By Edward Chaykovsky
Carl Frampton (23-0, 14KOs) has rejected the idea of having a fall rematch with Scott Quigg. There was plenty of hype for years before a deal finally came together.
The two domestic rivals finally fought back in February, with Frampton breaking Quigg's jaw and winning a twelve round decision. In the process he also unified the IBF/WBA super bantamweight titles.
Quigg is now on the comeback and wants more than anything to avenge the first defeat of his pro career - and he wants the fight to take place as soon as possible.
Last month Frampton moved up to the featherweight limit of 126-pounds and won a twelve round decision over Leo Santa Cruz in a 'Fight of The Year' cracker from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Frampton will now honor a rematch clause and face Santa Cruz for a second time this coming fall. He might face Quigg at some point in the future, but he doesn't think the fight will ever happen because the contest lacked fireworks and doubts the public is clamoring for a second showing.
“I don’t know. At the minute I don’t think it will happen. He seems to be a bit desperate at the minute. Before the fight I was calling Quigg a Sky TV hype job, that’s what I said in the build up to the fight and I was being honest. I genuinely believe that and I think that I proved it as well,” Frampton told Sky Sports' Toe To Toe Podcast.
“The fight wasn’t a good fight, it wasn’t appealing to the fans. I won the fight without having to get out of first gear. It was a boring fight and no one wants to see it. If he strings a few wins together and a few exciting performances then there is potential of it happening again, but at the minute I have bigger fish to fry. I beat him convincingly in first gear and I want the big names.
“No disrespect to Scott Quigg, but outside of Bury nobody knows who he is.” Santa Cruz, [Lee] Selby, Gary Russell, Oscar Valdez these are the names I want to be fighting, not Scott Quigg, but I I have to fight him then I’ll fight him.”
