Schofield’s Father Hints at Hearn’s Involvement in Son’s Withdrawal

Floyd Schofield Sr., father of American lightweight Floyd Schofield (18-0, 12 KOs), claims that his son was forced to withdraw from his scheduled bout against WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs) due to poisoning. Furthermore, he suggests that Stevenson’s team and his promoter, Eddie Hearn, may have had a hand in the situation.

“Eddie (Hearn) is a liar. What’s done in the dark will come to light; trust and believe. People will be speechless when they see the proof. People fear Floyd, and this only made him more determined. Karma is very real… Everything will be revealed in due time.

Please pray for my son. I need to stop crying… this is personal. I can’t wait to return to the States. I want to thank everyone for their prayers. I also want to thank His Excellency for the hospitality and great support. Our host Rakan was excellent. He was with us in the hospital and offered us tremendous support on behalf of His Excellency. Thank you to the people of Saudi Arabia.

And no, this was not SNAC (a sports nutrition company – ed.). Please keep them and Victor (Conte, former president of BALCO, a company involved in performance-enhancing drug scandals – ed.) out of this, please.

Eddie, Eddie, Eddie… You will see. The spiritual world is real.

Shakur and his team are p*ies,” Schofield Sr. wrote on his son’s Twitter account.

Eddie Hearn later responded to the news of Schofield’s withdrawal from the fight.

“I do not represent Floyd Schofield, but I believe one of the issues is that the British Boxing Board of Control is overseeing events here in Saudi Arabia. They have a very strict rule regarding the midweek check weigh-in on Wednesday of fight week.

I’m not saying it’s a bad rule, but as far as I know, no other commission in the world has this rule. Therefore, any foreign fighter should be informed weeks in advance of the fight. Some only find out when they arrive.

Mainly, and especially here, I think it’s a bad policy. Fighters focus on making weight for the check weigh-in. Then they rehydrate after it, only to go through another weigh-in later today.

I’m not a doctor to say whether this rule is good or bad, but it’s the rule, and that’s how it is,” Hearn told Neverfoldsports.

Earlier reports indicated that Schofield was removed from the fight by the British Boxing Board of Control due to illness.