Prospect of the Month (February): Bruce Carrington

"Shu Shu" Bruce Carrington may very well be the next great one from Brownsville, Brooklyn, NYC, and he certainly saves his best performances for his hometown. He scored what could very well be the KO of the Year in his performance at the Garden on Friday, February 16th, stopping a game and rugged Bernard Angelo Torres in the fourth round with a single looping right hand. The right hand went viral immediately, moved the Brooklynite to 11-0 (7), and won him this Month's Prospect of the Month Award.

The 26-year-old followed up his tremendous 2023 campaign with a spectacular start to his 2024 campaign. A Mind-blowing one-punch knockout of slick southpaw Torres. Carrington, fighting behind a high guard, was struggling and being tested a bit more than we have grown accustomed to. Torres was imposing pressure on Carrington. However, with all of "Shu York City" behind him, Carrington got amped up in the fourth, ripping left hooks to the body, which froze Torres in his tracks. This caused Torres to sit and exchange, and that was when Shu Shu struck and emphatically solved the puzzle for good, dropping Torres with the unforgettable looping right hard with no need for a count. The stoppage came at 2:59 of the fourth round.

Brownsville in particular, but the entire borough of Brooklyn has a historic and cherished boxing history. However, it has not produced a truly great fighter in quite some time. It's put out plenty of good fighters and even really good fighters, but it has not produced that truly great fighter in decades. The wait could be over. Shu Shu seems to be that dude! The next great one that can carry the torch. He seems to be ready for that step up fight! A showdown in NYC with Italian featherweight Mauro Forte could pack out the Garden. If a bigger name is what they are looking for fights with either Joet Gonzalez or Jazza Dickens could propel the 26-year-old New Yorker into a world title fight by the end of 2024.