Floyd Schofield Jr. just isn’t ready for this type of fight.

That was Tevin Farmer’s assessment Thursday during a press conference to promote the DAZN Pay-Per-View card headlined by Jake Paul and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on Saturday night at Honda Center in Anaheim, California. From Farmer’s perspective, Schofield should’ve fought a less skillful, experienced and, yes, powerful opponent in his first fight since the controversial hospital stay that disrupted his career four months ago in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

“Stepping up to this level, I think nothing of him,” Farmer told Todd Grisham, who moderated the press conference Thursday at Honda Center. “But in general, as a young fighter, competing with somebody that’s not a veteran like me, if he was to compete with somebody at his level, I would say he’s a great fighter. But stepping up to this level, I don’t know.”

Schofield (18-0, 12 KOs) defeated Mexican veteran Rene Tellez Giron by unanimous decision on Nov. 2 at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. Tellez Giron dropped Schofield in the 11th round, but he overcame it and won comfortably on all three scorecards (118-109, 118-109, 116-111).

Farmer, a former IBF junior lightweight champion, dismissed Schofield’s credentials when asked why he insisted that he should be fighting someone else.

“Tevin Farmer and ‘Kid’ Schofield,” Farmer said. “Think about it. You know boxing. You know why? You want me to say it? They know why. What do he do great that I haven’t seen, ever? He’s stepping in with Tevin Farmer, right? I got so much [expletive] he never seen that we gonna test his composure, we gonna test everything about him. There’s nothing he can test on me that we haven’t been through. He’s not stronger than me. He’s not smarter than me.”

Philadelphia’s Farmer fought WBC interim lightweight champ William Zepeda in his last two fights. Farmer lost a split decision to Zepeda in their 10-rounder Nov. 16 at ANB Arena in Riyadh and dropped a majority decision to the Mexican southpaw in their 12-round rematch March 29 at Poliforum Benito Juarez in Cancun, Mexico.

Farmer, also a southpaw, dropped Zepeda in the fourth round of their first fight. Zepeda didn’t knock down Farmer in 22 rounds, despite his reputation as a much harder puncher.

“Saturday night, we gonna see,” Schofield, 22, said. “I feel like he’s underestimating me. The second Zepeda fight was a little shaky.”

Farmer (33-8, 8 KOs, 1 NC) questioned Schofield’s boxing knowledge. Schofield pointed out Farmer didn’t finish off Zepeda (33-0, 27 KOs) and other opponents.

“You can tell you don’t know [expletive] about boxing when you go by record,” Farmer, 34, said. “Knockouts mean you was built the right [expletive] way. Knockouts mean you was built and you had a promoter to put you in front of the right people to knock the [expletive] out. That don’t mean you punch hard. My last seven opponents, they all was hurt. Three of ‘em got knocked out cold and five of ‘em touched the canvas. And all of ‘em way more elite than you.”

Schofield accepted a fight against an elite opponent, Shakur Stevenson, who was set to defend his WBC lightweight title against the Austin, Texas, native Feb. 22 in Riyadh. The British Boxing Board of Control removed Schofield from their bout because hr was hospitalized four days before he was supposed to face Stevenson (23-0, 11 KOs), who will defend his belt against Zepeda on July 12 as part of the “Ring III” pay-per-view show at Louis Armstrong Stadium in Queens, New York.

Schofield’s father, Floyd Sr., claimed his son was poisoned.

Neither Schofield Sr. nor Schofield Jr. has provided documentation for the hospitalization. The fighter wouldn’t discuss that situation when Grisham and a reporter asked about it Thursday.

Stevenson told The Ring and other outlets that Schofield never intended to go through with their 135-pound title fight. It appears he will fight Farmer on Saturday night, but that decision has been questioned as well.

“When I was a world champion, you was a kid studying me,” Farmer told Schofield. “So, don’t lose control youngin’. Imma bring a belt to the ring. … I wanna make your dad cry. Imma still love you after, though. ... Some blood’s gotta be shed and it’s gonna be shed [Saturday]. And it ain’t gonna be my [expletive] blood. And after that, Imma pat you on your back and tell you keep your [expletive] head up and keep going.”

The 10-round bout between Farmer and Schofield will open the pay-per-view portion of DAZN’s stream ($59.99; 8 p.m. ET; 1 a.m. BST). DraftKings lists Schofield as a 2-1 favorite to defeat Farmer, who has lost three straight fights over the past 11 months, all on points, to Zepeda (twice) and IBF lightweight champ Raymond Muratalla (23-0, 17 KOs).