is just not going to have interaction.”

Floyd Sr. could possibly be proper. Stevenson isn’t going to combat Lopez the way in which he fought William Zepeda earlier this 12 months on July 12 as a result of he hits too onerous.

As soon as he feels his energy, he’ll nearly absolutely go into the identical defensive mode that we noticed from him in his much-criticized conflict in opposition to Edwin De Los Santos on November 16, 2023.

James_theGrad has lined boxing since 2013 with sharp ringside perception.