MVP Challenges Schofield-Bahdi Result, Says Knockdown Errors Cost Bahdi the WBA Title

Lucas Bahdi lost the fight. His promoter isn't ready to accept the scorecards.

Most Valuable Promotions said Monday night that it has formally challenged the result of Bahdi's Oct. 10 WBA lightweight title fight with Floyd Schofield, and that it has asked the WBA for an immediate rematch.

"The video evidence demonstrates multiple significant officiating errors that directly impacted the outcome of the fight," MVP said in a statement. "Our review shows that had these knockdowns been properly ruled and scored, Lucas would have won the WBA lightweight world championship by majority decision."

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Quick refresher. Schofield (20-0, 13 KOs) won the vacant belt by unanimous decision at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, on a Golden Boy show co-promoted by MVP and streamed on DAZN. The cards were 116-110, 119-108 and 115-111. Schofield dropped Bahdi (20-1, 15 KOs) in the third, and Bahdi put Schofield down in the 11th (our recap).

The statement doesn't say which calls MVP is talking about, or how many. It says "knockdowns," plural, that weren't properly ruled and scored. That's a lot of ground to make up. For Bahdi to win a majority decision, two judges would have to end up with him ahead and the third would have to land on a draw. Schofield won the closest card by four points and the widest by 11.

I said at the time that the 119-108 card had me reaching for my reading glasses. But a lopsided card and a missed knockdown are two different complaints, and MVP is making the second one. That's a question about what the referee saw, not just what the judges wrote down.

"We have a responsibility to advocate for our fighters, especially when a world championship is at stake," the statement said. "Lucas deserves a fair result, and we believe the evidence warrants a thorough review." MVP added that it "will always stand behind our athletes and advocate for the opportunities and fair treatment they deserve."

Here's the thing. Results rarely get overturned in this sport, even after a protest. What a protest can do is put pressure on a sanctioning body for a rematch, or at least a better spot in line. And the line at 135 is already crowded. Gervonta Davis is the WBA's "champion-in-recess," and Jose "El Rayo" Valenzuela has been publicly asking the WBA for Schofield (here's that dance card). Bahdi, for what it's worth, hasn't exactly gone quiet since the fight (ask Shakur).

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The statement doesn't include a response from the WBA, Golden Boy or Schofield's camp, and it doesn't say when the WBA might rule.

So, was Bahdi robbed, or is this a promoter doing what promoters do? Take it to the Boxbid community. And if the WBA does order it back, you know where to guess the rounds.

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Sources: statement from Most Valuable Promotions, released to media Oct. 19, 2026. Fight results from the Golden Boy Promotions / Most Valuable Promotions results release. All MVP quotes are from the statement.