Carl Frampton still remembers the feeling of becoming the first fighter ever from Belfast to win titles in two weight divisions. More than a year after agreeing to terms for a showdown with Jamel Herring, the sense of being able to add to his legacy has once again come to the forefront.
As much as Oscar Valdez wants to silence Shakur Stevenson, he also is motivated to capitalize financially on his career-changing victory over Miguel Berchelt as much as possible.
Jamel Herring’s height and reach advantages aside, Carl Frampton feels fighting within the 130-pound division actually is better for him than the WBO junior lightweight champion.
By Jake Donovan - The stakes have remained the same for Jamel Herring’s upcoming title defense versus Carl Frampton, even if all of the surrounding parts have dramatically changed. Nearly a year after preparing to travel to Belfast as a man without a country, Herring will now find crowd support of his own ahead the third defense of his WBO junior lightweight title. The long-awaited showdown with Frampton (28-2, 16KOs) takes place this Saturday at Ceasars Palace in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (ESPN+, 4:00 p.m. ET).
Jamel Herring says he wants to be known as one of the best marines to represent in the sport of boxing, ahead of his huge WBO super featherweight title against Carl Frampton this weekend.
Carl Frampton arrived in Dubai on March 16, more than 2½ weeks before his fight against Jamel Herring for Herring’s WBO junior lightweight title. Herring didn’t fly from the United States to Dubai until Friday, which means he’ll be there for only one week prior to entering the ring April 3. Belfast’s Frampton feels that’ll be a big advantage for him because Herring hasn’t given himself enough time to acclimate to a 10-hour time difference and the heat in Dubai, where temperatures regularly reach the mid-90s at this time of year.
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Come Saturday night, it’ll be four years, two months and six days. Or exactly 218 weeks, if you’re the more precise type. Either way, it somehow seems a lot longer when it comes to Carl Frampton. Though I challenge anyone to find something I’ve written on him that’s anything
Carl Frampton knows that he can go down in the history books if he is able to beat Jamel Herring when they fight for the WBO super featherweight title on this weekend’s #Legacy card in Dubai.
Carl Frampton typically doesn’t pay much mind to the betting odds on his fights. Frampton admits, though, that he found it interesting when someone informed him that oddsmakers had installed him as a slight favorite over Jamel Herring in advance of their junior lightweight championship match. Frampton figured handicappers would favor Herring because he is the bigger fighter physically and the defending champion entering their 12-round, 130-pound title fight April 3 at Caesars Bluewaters Dubai in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Jamel “Semper Fi” Herring’s WBO junior lightweight world title defense against Belfast’s former two-weight world champion Carl “The Jackal” Frampton — Saturday, April 3 from Caesars Bluewaters Dubai — will stream live and exclusively in the United States on ESPN+.