Carl Frampton ended Northern Ireland's long wait for another boxing world champion on a night to savour in Belfast as he pounded Kiko Martinez to swipe away the Spaniard's IBF super-bantamweight title. The 27-year-old, fighting in his home city, claimed an overwhelmingly unanimous verdict, the judges' scorecards showing two verdicts of 119-108 and one of 118-111.
Not since Wayne McCullough made a second successful defence of his WBC bantamweight title in 1996 has Northern Ireland been able to celebrate a global boxing title fight victory.
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Not since Wayne McCullough made a second successful defence of his WBC bantamweight title in 1996 has Northern Ireland been able to celebrate a global boxing title fight victory.
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