Floyd Schofield Wants Shakur Stevenson Fight, Says He Is Throwing to Break Bones
Floyd Schofield is targeting Shakur Stevenson and plans to punish his guard with body-breaking volume before facing Lucas Bahdi on October 10.
Floyd Schofield has a plan for Shakur Stevenson, and it involves a lot of pain.
The rising lightweight told Boxing News 24 that Stevenson is the fight he wants before his career is over. "That's who I want before I finish my career," Schofield said. "I'm throwing to break bones."
Schofield's strategy is blunt. He plans to target Stevenson's arms and shoulders when clean head shots are not available, wearing down the defensive guard that has frustrated so many of Shakur's opponents. The idea is that sustained attacks to the arms will create fatigue and openings as the rounds pile up. He has been drilling the approach in sparring, practicing shots aimed at breaking down the forearms and shoulders.
The motivation goes beyond ambition. A February 2025 meeting between the two was canceled when Schofield was reported ill and hospitalized. That postponement fueled speculation and doubt about whether Schofield actually wanted the fight. He views a future matchup with Stevenson as the chance to put all of that talk to rest.
First, though, Schofield has business on October 10 in Chicago. He faces Lucas Bahdi for the vacant WBA lightweight title and is chasing a stoppage win to strengthen his position for the bigger fights ahead. A dominant performance there would go a long way toward making the Shakur conversation real.
I like this energy from Schofield. Most guys who call out Shakur do it with vague talk about outboxing him or being faster. Schofield is saying he is going to break the man's arms. That is a different kind of confidence.
The strategy makes sense too. Shakur's defense is elite, but it is built on a tight guard and upper-body movement. If you can punish that guard round after round, eventually those arms get heavy and the openings appear. It is the same blueprint that worked against other slick defensive fighters. Whether Schofield has the power and volume to actually execute it is another question.
But let us not get ahead of ourselves. Bahdi on October 10 is a real fight. If Schofield cannot get past him convincingly, the Shakur talk is just talk. Win the belt, look good doing it, and then we can have the conversation. I will be watching from Vegas.
