‘Sugar.’
‘Fairly Boy.’
‘Canelo.’
Might Bruce Carrington proceed to develop right into a famous person the place boxing followers merely consult with him by his nickname of ‘Shu Shu?’
If he continues to win in dominant and thrilling vogue, that might turn out to be a actuality.
Carrington will face Sulaiman Segawa in a featherweight conflict tonight inside The Theatre at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis. The ten-round bout will open the three-bout Prime Rank on ESPN telecast, which can be headlined by Sandy Ryan defending her WBO welterweight title in opposition to Mikaela Mayer.
Each fights, together with the junior middleweight conflict between Xander Zayas and Damian Sosa, will air reside on ESPN (10:30 p.m. ET/ 7:30 p.m. PT).
Carrington (12-0, 8 knockouts), who resides in close by Brooklyn, will once more be combating earlier than a partisan crowd. Carrington has additionally executed nicely promoting himself as an motion boxer-puncher within the ring, together with interviews with the media.
“You recognize I’m all the time fired up,” stated Carrington at Wednesday’s press convention. “You recognize we’re right here in my hometown. It’s all the time going to be an incredible present at any time when ‘Shu Shu’ steps within the ring, and I’m simply able to carry out.”
Carrington has generated buzz over the past couple of fights. In his final battle on June 8, the 27-year-old dropped late sub Brayan De Gracia twice earlier than ending issues in spherical eight. In his earlier battle on February 16, Carrington scored a highlight-reel knockout win over Bernard Torres in spherical 4.
Prime Rank, which promotes Carrington, has had him battle usually at Madison Sq. Backyard, additional exposing him to hardcore and informal followers of the game. Together with tonight’s battle, Carrington can have fought three of his final six fights at Madison Sq. Backyard.
In Segawa, Carrington will face a fighter who’s coming off a formidable unanimous resolution victory over contender Ruben Villa on July 13. The 33-year-old, who’s initially from Kampala, Uganda and now resides in Silver Spring, Maryland, has received 4 of his final 5 fights.
Segawa may pose difficulties together with his awkward, southpaw model. Carrington understands the dangers, however believes a formidable victory over a fighter like Segawa may additional elevate him into the higher echelon of a talent-rich featherweight division.
Prime Rank is eyeing a doable world title shot for Carrington in 2025. He’s ranked No. 1 by the WBA, whose world title belt is held by Nick Ball, who confronted Ronny Rios on October 5. That may very well be essentially the most viable and quickest path because the WBO world titleholder, Rafael Espinoza, is ready to defend the belt in opposition to Robeisy Ramirez in December or the primary couple months of 2025.
Angelo Leo simply received the IBF world title, knocking out Luis ‘Venado’ Lopez on August 10, and can possible defend his belt in opposition to Tomoki Kameda early subsequent 12 months.
Whoever and at any time when Carrington fights once more, he’s pushed to show he is likely one of the finest and most compelling fighters within the sport.
“(Segawa’s) combating model could be very attention-grabbing,” stated Carrington. “I observed sure issues that he brings to the desk that’s completely different out of your common fighter. That is going to make for an thrilling battle come this Friday.
“I’ve by no means known as him a velocity bump on my option to a title shot, however I simply know what my targets are. I simply need him to grasp and know that I’m absolutely centered on this battle.
“Simply be prepared.”
Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has lined boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He may be reached at [email protected]
