Lydell Rhodes: record, next fight and profile →
The evening’s main event featured WBA middleweight Continental USA champion Ian Green (18-2, 12 KOs) successfully defending his title against St. Louis, MO’s challenger Vaughn Alexander (18-8, 11 KOs).
In a dominant performance in front of thousands of fans in his home state of Texas, Floyd “Kid Austin” Schofield (15-0, 11 KOs) successfully defended his WBA International Title when he defeated Haskell “Hackman” Rhodes (28-5-1, 13 KOs) of Las Vegas, Nevada.
SAN ANTONIO – Floyd Schofield Jr. capitalized on an unexpected opportunity to advance from rising prospect to a main attraction. The unbeaten lightweight was dominant in a ten-round, unanimous decision victory over Haskell Lydell Rhodes. All three judges scored the bout 100-87 for Schofield in their makeshift main event Saturday evening from AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.
Golden Boy Promotions held the official weigh-in at the Tobin Center and announced the new main event for Saturday, July 8 featuring Golden Boy’s hot prospect Floyd “Kid Austin” Schofield (14-0, 11 KOs) who will headline in his home state of Texas. Presented in association with Davies Entertainment.
Floyd Schofield is perfectly fine with his new role as the center of attention this weekend. The unbeaten lightweight prospect soaked in the ambiance as his weight of 134 1/2 pounds was read to the crowd who gathered Friday afternoon at AT&T Center in San Antonio. The venue will host Schofield’s scheduled ten-round lightweight bout versus Oklahoma City’s Haskell Lydell Rhodes (28-4-1, 13KOs), who was also 134 ½ pounds.
Floyd Schofield took a minute to process the first-hand news that he will now headline this weekend’s DAZN show. Then he took the time to hit up all of his family and friends to see who was going to make the drive from his Austin hometown to San Antonio for his ten-round lightweight main event versus Haskell Lydell Rhodes.
Haskell Rhodes has announced that he will make the move up to lightweight whilst also inking an agreement with Mike Leanardi and Victory Sports and Entertainment. Rhodes has mixed it with some of the top class names at 130 and above including Sergey Lipinets and Edner Cherry amongst others, and how the Las Vegas-based Rhodes has decided to move up in weight whilst under the direction of new management.
Jason Sosa, Rhodes Fight Photos Gallery - In front of 1,723 fans at the Liacouras Center, former super featherweight world champion Jason Sosa stopped Lydell Rhodes in seven rounds to win his third in a row. Sosa scored three knockdowns in all, with Rhodes' corner indicating their fighter had enough. (photos by Mikey Williams)
Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pa. - Featherweight contender Jason Sosa (23-3-4, 16KOs) dropped Lydell Rhodes (27-4-1, 13KOs) three times and stopped him in the seventh round.
Sosa, Rhodes Weights Photos Gallery - Amidst a fight week for a show that lost its original main event, everything else has since gone right—including the remaining boxers on the card doing their part at the scales. All participants made weight for Saturday's ESPN+ livestreamed event from Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pa. Headlining the card, former 126-pound titlist Jason Sosa takes on Haskell Lydell Rhodes in a 10-round bout.