Bruce Carrington overcame the hardest problem of his younger profession on Friday, defeating Sulaiman Segawa by majority resolution at The Theater at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis.
One choose had the combat 95-95, marking the primary scorecard the 27-year-old from Brownsville, Brooklyn didn’t win, whereas the opposite two judges awarded Carrington the win by the scores of 97-93.
The tallies informed the story of a detailed, aggressive bout the place Carrington (13-0, 8 knockouts) needed the victory extra within the closing two rounds. Segawa (17-5-1, 6 KOs) of Silver Spring, Md. by means of Kampala, Uganda obtained off to a robust begin within the first two rounds, sneaking his southpaw left hand between the Carrington guard and touchdown successfully to the physique. Carrington took that cue within the third and fourth spherical, concentrating on Segawa’s physique with proper hand counters.
Segawa, 33, picked up the tempo within the fifth spherical, mixing in his proper hook to maintain Carrington turning and staying off the road for Carrington’s counterpunches.
The 2 collided heads within the seventh spherical, resulting in a headbutt that induced a hematoma excessive on Carrington’s head. The bump, although seen, didn’t impair Carrington’s imaginative and prescient. With the combat shut after eight rounds, Carrington turned up the aggression within the closing two rounds, outworking his opponent and securing the victory.
After having his hand raised, Carrington gave his opponent the respect he earned.
“You’re a great fighter bro, undoubtedly the very best competitor I’ve had up to now,” mentioned Carrington, who entered the combat rated no. 1 by the WBA, no. 2 by the WBC and WBO, and no. 8 by the IBF at 126 kilos.
“That is simply gonna get me to the subsequent degree. I simply realized to cope with the off-tempo. I obtained a few issues I gotta work on again within the gymnasium. We gotta get again on our beat and have extra dominant performances. However so long as we obtained the ‘W’ on the finish of the day, we’re nonetheless good.”
CompuBox stats confirmed Segawa outlanding and outworking Carrington general, touchdown 108 of 416 complete punches in comparison with the 91 landed out of 358 makes an attempt from Segawa.
Segawa entered the combat coming off his greatest win thus far, having upset WBC no. 1 ranked featherweight Ruben Villa, successful a unanimous resolution.
In earlier motion, Vito Mielnicki (20-1, 12 KOs) received his second straight combat since signing with High Rank, defeating Italian Khalil El Harraz (16-6-1, 2 KOs) by majority resolution in a ten spherical junior middleweight combat. One choose had the combat even at 95-95 whereas the opposite two had it 100-90 and 98-92 in favor of the New Jersey native Mielnicki.
Elvis Rodriguez (17-1-1, 13 KOs) scored a unanimous resolution over Kendo Castaneda (21-7, 9 KOs) by scores of 100-90 on two playing cards and 99-91 on the third.
Delante “Tiger” Johnson (14-0, 6 KOs) scored an eight spherical unanimous resolution over his most skilled opponent as a professional, defeating Yomar Alamo (22-3-1, 13 KOs) by scores of 78-74 on two playing cards and 77-75 on the third. Johnson, 26, of Cleveland, Ohio was a 2020 U.S. Olympian.
