Featherweight prospect Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington, the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials champion at 125 pounds, has signed a multi-year professional contract with Top Rank. Carrington (1-0) turned pro with a unanimous decision victory Oct. 9 on the Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder III undercard.

Carrington hails from Brownsville, Brooklyn, the same neighborhood that produced Mike Tyson, Zab Judah and Shannon Briggs. He will train with the noted Kay Koroma, who is known for working with the likes of Shakur Stevenson and Mikaela Mayer. Carrington's Top Rank debut is set for Saturday, Jan. 15 on the Joe Smith Jr.-Callum Johnson undercard at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, N.Y.

Top Rank chairman Bob Arum has hit yet another milestone. Arum, the Brooklyn-born one-time federal prosecutor whose boxing career began with “The Greatest,” turns 90 years old today.

Arum is back in his old stomping grounds to promote Saturday’s ESPN-televised quadruple-header (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT) featuring former pound-for-king Vasiliy “Loma” Lomachenko against former lightweight world champion Richard “RC” Commey in the 12-round main event at Madison Square Garden. Lomachenko-Commey marks the 2,120th fight card of his promotional career.

At the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA, Sunday over Showtime PPV Premier Boxing Champions, Sampson Lewkowicz (Sampson Boxing), Tom Brown (TGB Promotions), and Leonard Ellerbe (Mayweather Promotions) featured in the Main Event WBA World Lightweight champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis defeated No. 8 ranked Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz. In the co-feature, Sebastian Fundora defeated Sergio Garcia in a WBC Super Welterweight eliminator.

In the Main Event 3-division champion defending his WBA World title Lightweight champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis, 26-0 (24), #134 ½, of Baltimore, MD, defeated the No. 8 ranked Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz, 22-2-1 (15), #134 ¼, of Mexico City, MEX, over 12 rounds.

In the first round, Cruz landed a left hook to the chin in the first ten seconds. At the halfway point, the always coming forth Cruz landed another left hook with Davis countering a right uppercut to the chin.

Ryan Garcia was off the leash on Sunday night in calling out a depleted looking Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis after watching him labor to a 12 round unanimous decision against little known Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz (22-2-1, 15 KOs) at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

‘Kingry’ Ryan Garcia (21-0, 18 Kos) made it a point to let Tank (26-0, 24 KOs) know what he thought of him and how he’s been protected by his promoters at Mayweather Promotions with the matching him against “C-level fighters” from the jump, and not veering from this strategy into his eighth-year oof his career.

Devin Haney’s promoter Eddie Hearn says he’ll be looking to stage the undisputed lightweight clash between Devin and George Kambosos Jr. in April or May in the Middle East, the U.S, or Australia.

Hearn appears to be trying to rush a decision by Kambosos by acting quickly by talking up the Haney fight as if it’s a done deal.

The British promoter Hearn is using a high-pressure salesman technique by talking as if the buyer [Kambosos] has already decided to purchase his product [Haney], even if there are better options [Ryan Garcia, Gervonta Davis, and Vasily Lomachenko] out in the marketplace.

Eddie Hearn reveals that conversations have begun for a possible step aside deal for Anthony Joshua to allow Tyson Fury to face Oleksandr Usyk next for the undisputed heavyweight championship.

During an interview on Friday, Hearn casually mentioned that Joshua might need $40 million for the step aside, which obviously will not happen.

Hearn says that if the offer from Fury’s team makes sense, he’ll present it to former IBF/WBA/WBO champion Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs), but until then, AJ will be facing Usyk next as planned.

According to Hearn, Joshua just wants the rematch with Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs) to avenge his loss to the Ukrainian fighter last September.

George Kambosos Jr. gave a message of encouragement to the beaten Teofimo Lopez to try and lift his sports following his crushing loss last Saturday night in New York.

The former undisputed lightweight champion Teofimo (16-1, 12 KOs) has seemed down in his posts on social media since suffering a disappointing 12 round split decision to the Australian Kambosos (20-0, 10 KOs) at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Kambosos says he hopes Teofimo can bounce back from his loss and can come back from it. The Australian fighter says he’s still willing to give Teofimo a rematch at some point down the road if he wishes.

Keyshawn Davis, the lightweight star who earned a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics, has a golden chance to shine on one of boxing’s biggest platforms. Davis (3-0, 2 KOs), in his first fight since signing a long-term deal with Top Rank, will face Mexican veteran Jose Zaragoza (8-3-1, 2 KOs) in a six-round bout Saturday, Dec. 11 on the undercard of the Vasiliy Lomachenko-Richard Commey lightweight main event.

Middleweight prospect Nico Ali Walsh (2-0, 2 KOs), grandson of “The Greatest,” Muhammad Ali, will fight fellow unbeaten Reyes Sanchez (6-0, 2 KOs) in the four-round televised opener.

Joe Smith Jr., Long Island’s working class hero, will make the long-awaited first defense of his WBO light heavyweight world title against British knockout artist Callum Johnson on Saturday, Jan. 15 at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, N.Y.

Smith-Johnson kicks off the Top Rank on ESPN 2022 schedule with a battle between two of the division’s biggest punchers. Smith was supposed to defend his title Oct. 30 in New York City, but a COVID-19 diagnosis delayed his return to 2022.

In the 10-round featherweight co-feature, the undefeated Abraham “El Super” Nova, who hails from Albany, N.Y., will face Mexican action star Jose Enrique Vivas. Smith-Johnson and Nova-Vivas will air live on ESPN and ESPN Deportes (simulcast on ESPN+) at 9:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. PT.

Undisputed junior welterweight world champion Josh “The Tartan Tornado” Taylor and WBO No. 1 contender Jack “El Gato” Catterall will meet face-to-face for a two-city press tour to announce their upcoming showdown Saturday, Feb. 26 at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland. The bout will be televised live in the UK on Sky Sports and will stream exclusively on ESPN+ in the United States.

The tour kicks off Tuesday, Dec. 7 at The Royal Scots Club in Taylor’s hometown of Edinburgh, Scotland, and moves on to London the following day, Wednesday, Dec. 8 at the Sports Direct Flagship store on Oxford Street.

Terence Crawford feels it was a mistake that his fight with Shawn Porter was shown on the ESPN+ app for pay-per-view last Saturday night.

It’s questionable whether it would have significantly improved the PPV numbers if Top Rank had placed Crawford’s fight with Porter if it wasn’t put on the ESPN+ app.

If you took a look at social media during the last two weeks during the build-up for the Crawford-Porter fight, there was minimal talk about the contest.

There was arguably more interest in a day-to-day discussion about Anthony Joshua, Canelo Alvarez, and Tyson Fury than Crawford vs. Porter.

The pound-for-pound king notched his career-defining victory. Terence "Bud" Crawford knocked out "Showtime" Shawn Porter in the 10th round to retain his WBO welterweight world title in front of a sold-out crowd of 11,568 at Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.

Crawford (38-0, 29 KOs) made the fifth defense of the title he won in June 2018 and was presented with the stiffest test of his illustrious career. Porter (31-4-1, 17 KOs), who has fought every elite welterweight of this era, made things uncomfortable on the inside.