It's just under two weeks until the return of the Jackal to the ring, when Carl Frampton (23-1, 14 KOs) will headline what he believes will be the biggest show Ireland has ever hosted.

The Belfast fighter went from becoming Northern Ireland's first two weight world champion, to falling out of love with boxing within the space of a year.

In January, Frampton lost his WBA featherweight title with a twelve round decision loss to Leo Santa Cruz at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Then he was scheduled to fight Andres Guttierez in July, but the contest was canceled with less than 24 hours before fight time - after Guttierez slipped in the shower after the weigh-in and suffered numerous injuries.

In the last few months, Frampton has changed everything about his career. He parted ways with longtime promoter/manager Barry McGuigan. He parted ways with trainer Shane McGuigan.

Frampton then signed a promotional deal with Frank Warren, hired new managers and retained Jamie Moore as his new trainer.

He now returns on November 18th against Horacio Garcia at the SSE Arena in Belfast.

Frampton says he's hoping the end a tough 2017 on a high. He feels very confident with many changes that he's made in his career in the last few months.

He said: "This year has been a terrible year, 2017, considering 2016 was the best year of my professional career. So this is a completely fresh start. A lot of things have changed recently for me but I'm feeling good for it, I want to put that all behind me and finish on a win."

Frampton is still being advised by boxing powerbroker Al Haymon - who also advises other top featherweights like Lee Selby, Gary Russell Jr., Abner Mares, Santa Cruz, Jesus Cueller and several others. Warren also works with Selby and featherweight contender Josh Warrington.