Gervonta Davis (30-0-1, 28 KOs) is running out of time to agree terms for his mandatory WBA lightweight title defence against Floyd Schofield (19-0, 13 KOs), with the June 22 negotiation deadline approaching and talks effectively at a standstill, according to Schofield’s father and trainer.
Floyd Schofield Sr. says his team is waiting for the negotiation period to expire before finding out what the WBA plans to do next. Schofield Sr. attributed the confusion to a series of changes in the WBA’s lightweight title situation.
“I’m in limbo for 20 more days while they got that mandate up that they got to make a fight. Tank people got to make a fight with us within 20 more days. They took the belt. They put him in recess. We were supposed to fight Bahdi. They gave us a date. Then they took the belt back, gave it to Tank. Then they going to take it back from Tank. We don’t know which one of them we going to fight on which date because of Tank situation. So that’s why we didn’t fight nobody yet. We got to wait to see who we fighting.”
Davis has not fought since his controversial majority draw with Lamont Roach Jr. in March 2025. Should no agreement be reached before June 22, the WBA could be forced to move to purse bids or take further action on the championship situation.