A big performance was expected from Floyd Schofield in Las Vegas and he delivered against Mexico’s Rene Tellez Giron but not without incident. The American claimed a 12-round unanimous decision with scores of 118-109, 118-109 and 116-111.
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Schofield (18-0, 12 KOs) was down for the first time in his career in round eleven. As he’s done in the past, the unbeaten lightweight star was dragged into a shootout against a fighter he was more than capable of outboxing over the distance. However, he did control the vast majority of the fight and earned his victory.
“Rene is a real good fighter,” acknowledged Schofield during his post-fight interview with DAZN. “I cracked him with a four-piece combination and he just stood right in front of me. I’m like, ‘Man, I’m gonna have to go all 12 [rounds].
“[My corner] wanted me to stay on my jab, but I want to entertain the fans. If I have to bang it out, then I'll bang it out. He wasn’t going to let me outbox him the whole fight, so I had to box smart, but also give the fans a show.”
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The class and electrifying hand speed for which Schofield is renowned showed up from the opening bell. Giron was nailed repeatedly by an eye-blink quick left jab and the multi-punch combinations crashed home throughout the opening three minutes.
The action picked up big time in round three when Giron finally broke through on the inside. One of the Mexican’s punches seemed to affect Schofield, who made the ill-advised decision to turn his back after catching a shot behind the head. He was lucky to get away with that.
A huge right hand from Schofield landed flush in the fifth and the habitually durable Giron walked straight through it. Under the bright lights of a Las Vegas main event, Schofield wanted a spectacular finish, but his opponent would not cooperate.
Giron showed a cast-iron chin throughout and absorbed a real shellacking. The Mexican warrior shipped a big straight left from the southpaw stance that was set up by a double jab and he barely blinked. By this point, Schofield’s hands must have been hurting.
As previously stated, Schofield often neglects his God-given skills and elects to trade. That nasty habit led to him being decked for the first time in his career when he was nailed by a ponderous left hand during an inside exchange. He recovered to potshot his way through the twelfth but this should be a case of lesson learned.
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Schofield has Shane Mosley-esque quickness and will be a serious handful for any of the world’s top lightweights. For the most part, he had a field day in this fight against a game and determined contender who was there to win.
During his post-fight interview attention quickly turned to a matchup against three-weight world champ and pound-for-pound star Shakur Stevenson.
“Shakur is not Rene,” countered Schofield with a smile. “He don’t have Rene’s power, he don’t have that dog in him. In my opinion that’ll be a one-sided fight, but we’ll see. When the time comes, I’ll back up what I’m saying.”
Giron falls to 20-4 (13 KOs) but his stock rises after a gutsy and inspired performance in defeat.
Floyd Schofield vs. Rene Tellez Giron card
- Floyd Schofield def. Rene Tellez Girron via UD 12(118-109, 118-109, 116-111); Lightweights
- Bektemir Melikuziev def. David Stevens via SD 12 (118-110, 117-111, 112-116), Super Middleweights
- Gabriela Fundora (c) def. Gabriela Alaniz (c) via TKO 7, Undisputed flyweight title
- Dalis Kaleiopu def. Manuel Lerma vis UD 6, Super Featherweights
- Asa Stevens def. Garen Diagan via UD 6 (60-54, 60-54, 59-55), Super Bantamweights
- Jordan Fuentes def. Roberto Pena via UD 4 (40-36, 40-36, 40-35), Bantamweights
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