YOU might have heard of Brownsville, Brooklyn.
Somewhere north of 120,000 people live in the area covering just over a square mile.
The relationship between Brownsville and boxing has proven mutually beneficial, with Mike Tyson, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Riddick Bowe, Shannon Briggs, Zab Judah and Daniel Jacobs all hailing from the neighbourhood in East Brooklyn – seven fighters and seven contrasting personalities who all survived the violent streets of Brownsville to make a name for themselves in the sport.
Bruce ‘Shu Shu’ Carrington (11-0, 7 KOs) hails from the same neck of the woods and is part of a conveyor belt of up-and-coming talent at Top Rank that could bring 92-year-old Bob Arum another wave of world champions.
“I truly believe I am the best. It’s just for everybody else to find out,” Carrington tells Boxing News.
The featherweight spoke to a day after his 27th birthday. His confidence isn’t laced with arrogance – it’s
