Floyd ‘Child Austin’ Schofield will probably be taking a giant step up in competitors when the 22-year-old fighter takes on Shakur Stevenson on Feb. 22, and newly minted champion Richardson calls the combat a cash seize as he offers Schofield no actual shot to win the combat. Right here’s a few of what Hitchins needed to say in regards to the matchup.
Hitchins on the Shakur Stevenson vs Floyd ‘Child Austin’ Schofield combat
“He’s a child…I give him credit score for taking the combat however I believe he’s one of many fighters that it was good for him to leap on the chance proper now. It’s not a lose-lose, you shedding to a man that’s a pound for pound kind of expertise man…and if he wins he’s on high of the world.
“He can’t beat Shakur. Basic math, he can’t beat Shakur, it’s nothing I acquired to consider. I believe it’s simple work for Shakur. Hopefully the dad do convey lots of pleasure to the construct up, make us sort of consider that he can beat Shakur. It’s what it’s. Possibly in basketball he can beat Shakur, perhaps…so far as boxing, no.”
On how he expects that combat to look
“I believe that Child Austin do acquired instruments that gonna make it tough on Shakur, the youth, I believe he does have energy…he’s younger, he’s acquired reflexes…he has shit to make Shakur not dominate him. However so far as beating him, he’s not going to beat Shakur. He doesn’t have one-punch knockout energy…he don’t have the expertise…he don’t actually acquired nothing that may compete with Shakur.
“I really feel like the one guys that may compete with Shakur is guys like Tank, me, Keyshawn — guys that’s been round for a while now, the Gary Russells, the blokes that’s been in that class for a minute. I believe Child Austin remains to be a younger child…it’s simply totally different. And he is aware of that, he’s been within the ring with Shakur…It’s a cash seize and we’ll see.”
