Negotiations for Gervonta Davis’ mandatory WBA lightweight title defense have effectively stalled, with Floyd Schofield Sr. saying his team is now in a 20-day waiting period before the WBA determines its next step.
Schofield Sr. told MillCity Boxing that legal complications on Davis’ side have brought talks to a halt.
We can’t do nothing until the WBA says. Supposed to be in negotiations for another 20 days with Tank people, but according to what the lawyers say, they can’t be in negotiations now. So, 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.
He described a confusing series of WBA title decisions that have left his son, Floyd Schofield Jr., uncertain about who and when he will fight.
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.
If an agreement cannot be reached before the negotiation period expires on June 22, the WBA could be forced to order purse bids or take other action on the title.
Davis has not fought since his controversial majority draw against Lamont Roach Jr. in March 2025. He has since dealt with legal issues including an active arrest warrant in Maryland tied to an alleged probation violation, further complicating plans for his return.
Schofield Jr., 23, is 19-0 and has been viewed as one of lightweight’s rising contenders. His planned title challenge against Shakur Stevenson was canceled during fight week in 2025 when he fell ill.
