Floyd Schofield Sr says his son Floyd Jr (18-0, 12 KOs) could face Edwin de los Santos or Andy Cruz for the WBA belt in 2025.
It would be a big leap for the 22-year-old Schofield to take on big puncher De Los Santos or 2020 Olympic gold medalist Andy Cruz (4-0, 2 KOs) for the WBA belt. They are top-notch fighters, and Schofield may not be ready to face any of these assassins.
WBA Rankings
- William Zapida
- Floyd Schofield
- Edwin Delos Santos
- Andy Cruz
De Los Santos (16-2, 14 KOs) hasn’t fought in a year since losing a 12-round unanimous decision to Shakur Stevenson on Nov. 16 for the vacant WBC lightweight title. Back in the ring against Schofield for what will be a tough fight.
Schofield expects a world title shot in 2025.
It is not known if Tank Davis plans to move up to 140 or if he plans to go without the belt and save money on the expensive sanctioning fees that the champions are paying. Tank is so popular that he no longer needs a world title to justify him in the eyes of the boxing public.
Regardless of whether Schofield fights for the WBA title, he will need to elevate his game the way he did in his last fight against Rene Tellez-Giron on Nov. 2. Schofield was dropped in the 11th round and took a lot of hard shots. Geron was nowhere near the talent level of De Los Santos, Cruz, or Tank.
“Either way, we’re getting the title next year. We just don’t know who we’re going to fight next year,” Floyd Schofield Sr. told Mill City Boxing about his son Floyd Jr. “Frank Martin. Keyshawn is running. He’s trying to fight Tank or go up to 140. He doesn’t want to fight us for the title.
Keyshawn is targeting WBO lightweight champion Denys Berinchyk for the world title in 2025, and he won’t want a tough fight against Schofield. Top Rank is guarding Keyshawn, mixing it up carefully the way they did before bailing on Edgar Berlinga.
Cruz or De Los Santos for Schofield
It doesn’t look like Shakur will fight us for the title. So, we will wait to see who they give us. Maybe Edwin [De Los Santos] Or possibly the man [Andy Cruz] who defeated Keyshawn in the amateurs at the Olympics. One of those two,” Schofield Sr. said.
It’s going to be either Cruz or De Los Santos that Schofield fights, but he could live to regret fighting either of them. His last fight against Geron showed that he is not ready to fight the Cuban Andy Cruz or the big power puncher de los Santos.
Cruz will be the more difficult of the two due to his boxing skills and pedigree. De Los Santos’ money from last year’s fight against Shakur may have killed the desire he once had before getting paid.
“Yes, it must be him since he is below us. [De Los Santos]. I don’t think it should be Frank Martin,” said Schofield Sr. “Edwin is No. 3, and Andy. [Cruz] # is 4, so that would make sense.
“It’s not a jump. Rene is the toughest of them all,” Schofield Sr. said when asked if it would be a big jump for Floyd Jr. to fight Rene Tellez-Giron in his last fight against Cruz or D. Fight Los Santos. “Renny is more durable than all of them, and he hits harder.”
Schofield Sr. is kidding himself if he believes Rene Gervin is a tougher fight for his son than Cruz and De Los Santos. Geron is nowhere near the level of those two fighters, and Schofield went life and death with him.
Shakur has ten knockouts. Renee gets another knockout from Shakur. Edwin is cracking, but I don’t think he’ll have the chin that Rene had.
