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Floyd Schofield Suffers Wrist Injury, Withdraws From Fight With ‘Jo Jo’ Diaz
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Keith Idec
Keith Idec
RingMagazine.com
Floyd Schofield Suffers Wrist Injury, Withdraws From Fight With ‘Jo Jo’ Diaz
Floyd Schofield Jr. is out of a fight for the second time this year.

Golden Boy Promotions announced Sunday night that the undefeated lightweight contender suffered a wrist injury while training Thursday and was advised to withdraw from his fight against Joseph Diaz Jr. on November 8. Schofield (19-0, 13 KOs), The Ring’s No. 6-ranked lightweight, and Diaz (34-8-1, 15 KOs) were scheduled to square off in a 10-round co-feature DAZN was to stream before WBC interim super welterweight champ Vergil Ortiz Jr. encounters Erickson Lubin in the 12-round main event at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.

Golden Boy’s statement read, “On Thursday, Oct. 23, Floyd Schofield Jr. sustained a Grade 2 sprain to his right wrist, which included minor ligament damage. Following medical evaluation and on the advice of his team, Schofield has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled bout against Joseph ‘JoJo’ Diaz on Saturday, Nov. 8. Golden Boy wishes him a full and speedy recovery.”


The talented Austin, Texas native quickly floored Farmer (33-9-1, 8 KOs, 1 NC) twice and Farmer never recovered. Their 10-round fight was stopped just 1:18 into it by referee Gerard White.


Schofield’s impressive victory over Farmer helped him re-establish some momentum after he was hospitalized the week of his ill-fated fight against WBC lightweight champ Shakur Stevenson. The British Boxing Board of Control, which regulated the card, wouldn’t allow Schofield to fight once he was hospitalized so close to a title fight scheduled for February 22 at ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Floyd Schofield Sr., who trains his son, caused controversy when he claimed his son was poisoned prior to challenging Stevenson for his WBC belt.

Diaz, 32, is just 2-7 in his past nine fights. The former IBF junior featherweight champ was more competitive than anticipated, however, when he lost a 10-round unanimous decision to ex-WBA/WBC 140-pound champ Regis Prograis on August 2 at Credit Union 1 Arena in Chicago.

Keith Idec is a senior writer and columnist for The Ring. He can be reached on X @idecboxing.

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