Carl Frampton: record, next fight and profile →
Carl “The Jackal” Frampton’s (23-1, 14 KOs) decision to split with long-time mentor Barry McGuigan and Cyclone Promotions went from rumour to reality via a statement released on social media yesterday, and a fellow Northern Irish former world titlist believes that the 30-year-old should team up with Eddie Hearn.
Shane McGuigan has seemingly confirmed that his partnership with Carl Frampton is over. The former WBA featherweight world champion confirmed his departure from Cyclone Promotions and Barry McGuigan on Monday afternoon.
Belfast’s Carl “The Jackal” Frampton (23-1, 14 KOs) has confirmed the rumours that he has decided to split with long-time mentor Barry McGuigan. The former IBF World and WBA World Super-bantamweight, and WBA Super World featherweight holder released a brief statement confirming the news earlier today.
Carl Frampton's WBC featherweight title eliminator with Andres Gutierrez has been cancelled, bringing to an end a chain of setbacks that scuppered a bout originally slated for July.
According to multiple reports coming out of Belfast, former world champion Carl Frampton is close to ending his partnership with longtime manager Barry McGuigan. According to the BBC, a reliable source has said that behind the scenes the relationship between the pair has begun to "unravel".
It’s been awhile and a whole lot of the landscape has changed. Since the last update of the pound-for-pound list, four of the top ten have lost. Two lost with some debate (Roman Gonzalez and Manny Pacquiao); two lost clean as a sheet (Sergey Kovalev and Carl Frampton).
Mexico's Leo Santa Cruz (33-1-1, 18 KOs) has told Carl Frampton (23-1, 14 KOs) that he is willing to travel to Belfast at some point in 2018 as long as the money is right and providing he can arrange a Visa for his father, Jose. The 28-year-old beat “The Jackal” by majority decision in January to wrest back the WBA Super World featherweight belt that Frampton had taken from him on points last year.
Chris Sanigar, the trainer and manager of IBF featherweight holder Lee Selby (25-1, 9 KOs), has rubbished Barry McGuigan’s claim that Carl Frampton (23-1, 14 KOs) would be the biggest draw if a fight between the two featherweights comes to fruition.
Barry McGuigan has backed Carl Frampton (23-1, 14 KOs) to bounce back as strong as ever from his first professional defeat. Last Saturday he was scheduled to meet Mexico’s Andres Gutierrez (35-1-1, 25 early) at Belfast’s SSE Arena live on Channel 5, but the contest was called off with less than 24 hours to go - after Gutierrez slipped in the shower and suffered numerous injuries.
Carl Frampton’s camp say they are working to agree a new date for the Frampton Gutierrez fight after Saturday’s event had to be cancelled with less than 24 hours’ notice. The match was called off after Mexican Andres Gutierrez fell in the shower, damaging his chin and front teeth.