Featherweight contender Bruce Carrington’s first large second on ESPN got here when he celebrated a knockout win by mimicking one in every of Mike Tyson’s iconic speeches. It’s no shock he felt emotional assembly Tyson throughout combat week media obligations—a robust second for the 2 Brooklyn fighters sharing a combat card.
Carrington will open Friday’s card on the YouTube prelims, dealing with Dana Coolwell in an eight-round bout at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Although Tyson is one in every of Carrington’s inspirations, sharing an occasion with him as soon as appeared a protracted shot—till the Tyson-Paul card made it occur. Tyson met Carrington in a backroom, and in a video posted by High Rank on YouTube, Tyson, after a short alternate, declared Carrington “the following champ.”
Carrington, grinning from ear to ear, reappeared on digital camera and stated, “You heard it right here first,” along with his father, Bruce Carrington Snr, becoming a member of him on display screen.
“It means the world to me,” Carrington stated on the press convention. “By the point I began boxing, he was already retired, and I wasn’t even fascinated by him coming again round and doing these kinds of occasions.”
Carrington is returning to the ring shortly after a hard-fought majority resolution win over Sulaiman Segawa on September 27. The 27-year-old Brooklyn native holds an undefeated file of 13-0 (8 KOs).
Coolwell, 25, from Australia, enters with a file of 13-2 (8 KOs) and a six-fight win streak, with half of these wins by knockout.
“It is a second I couldn’t have dreamed of or ready for, however right here we’re,” Carrington stated. “I’m simply joyful to be right here. It’s time to placed on a present.”
