āPoisonedā Floyd Schofieldās Father Reacts With Proof After Shakur Stevensonās Legal Threats
The February 22nd mega card in Saudi Arabia just took a massive hit. What was supposed to be a night filled with seven title or āInterimā title fights, now has one fight short. Why? According to the latest reports, rising star Floyd Schofield Jr. had to pull out of his fight against WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson at the eleventh hour.
Though there were no hints something of this sort was about to happen, eyebrows were raised when Schofield Jr. was a no-show for the grand arrivals on Tuesday. If the news of āKid Austinās withdrawal wasnāt wild enough, it came hand-in-hand with allegations of poisoning. Schofieldās X account, widely believed to be run by his father, wrote in a now-deleted tweet, āThey poisoned my son.ā

He also added that a masseuse associated with Shakur Stevensonās team āwiped a cream on my son.ā This was followed by a legal threat from Stevensonās co-manager Josh Dubin, who told Boxing Scene, āThis fighter [Schofield] should get advised on the defamation laws in our country. Saying these things that slander Shakur does not come without legal consequences.ā
āSaying that his food was poisoned will not go unrecognized. [Schofield] is being put on notice right now,ā he added. āPeople might think thereās a kernel of truth in these lies [regarding the poisoning] by his father, when it seems to be a way for him to make an excuse heās not going to fight.ā Hours after the report hit the web, Floyd Schofield Sr. presented proof on social media.