Carl Frampton: record, next fight and profile →
Two-division and WBO interim featherweight champion Carl Frampton called left-handed WBC counterpart Gary Russell Jr. “a terrific fighter” and “certainly one of, if not, the best featherweights in the division” during an interview in August.
JOSH WARRINGTON REJECTS the notion that his December 22 world title challenger Carl Frampton is back to his best. The Jackal suffered the first defeat of his career against Leo Santa Cruz in January 2017 after becoming a two-weight world champion with victory over the Mexican in the previous July.
Two-division and WBO interim featherweight champion Carl Frampton could earn his fourth straight victory, third win of the year and second consecutive stoppage against unbeaten IBF 126-pound titleholder Josh Warrington on December 22 at the Manchester Arena in Machester, England, a feat “The Jackal” believes would make him the division’s No. 1 fighter.
JOSH WARRINGTON is dreaming of hitting the boxing jackpot in Las Vegas so his friends can have a week of partying. The Leeds hero defends his IBF World Featherweight title against Belfast’s Carl Frampton (26-1) at Manchester Arena on December 22. Promoter Frank Warren is lining up a unification fight next year against WBO champion Oscar Valdez for the winner.
MICHAEL CONLAN has two jobs in one night next month - making it a perfect ten as a professional and gathering some intelligence on possible future opponent, Josh Warrington. Conlan (9-0) boxes on the undercard when Warrington (27-0) risks his IBF Featherweight crown against Carl Frampton (26-1) at Manchester Arena on December 22.
THE KUDOS OF adding both Lee Selby and Carl Frampton to his win column in 2018 was the key attraction for Josh Warrington in putting his IBF world featherweight title at such significant risk in the first defence of his belt.
Arum has a huge interest in the fight and is in talks with his friend and fellow promoter Frank Warren to match the winner against his WBO champion, Oscar Valdez next year in a unification. Two-weight world champion Frampton (26-1) has been in brilliant form this year thrashing Nonito Donaire on points and stopping Luke Jackson.
IT IS HARD to imagine Josh Warrington having any regrets from his epic world title-winning encounter with Lee Selby in May. It was a night when everything clicked perfectly into place for the Leeds Warrior. From the fight being staged inside his footballing place of worship at Elland Road, to the Kaiser Chiefs playing him into the ring in front of a buoyant bumper crowd, to a dominant display that unseated a long-standing world champion.
Frampton, a two-weight world champion himself, publicly declared his prediction that he felt Lee Selby was a shoe-in to retain his belt before he took on mandatory challenger Warrington at Elland Road in May.
CARL FRAMPTON INSISTS the IBF world champion Josh Warrington is clutching at straws if he is banking on him being on the decline ahead of the pair’s blockbuster encounter at the Manchester Arena on December 22.