Scott Quigg Vs Carl Frampton

[stellen]

Quigg has the eye of the tiger about him for this fight. I think he is knocking frampton into ***** street saturday night.

[Chrismart]

The closer the fight gets, the more i'm leaning towards Quigg.

[dan_cov]

Quigg was knocked down a fair times early on in his pro career



Jamie Ambler also had him down. I think I vaguely recall someone else knocking him down too.

[Tom Cruise]

I don't think Quigg has been down or in serious trouble before? Frampton has been down a few times I think. Quigg seems to take a shot pretty well.

Quigg and Frampton have both been down from pretty innocuous looking shots tbh. Though they have both taken good shots too.

I'd say Frampton looks a bit better in that dept. But neither are iron

[bigjavi973]

Thread in GBS broski

Should be a great fight, i dont think either have a good enough defemce to make it any different.

Aahhh... BostonGuy can you merge the threads?

[bigjavi973]

Didn't frampton get dropped by a jab?

[The plunger man]

I think frampton has to many tools in his bag....good movement.punch variation has decent power and I believe he can stop quigg late...quigg is very basic one gear fighter in my eyes and although he stopped kilo Martinez I do believe frampton finished him more clinically...it's a good match up and should be really competitive but I believe frampton has little bit more natural talent....and I like a frampton as well...quigg I think has been a little disrespectful IMO ....frampton by 10 rounds...

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[The plunger man]

If the fight goes down the stretch and he hasn't been steadily picked off by then I'd see that being Quiggs best hope - imposing himself physically. Frampton switches angles, slips punches, in all has a good amount of movement that Quigg doesn't consistently show. It's superior boxing but it does burn up more energy and that could be a factor the longer the fight goes on.

I can't help comparing this fight to when John Murray fought Anthony Crolla though. I had Murray for that one. I felt he'd be too strong, I'm sure in no small part because I wanted him to win the contest. Crolla surprised me that night.

What I have noticed in the build up is Frampton has referred to his career in the past tense on a couple of occasions, gazing backwards upon it. It may well just be the Belfast vernacular, but there are certainly aspects of the sport that he no longer likes. Training for instance and the fact that it keeps him away from his young family. His house does look very comfortable.

Quigg's an altogether different case. Sat on the couch of his Mum's terraced house he's still very much a hungry fighter. I'm not stating that Frampton isn't but he clearly has to tap into his reserves of will to get up in the morning and put himself through training. Will is finite, it depletes and has to be restored. That in itself can be draining.

Quigg looks like he enjoys what he does so much that he rarely needs to will himself to get out of the door and put himself through another day of gruelling preparations. The man is in the gym as normal on a Christmas Day if it doesn't fall on a Sunday!

We're playing percentages in terms of the actual difference that could make come fight night. But if it develops into a war, do you think the man who hasn't started to drain at his will in the build up also holds a slight edge, however marginal?

Nah I don't think that will be the case...I think there's the added case its quite a personal domestic battle and I think both will lay everything on the line.....if frampton loses this fight then a lot of all he's worked for over the years has been tarnished and this will also be the same for quigg...what I see when I watch both fighters is frampton is the more naturally talented fighter and quigg is a bread and butter fighter who will not give up...if quigg can pin frampton down then he has a chance but I can't see frampton not catching quigg as he comes straight ahead...we wil see.....this could very well be fight of the year and I'm really looking forward to it

[LetOutTheCage]

Interesting fight, i'm leaning towards a Quigg TKO win. Frampton got exposed a few times in his last fight against someone who I dont think hits nearly as hard as Quigg.

[removed]

Quigg has improved a hell of a lot in the last couple of years. Frampton is underestimating him, and he's going to pay the price.

Quigg stoppage via brutal body shot.