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World champion with a record of 22-0 received an unexpected opponent for his next fight – Boxing/MMA
November 28, 2024 (12:19)
Young American lightweight Floyd Scofield (18-0, 12 KOs) claims that he received and accepted an offer to compete on February 22 in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) as part of a monster card from Turks of Al ash-SheikhSports.kz reports with reference to vRINGe.com.
Scofield will box with his fellow WBC world champion Shakur Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs).
On social networks, Floyd confirmed that he had indeed received an official offer from Shakur and thanked the champion: “This is a new era of boxing, when the champion gives the No. 1 or No. 2 contender a chance to follow his dream. This is exactly what old school boxing looked like. Thank you, champion. We will do exactly the same.”
Scofield later added: “Everything is done on our end. We contacted…