{"id":608354,"date":"2026-05-28T11:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/608354\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T11:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:15:08","slug":"james-toney-sums-up-floyd-schofields-chances-of-beating-gervonta-davis-as-fight-ordered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/608354\/","title":{"rendered":"James Toney sums up Floyd Schofield’s chances of beating Gervonta Davis as fight ordered"},"content":{"rendered":"

Floyd Schofield<\/a>\u2019s long-awaited WBA lightweight world title shot looks like it could come against Gervonta Davis<\/a>, and now fan-favourite three-division champion James Toney has shared his thoughts on the proposed fight.<\/p>\n

Davis has been inactive for 15 months as external issues kept him out of the ring, but his comeback seems imminent, and the WBA has now ordered a showdown with number one contender Schofield for their lightweight title<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As a result, \u2018Tank\u2019, who is currently named as the WBA\u2019s \u2018champion-in-recess\u2019, has the opportunity to regain full status as a lightweight world champion if he agrees to take on \u2018Kid Austin\u2019 upon his return. If he doesn\u2019t, he will lose his status as a champion.<\/p>\n

Speaking to MillCity Boxing<\/a>, \u2018Lights Out\u2019 Toney dismissed the chances of Schofield causing Davis any problems, believing that their potential meeting would end similarly to Davis\u2019 June 2024 knockout of Frank Martin<\/a> \u2013 which remains the Baltimore knockout artist\u2019s most recent victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat kid is not ready. He will get knocked out.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c[I see] nothing [in Floyd Schofield]. He is a good fighter for the lesser fighters, but when he steps up to Tank\u2019s level, it will be something different. He will be like Frank Martin.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018Tank\u2019s comeback is anticipated to take place in September, with 23-year-old Schofield hoping to overcome inactivity of his own \u2013 having fought in just one round since 2024 \u2013 and hand Davis a first career defeat as a professional to become boxing\u2019s third youngest male world champion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Floyd Schofield\u2019s long-awaited WBA lightweight world title shot looks like it could come against Gervonta Davis, and now…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608355,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-608354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}