By Terence Dooley
Belfast’’s Carl Frampton moved to 6-0 (3) with a points win over Slough’s Ian Bailey at the King’s Hall, Belfast on Friday night. The 23-year-old boxer is drawing rave reviews early in his career and notched up a deserved 60-55 victory, with his performance drawing special praise from manager Barry McGuigan.
“I thought overall it was a very good performance. You could see the fans were into it. They’re a very discerning crowd and they can see Carl’s a kid with amazing potential,” enthused the former feather champion when speaking to the Belfast Telegraph.
The youngster is looking one to watch in the super-bantamweight division, where fighters are historically moved quite quickly, and could soon find himself contesting regional titles. However, the contest was one of many interesting matches that did not make it onto the Sky Sports broadcast of the King’s Hall show, with many British fans now calling for an extra hour on fight night or a weekly highlights show in order to see these up-and-coming talents during the early stages of their ascendancy.
Indeed, Sky are quick to put fighters onto PPV when they hit the big time, they should give the subscribers ample exposure of the boxers when they are on their way to the top rather than merely throwing the British boxing public a round or two, if we are lucky, at the tail-end of their broadcasts – especially if they then expect us to shell out for individual contests once these guys become headline stars.
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