Up now, Brooklyn's Bruce "Shu Shu" Carrington, 16-0 (9 KOs) and Carlos Castro, 30-3 (14 KOs) - a Phoenix-raised Mexican now based in Los Angeles - meet for the vacant WBC 126lbs title.
Carrington holds the interim version of the title, having claimed the secondary belt in a 12-round decision over Mateus Heita last July 26 at MSG's Theater. Sanctioning body policy calls for vacant title fights, with only select exceptions where interim titleholders are automatically elevated (unlike the WBA's flimsy policy).
Castro has not fought since a disputed split decision defeat to former two-division titlist Stephen Fulton in September 2024.
