The Ring introduced on Twitter that undefeated light-weight Floyd Schofield, who no-showed as we speak’s Grand Arrivals for Saturday’s Riyadh Season conflict with Shakur Stevenson, has formally been pulled by the BBBofC on account of sickness.
Organizers are on the hunt for a last-second alternative foe, with The Ring naming BoxRec no. 12 tremendous featherweight Moussa Gholam (22-1, 13 KO) and WBC no. 12 light-weight Josh Padley (15-0, 4 KO) as potential candidates. You’ll recall Padley from final September’s upset of Turki Alalshikh’s particular boy, Mark Chamberlain, whereas Gholam’s greatest combat up to now noticed him drop a break up choice to world-ranked Elnur Samedov in 2022.
Neither determine to hassle Stevenson (22-0, 10 KO), however contemplating what organizers normally scrounge up on 4 days’ discover, they might do rather a lot worse.
Schofield (18-0, 12 KO), final seen getting off the canvas to beat veteran Rene Tellez Giron in November, initially obtained the decision when a hand damage to necessary challenger William Zepeda torpedoed a deliberate conflict with Stevenson. We’ll see if he can snag one other main alternative within the close to future.
