Comments Thread For: Carl Frampton Goes Out On His Shield In Farewell Fight Against Jamel Herring

[whollisboxing]

[QUOTE=-Kev-;n30843238]Frampton is clearly a good fighter, could move very well, has basic fundamentals mastered. He should not quit. He was just outgunned by the bigger and taller fighter. IMO Frampton “looked” better than Herring based on movement and selection of punches. Herring was just bigger, taller, and with size comes more strength. A 5’10” Frampton would have likely KO’ed Herring.

Props to Herring for doing what he was supposed to do as a gigantic 130lb fighter who has also fought at 135.[/QUOTE

There are a few reasons why I think Carl Frampton is making the right decision as far as retirement:

1. Short pressure guys don’t normally age well
2. He has already accomplished a lot
3. His mind is already elsewhere, as it should be because family is what matters most. A boxing career comes and goes pretty quickly in the overall scheme of things

[whollisboxing]

Possibly. But I don't hold it against him, pro boxing is all about the money hence why it's called prize fighting. It wasn't just Frampton, nobody wanted to fight Rigo and for good reason, he was high risk, had an unattractive style and generated little interest outside the hardcore community. He didn't seem to care either, he wanted big fights but without doing much to make people want to watch him. You can focus on what Frampton didn't do, or focus on what he did, which, like you implied, I think was quite a respectable career

Exactly. Frampton didn’t face Rigo but he had a successful career nonetheless. Plus it’s not like he is the only fighter in history to avoid a difficult style matchup.

[slimPickings]

Good luck to him in his retirement. Boxing is a tough way to make a living. If you can manage to make a fruitful career of it , good on you. Good luck to him.