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Bruce Carrington Earns A MD Against Sulaiman Segawa

Originally posted on Fights Around The World
By Abraham Gonzalez | Last updated Sep 28, 2024 1:38 AM ET

In what was the biggest test of his young career so far, featherweight contender Bruce Carrington (13-0, 8 KOs) squeezed out a majority decision over Sulaiman Segawa (17-5-1, 6 KOs) to open up the ESPN telecast. The judges saw this one 95-95, 97-93, and 97-93 for Carrington, who moves on to an even bigger opponent for his next fight.

It was an interesting opening round, as Carrington was using a ton of feints to see what Segawa would do. From the southpaw stance, Segawa feinted as well but came down the middle with his straight left hand. Carrington’s footwork was the difference of the round.

Carrington was taking his time in the second round and observing Segawa’s movement, but while doing that, he was caught with a straight left hand that temporarily buzzed him. Carrington used the rest of the rounds to get his legs back, and towards the end of the round, he landed some short right hands that gave Segawa something to think about. In the third round, Carrington began to pressure Segawa with left hooks to the body and short right hands to the head. Segawa began to hesitate as he did not like what was coming back to him.

Carrington continued to impose his will on Segawa in the fourth round as the right uppercut to the chest slowed Segawa down. Carrington increased his foot feints, leading to his left up-jab consistently landing. Segawa came back in the fifth round to swing the momentum of the fight back his way as he was the busier fighter. Carrington kept the high guard up most of the round but rallied in the last ten seconds in an attempt to steal the rounds.

The sixth round was more of a chess match, with very few punches being thrown by both fighters. A clash of heads occurred in the seventh round, giving Carrington a speed knot on the right side of his forehead. Segawa was the busier fighter in the round as Carrington was waiting for the perfect shot.

The eighth round continued the chess match between Carrington and Segawa as they threw 1-2 punches at a time while feinting a ton. Segawa turned up the pressure in the ninth round, and Carrington slipped some counter left hooks, but they were not enough to keep Segawa off of him. In the last round, Carrington applied pressure while Segawa used his legs to move around the ring leading to an uneventful last round.

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