NEW YORK – Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington recorded another victory Saturday night at the venue where he hopes to headline in the foreseeable future.
The undefeated featherweight from Brooklyn basically beat up Ecuadorian veteran Luis Porozo until the eighth and final round, when referee Shawn Clark had seen enough. Clark stepped between Carrington and Porozo after Carrington cracked him with a short right hand on the inside that backed Porozo toward the ropes.
The official time of the stoppage was 2:17 of the eighth round on the Josh Taylor-Teofimo Lopez undercard in The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Porozo disputed the stoppage because he didn’t appear badly hurt at the time and had taken Carrington’s flushest punches for seven-plus rounds without going down.
The 26-year-old Carrington nevertheless improved to 8-0 and produced his fifth knockout as a pro. Porozo (16-7, 9 KOs) lost by knockout for the third time in seven years as a pro.
In the bout before Carrington’s knockout, Puerto Rican junior lightweight Henry Lebron remained unbeaten by outpointing Carlos Ramos unanimously in their 10-round, 130-pound fight.
The left-handed Lebron (18-0, 10 KOs) dropped Ramos once apiece with right hooks in the eighth and 10th rounds. Spain’s Ramos (17-3, 10 KOs) made it to the final bell, but Lebron completely controlled the action and won by big margins on all three scorecards (98-90, 98-90 and 97-91).
Keith Idec is a senior writer/columnist for BoxingScene.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.