Carrington Eyes Rey Vargas Title Struggle: Fulton’s 130-lb Transfer Opens Door for Featherweight Conflict

#1 ranked Bruce Carrington might struggle WBC ‘Champion in Recess’ Rey Vargas for the featherweight title if present 126-lb champion Stephen Fulton goes as much as 130 to face WBC belt-holder O’Shaquie Foster for his strap. The World Boxing Council might order Carrington to struggle Vargas for the WBC featherweight title if Fulton goes as much as problem Foster.

Fulton has proven zero curiosity in defending towards the 27-year-old Prime Rank-promoted ‘Shu Shu’ Carrington (15-0, 9 KOs), feeling that he nonetheless hasn’t fought any notable fighters throughout his four-year skilled profession. It’s comprehensible why Fulton would really feel this manner, as Carrington has but to face recognizable opposition.

The Ring studies that Carrington might face Rey Vargas (36-1-1, 22 KOs) for the WBC featherweight belt if champion Fulton (23-1, 8 KOs) goes as much as tremendous featherweight to problem Foster for his WBC belt.

Some followers really feel that is one other instance of Prime Rank’s Berlanga-esque technique of matching their fighters towards tomato cans to create pseudo stars and goal susceptible champions. In Carrington’s struggle final Saturday evening, he was matched towards what many followers noticed as a weak opponent, Enrique Vivas (23-4, 12 KOs), and he regarded like 24k gold, destroying the little-known 2nd tier fighter by a 3rd spherical knockout the Fontainebleau Las Vegas, Las Vegas

Espinoza Averted?

What’s telling in regards to the matchmaking is that Carrington is being positioned to struggle for the WBC belt somewhat than the WBO strap held by Rafael Espinoza, who’s seen by many because the #1 fighter within the 126-lb division.

Espinoza is light-years higher than any of the present champions at featherweight, and now prevented just like the plague after what he did to two-time Cuban Olympic gold medalist Robeisy Ramirez.

Carrington has been repeatedly requested about why he’s not concentrating on Espinoza, however he says he has been. Nonetheless, followers have their doubts as a result of he brazenly says he needs Nick Ball and Fulton.

Segawa’s Impression

Carrington seems to have been matched in a regressive manner since his near-loss towards Sulaiman Segawa final September. The Ugandan Segawa (17-5-1, 5 KOs) fought nicely sufficient to deserve the victory, however the judges gave it to Carrington by a 10-round majority resolution. I watched the struggle, and I had Segawa successful 7-3. It wasn’t even shut. Segawa dominated the 27-year-old prospect Carrington, exhibiting that he’s on one other stage.

It wasn’t an enormous shock that the A-side fighter, Carrington, was given the victory, as he was an enormous favourite stepping into. He received uncovered massive time by Segawa. Since that struggle, the opposition that Carrington has been matched towards has been far, far beneath the Segawa-level, which suggests Prime Rank didn’t need to take any possibilities of him getting crushed.

Vargas, 34, hasn’t fought in over a 12 months since battling to a controversial 12-round draw towards Nick Ball on March 8, 2024. Rey was later made champion in recess as a result of his inactivity associated to an damage. He hasn’t received a struggle in two years since beating Mark Magsayo on July 9, 2022, in San Antonio, Mexico.