Carl Frampton picked up a split decision in the super bantamweight world title unification showdown against Scott Quigg. The Ulsterman, 29, had the majority of the support at the Manchester Arena as he added the WBA Super title to his IBF crown, exclusively live on Sky Sports Box Office.
NEW YORK – IBF 122-pound world champion Carl Frampton unified the super bantamweight division with a split decision victory over WBA titlist Scott Quigg Saturday on SHOWTIME BOXING INTERNATIONAL from Manchester, England.
NEW YORK – IBF 122-pound world champion Carl Frampton unified the super bantamweight division with a split decision victory over WBA titlist Scott Quigg Saturday on SHOWTIME BOXING INTERNATIONAL from Manchester, England.
Two-Olympic gold medal winner Guillermo Rigondeaux (16-0, 10KOs) was not impressed by today's super bantamweight unification at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. IBF champion Carl Frampton added Scott Quigg's WBA super bantamweight belt by winning their unification fight by split decision on Saturday.
NEW YORK – IBF 122-pound world champion Carl Frampton unified the super bantamweight division with a split decision victory over WBA titlist Scott Quigg Saturday on SHOWTIME BOXING INTERNATIONAL from Manchester, England. An encore presentation of Saturday’s telecast will re-air later this evening immediately following the live SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® telecast headlined by three-division world champion Leo Santa Cruz and former titlist Kiko Martinez. The SHOWTIME telecast begins at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.
Manchester Arena, Manchester, England - In a long awaited showdown of undefeated champions, Carl Frampton (22-0, 14 KOs), of Belfast, Ireland won a twelve round unanimous decision over Scott Quigg (32-1-2, 23 KOs) of Lancashire, United Kingdom to keep his undefeated record in place and unified the IBF/WBA super bantamweight titles. The scores were 115-113 for Quigg, 116-112 for Frampton and 116-112 for Frampton.
Undefeated 122-pound world champions Carl Frampton (IBF) and Scott Quigg (WBA) are ready for war in Manchester, England, as they faced-off for the long-awaited super bantamweight unification showdown later tonight at Manchester Arena.
If there was any fight on the 2016 1st quarter schedule that you absolutely could not miss, it would be Saturday’s long-awaited showdown between Carl Frampton and Scott Quigg.
IBF super bantamweight champion Carl Frampton is busier, WBA super bantamweight champion Quigg more efficient and accurate, landing 49.4% of his power punches. Frampton (vs. Gonzalez, Avalos, Martinez 2x & Parodi)landed twice as many jabs per round as Quigg. 16 of Quigg's 19 landed punches per round are power shots- he'll have to get close to be effective. Quigg opponents: Martinez, Otake, Jamoye & Salinas.
This Bud’s for me: Crawford ready for the Mayweather mantle There’s still a certain magic about Madison Square Garden which not even the MGM Grand in Las Vegas can match. So it will be the perfect stage for Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford to strut his stuff, displaying skills that I believe make him the most talented of American boxers now that Floyd Mayweather jnr insists he has hung up his boxing boots for good.