Floyd Schofield vs. Lucas Bahdi, Ricardo Sandoval and the misfits misfits: 5 things for the boxing weekend

Having promised you – the readers of our store – a packed October, it’s fair to say that the month has gotten away from him. enough slow start inside the ring…

If Ben Whittaker’s running out of gas en route to a decision victory over Conor Wallace, and two rounds of Omari Jones’ blowers aren’t quite what you’re looking for this month, fear not: The wheels are starting to turn this weekend before we head into the winter months at full speed.

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In the next few days we could offer an eclectic mix of one WBA lightweight title fight, another belt unification defense at flyweight, and another look at the Misfits circus, as British personalities Joey Essex and Dapper Laughs try to throw it down in London.

Check out his top five things to watch this weekend in boxing.

Foyd Schofield’s luck could change this weekend.

The 24-year-old is a very promising talent in the lightweight division, after a 19-0 (13 KOs) record with a turnaround for 2020, but has yet to break out of the spotlight following two high-profile fights.

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The first was Saudi Arabia’s “death mystery” of February 2025, when it was due to mix with Shakur Stevenson on the heavy stack Beterbiev-Bivol 2 card. Then, a year later, a wrist injury struck JoJo Diaz, meaning a 78-second win over Tevin Farmer last June. We all saw “Kid Austin” in those 707 days.

Undefeated Canadian Lucas Bahdi (20-0, 15 KOs) is the man standing between Schofield and the vacant WBA lightweight title (once held by Gervonta “Tank” Davis), and it’s safe to say that the bold American will threaten his opponent’s chances.

“I hate talking trash, and I’m not really a trash talker, but I tried not to stop him, and there’s nothing that I see that he can bring to the table that I haven’t seen before,” Schofield told The Ring. “And that’s not an offense to Bahdi. He seems like a good fighter and a great dude, and it’s nothing personal, but I think they’re better sparring partners than he is.”

It’s being tested in football inside Chicago’s Wintrust Arena, as Schofield has his sights set on becoming one of the youngest boxers in the game.

Floyd Schofield (L) and Lucas Bahdi lock face as Oscar De La Hoya looks on ahead of their WBA world lightweight title fight.

(Cris Esqueda/Golden Boy via Getty Images)

Sergio Mendoza was not expected to be in the opposite corner against Ricardo Sandoval this weekend.

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Sandoval (27-2, 18 KOs) lined up Oscar Collazo for the first defense of his unified WBC and WBA 112-pound titles until the exciting undefeated Puerto Rican was forced to retire with a rib injury in mid-September.

Collazo’s loss is Mendoza’s gain, as the southpaw heads to the Schofield-Bahdi undercard, fighting outside his home country of Mexico for only the second time.

Sandoval should, by all accounts, make light work of Mendoza (27-1, 23 KOs) here, building on his fantastic upset victory over Kenshiro Teraji last July, which saw the Californian crowned world champion for the first time.

And if Team Collazo is to be taken at face value, then the next meeting between Sandoval and the former world champion at 105 pounds should come in the next division where the biggest fights will not be left to marinate.

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3. There’s only one way… The Misfits headliner

I’ll try and keep this one as short and sweet as possible.

Those lovable scruffy Misfits are back this weekend, playing a show at London’s Copper Box Arena in the shadow of West Ham United’s soccer stadium.

“Haven’t the locals suffered enough?” someone hilariously nice power suggest that the “Hammers” flag in the second tier of English football and now meet the headlines “Essex vs Dapper” in the neighboring arena.

The protagonists in question are Joey Essex, a real TV “star” from the mouth of the British who found fame through the long-running series “The Only Way of Essex” and from which he went on to provide himself with a paycheck in anything and everything on television, and Dapper Laughter, real name Daniel O’Reilly, a social media comedian who tells jokes in an attempt to be “cancelled” and then “cancelled” in an attempt to be “cancelled” “cancelled.”

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Everything, when you are thrown, is not completely canceled, but rather a platform.

The 42-year-old takes on Essex in the super middleweight division, if Heavyweight, on a card that also welcomes the popular misfits Swarmz, Big Stacks and Jordan McCann.

On Saturday we head east to Ekaterinburg as the WBA continues to maintain appearances in Russia.

Heading this event inside the RCC Boxing Academy is Khariton Agrba defending his WBA interim title at 140 pounds against compatriot and well-placed Zaur Abdullaev (21-2, 13 KOs).

Abdullaev, 32, is coming off a unanimous decision loss to Raymond Muratalla in May of last year, in which he challenged for the interim IBF lightweight title.

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Now in his next lightweight run over Hugo Roldan, Abdullaev will face southpaw Agrba (17-1, 9 KOs), who claimed the WBA belt after claiming the only loss on his record by hard hitting Argentine Ruben Munoz in December.

You’ll struggle to get a live feed here, but BoxRec certainly gives it some hype. Interestingly, this battle was given a rating of five stars.

You’ve all been asking where the next great American heavyweight is, right? Well, Houston’s Joshua Edwards (7-0, 6 KOs) could very well turn out to be just that.

“Ruca” is just 26 years old and has been well moved by Golden Boy Promotions, making his way through the raft of American fight clubs after being engaged for April last year.

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Eduardo enjoyed a gold medal in the 2023 Pan American amateur games, but some of the wind was taken out of the sails in the 16th round of Italy’s loss to Lenzi in the 2024 Olympic Games.

However, life as a pro swimmer is far from over, and his eighth opponent is Detroit’s Craig Lewis (15-9-1, 8 KOs) somewhere down on the Schofield-Bahdi card. Louis has lost by stoppage in his two previous bouts, and at the age of 42, is clearly struggling with his constantly questioned iron resistance.

But everyone loves a heavy shot, and this one can be fun while it lasts.

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