Carl Frampton: record, next fight and profile →
TYRONE MCKENNA is refusing to ask Carl Frampton for secrets on big ?ght rival Jack Catterall. He challenges for Catterall’s WBO Intercontinental Super-Lightweight crown at Belfast’s SSE Arena on Saturday in a ?ght where Frampton must be dreading which side to support.
WBO featherweight champion Oscar Valdez (24-0, 19 KOs) is ready to return to the ring by the end of the year, after fighting a bloody battle with British contender Scott Quigg back in March. In the biggest win of his career, Valdez fought through fire to win a twelve round unanimous decision in their Los Angeles battle, suffered a broken jaw during the fight.
But the 5ft 9in slab of black marble who sports a ‘Built for War’ tattoo and owns a maximum security glare is promising fight fans a style make-over that would flatter Gok Won, when he returns to duty after 11 months of exile at London’s O2 Arena on June 23rd.
Carl Frampton says there is no bigger fight in the featherweight division than a rubber match between himself and WBA champion Leo Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz, 29, made it two wins out of two against rival Abner Mares on June 9 to follow up on his victory over his fellow Mexican three years ago.
Two-weight world champion Carl Frampton believes Michael Conlan has what it takes to conquer the world and achieve global fame. Frampton (25-1-KO14) has begun preparations for his dream fight at Windsor Park on August 18 but first the city of Belfast gears up to welcome home Conlan on June 30.
Carl Frampton will realise a career-long dream when he defends his WBO Interim World Featherweight Title against Luke Jackson on the pitch at Windsor Park, Belfast, on August 18, on a card that also features Paddy Barnes challenging for the WBC World Flyweight title and the second fight of Tyson Fury on the comeback trail.
Carl Frampton's promoter Frank Warren has told Boxing Scene that they are still working on an opponent for 'The Jackal's' dream fight at Windsor Park, Belfast on August 18. Frampton (25-1, 14 KOs) the WBO Interim Featherweight champion, will realise a lifelong ambition when he fights at the home of the Northern Ireland football team in just under ten weeks time.
Carl Frampton is back in just under 10 weeks’ time. The Belfast featherweight, 31, will fight at Windsor Park in the summer. Frampton, the WBO interim champion at 126 pounds, had hoped to fight for a world title at the football stadium in his home city.
Former world champion Carl Frampton has gained the upper hand in his ongoing legal battle with ex-manager and promoter Barry McGuigan. The two sides are battling it out at the North Ireland High Court. The Belfast fighter claims that he wasn't paid properly under an arrangement which "unjustly enriched" McGuigan and his company, Cyclone Promotions.
Former two division world champion Carl Frampton is training in Tenerife, as he prepares for his scheduled ring return at Windsor Park. The date of August 18 has been finalized for the venue. Frampton and head trainer Jamie Moore are spending 10 days in Tenerife as they are gearing up for the August date - but there is no opponent scheduled as of now.