DILLON `Barcelona’ Carew was 36 years old when he decided to permanently move away from fighting inside the ring. His decision to pull the plug after 15 years of blood, sweat and tears in the ring was prompted by the outcome of his last fight. Carew had moved through the divisions from a lightweight and late in his career campaigned as a middleweight. On June 9, 2007 he met American Elvin Ayala and was stopped in the second round. Carew had represented Guyana at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain along with the late Andrew `Six Head’ Lewis.
He joined the professional ranks the same year and was crowned national lightweight champion in 1994 when he defeated Glen Forde. The experienced Barrington Cambridge was his next scalp and a win over the veteran allowed Carew to wear the Guyana junior welterweight crown.
In a career that spanned 15 years the southpaw Carew battled the likes of Ricky Hatton, Meldrick Taylor, Diosbelys Hurtado and Leonard Dorin to name a few. He is now a respected trainer in the USA and operates out of the Gleason’s Gym in New York.