Shakur Stevenson names the main reason for Floyd Schofield fight cancellation

WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson has claimed that weight issues forced Floyd Schofield to withdraw from their world title fight on Saturday. 

Stevenson and Schofield were set to clash live on DAZN PPV as a part of Riyadh Season's Last Crescendo bill, which is headlined by the undisputed light heavyweight title fight between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol. 

However, after coming down with an illness on Tuesday, the British Boxing Board of Control, who are overseeing the event, deemed Schofield unable to compete and has now been replaced by Britain's Josh Padley. 

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A few hours following Wednesday's announcement, Stevenson gave his reaction to the news in an interview with The Ring. 

"This is my assumption of the whole situation, I think this kid was struggling to make the weight class, and I think he may have tried last minute to make the weight," Stevenson said. 

"He probably had weight problems, and that’s what I think the issue was."

Stevenson vs Padley forms part of what is the greatest fight card of the century which also includes the IBF heavyweight title fight between Daniel Dubois and Joseph Parker. 

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