If he wished, Floyd Schofield Jr. may’ve continued to attain highlight-reel-worthy knockouts over opponents you by no means heard of. The Texas native is a 21-year-old who’s within the infancy phases of his profession, making fights in opposition to backside feeders acceptable at this level. His 2024 may very well be a lot of the identical, however Schofield is hoping that he’ll match up in opposition to some more durable comp.
The primary fighter on Schofield’s listing is Joseph Diaz. He’s primarily picture-perfect. He has a reputation, he’s a former world champion, and he’s additionally again within the winner’s circle after beating Jerry Perez final 12 months.
Quietly, Schofield (16-0, 12 KOs) revealed that conclaves had been underway between his crew and Diaz’s. Initially, issues appeared to be going simply wonderful. Schofield even went so far as to announce their showdown on his Fb account. Ostensibly, nonetheless, that was untimely.
Schofield, not less than for now, will apparently go in one other path. Though Diaz (33-4-1, 15 KOs) hasn’t mentioned a lot, Schofield went forward and revealed what the problem was from his facet of the desk.
“I hear he wished half 1,000,000 for the struggle,” Schofield informed FightHype.com throughout a latest sit-down interview. “However this isn’t the struggle the place you calling for half 1,000,000 simply but. I’m nonetheless making an attempt to work my approach to half a mill.”
Is he upset? With out query. However Schofield isn’t dwelling on what may very well be failed negotiations. Golden Boy Promotions, the promotional banner he competes beneath, has a protracted listing of 135-pounders. Schofield isn’t a shot-caller. That means, he’s leaving his subsequent opponent choice to his crew and administration. If a showdown in opposition to Diaz can’t be labored out, he would like to face somebody who’s been working by way of his competitors with out breaking a sweat.
“If he don’t take it, I’m more than pleased to tackle (William) Zepeda subsequent.”
