Carrington vs Heita

Who won Carrington vs Heita?

Bruce Carrington beat Mateus Heita by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday, July 26th, 2025, at The Theater, Madison Square Garden, New York.

The scorecards were announced as 119-109, 119-109, 120-108 in favor of winner Bruce Carrington.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 126 pounds (9 stone or 57.1 kg).

This contest was for the WBC featherweight championship of the world.

Carrington was defending his his WBC Interim World Featherweight Championship for the first time. He won this belt against Mateus Heita in July 2025. He had held this belt for 5 days.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Xander Zayas beating Jorge Garcia Perez for the WBO World Junior Middleweight championship. Also on the undercard Rohan Polanco beat Quinton Randall, Yan Santana defeated Aaron Alameda, and Emiliano Vargas was victorious over Alexander Espinoza.

Carrington vs Heita stats

Bruce Carrington stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 15 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws.

Mateus Heita made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 14 wins and 0 draws.

Bruce Carrington was the older man by 1 year, at 28 years old.

Both Bruce Carrington and Mateus Heita fought out of an orthodox stance.

Carrington was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2021, 2 years and 10 months later than Heita, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 9 more professional rounds, totaling 94 compared to Heita's 85.

Bruce Carrington went into the fight ranked number 2 by the WBA, and 1 by the WBC at featherweight.

Mateus Heita was ranked number 11 by the WBC in the 126lb division.

Carrington vs Heita form

Carrington remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Jose Enrique Durantes Vivas on March 29, 2025, by technical knockout in the 3rd round in their WBC World Featherweight championship fight at Fontainebleau Las Vegas, Las Vegas, United States.

Prior to that, he had won against Dana Coolwell on November 15, 2024, by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest at AT&T Stadium, Arlington.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Sulaiman Segawa on September 27, 2024, by majority decision in their 10 round contest at Madison Square Garden Theater, New York.

Before that, he had defeated Bryan De Gracia on June 8, 2024, by technical knockout in the 8th round at Madison Square Garden Theater, New York.

He had won against Bernard Angelo Torres on February 16, 2024, by knockout in the 4th round at Madison Square Garden, New York.

Activity check

Carrington's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 5 months and 10 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 3 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 33 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6.6 rounds on average.

What time did Carrington vs Heita start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST at The Theater, Madison Square Garden, New York, United States, which was around 3:00 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Carrington vs Heita?

Carrington vs Heita was broadcast on ESPN in the US.

What were the odds on Carrington vs Heita?

Bruce Carrington was a 1/18 (-2000) favorite going into the contest, while Mateus Heita made his way into the ring at 13/1 (+1400) with oddsmakers.