Schofield-Diaz set as co-main on Ortiz-Lubin card in Fort Worth

Floyd Schofield will return to his Texas home crowd on Saturday, November 8, when he meets former world champion Joseph JoJo Diaz in the co-main event of Vergil Ortiz Jr. versus Erickson Lubin at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth. The 10-round bout will stream on DAZN as part of a card headlined by Ortiz's defense of his WBC interim super welterweight title.

Promoters have billed the matchup as a test for Schofield, a 23-year-old rising contender coming off a first-round knockout of former IBF super featherweight champion Tevin Farmer on June 28. Diaz, 32, is a veteran former IBF 130-pound titleholder who last fought on August 2, when he was beaten by Regis Prograis. Golden Boy Promotions and DAZN announced the pairing, and Oscar De La Hoya called it an "allout Texas showdown" that highlights Schofield's return.

There is some uncertainty about the precise weight for the fight. Multiple reports describe the bout as a lightweight contest, but at least one outlet noted the weight class had not been officially finalized and that Diaz would have to trim down if the bout is staged at 135 pounds. Diaz weighed around a 142-pound catchweight against Prograis, and observers say the change could...