Everything you need to know as unbeaten duo Bruce Carrington and Mateus Heita meet in a WBC interim featherweight title fight in the early hours of Sunday 27th July, 2025.
Date: | Sunday 27th July, 2025 |
Headline Fight: | Bruce Carrington vs Mateus Heita |
Approx Ring Walk Time: | 03:00am (BST) |
Weight Class: | Featherweight |
Titles: | Interim WBC featherweight title (vacant) |
Referee: | TBC |
Promoters: | Top Rank |
Venue: | Madison Square Garden Theater, New York, USA |
TV Channel: | TBC for UK, ESPN+ in the USA |
Headline Fight: | Xander Zayas vs. Jorge Garcia |
Bruce Carrington vs Mateus Heita will take place on Saturday 26th July, although given the fight is taking place in the United States, the actual start time will be in the early hours of Sunday 27th July, 2025 for fight fans in the UK.
Bruce Carrington vs Mateus Heita is expected to get underway at around 03:00am (BST), although this is subject to the length of the undercard fights.
Bruce Carrington vs Mateus Heita, together with the full Zayas vs Garcia bill, will be staged at Madison Square Garden Theater in New York.
The venue has a capacity of around 5,600.
A UK broadcaster for Bruce Carrington vs Mateus Heita is yet to be confirmed.
Bruce Carrington and Mateus Heita will be fighting for the interim WBC featherweight title, which is currently vacant. Stephen Fulton holds the full title and the winner of this fight could face him next.
Bruce Carrington | Mateus Heita | |
Record: | 15-0 (9 KOs) | 14-0 (9 KOs) |
Age: | 28 | 27 |
Birthplace: | Brooklyn, New York, USA | Omafo, Namibia |
Height: | 5'8" / 173 cm | N/A |
Reach: | 72" / 183 cm | N/A |
Stance: | Orthodox | Orthodox |
Titles: | N/A | WBO Africa featherweight (not on line) |
Last Fight: | W (TKO) v Enrique Vivas - Mar 25 | W (UD) v Abdulaziz Kunert - April 25 |
KO%: | 60% | 64.29% |
Alias: | 'Shu Shu' | 'The Beast' |
Bruce Carrington vs. Mateus Heita serves as the co-main event alongside Zayas vs Garcia.
The full card is as follows:
Xander Zayas vs. Jorge Garcia
Bruce "Shu Shu" Carrington vs. Mateus Heita
Emiliano Fernando Vargas vs. Alexander Espinoza
Rohan Polanco vs. Quinton Randall
Yan Carlos Santana-Guerrero vs. Aaron Alameda
Bakhodir Jalolov vs. Gianmarco Cardillo
Steven Navarro vs. Cristopher Rios
Juanma Lopez De Jesus vs. Jorge Gonzalez-Sanchez
Julius Ballo vs. Brandan Ayala