Horacio Garcia: record, next fight and profile →
Carl Frampton is targeting victory against Mexico's Horacio Garcia on Saturday so that he can end the "worst year" of his career on a high. The featherweight, 30, fights for the first time since suffering his first professional defeat, splitting with his trainer Shane McGuigan and manager Barry McGuigan, and since his fight with Andres Gutierrez was cancelled with less than 24 hours' notice.
Carl “The Jackal” Frampton (23-1, 14 KOs) and Mexico’s Horacio Garcia (33-3-1, 24 early) both scaled at 9st 1lb (127) at the weigh-in for their non-title affair at Belfast’s SSE Arena earlier today. Frampton missed the featherweight limit for his ill-fated fight against Andres Gutierrez in the summer—a bout that was spiked when the visitor fell and injured himself getting into the shower—but it was all smiles today as he reached the pre-arranged weight limit for his first outing under new trainer Jamie Moore.
Belfast’s Carl “The Jackal” Frampton (23-1, 14 KOs) finally returns to the ring at the city’s SSE Arena this Saturday night as he bids to end a nightmare 2017 with a victory over Mexico’s Horacio Garcia (33-3-1, 24 early) on a Frank Warren-promoted show that will be televised by BoxNation and BT Sports here in the U.K.
Carl Frampton is eager to maintain his impressive stoppage record at the SSE Odyssey Arena when he returns to the venue after a two-and-a-half year absence on Saturday night. Belfast’s two-weight world champion makes his homecoming at ‘The Jackal’s Den’ on a ‘Frampton Reborn’ fight card, live on BT Sport and BoxNation, taking on Mexican Horacio Garcia.
Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez will be cheering for a shock upset on Saturday night as the Mexican superstar will be ringside in Belfast to support fellow Guadalajara native Horacio Garcia against hometown hero Carl Frampton. ‘The Jackal’ tops a massive ‘Frampton Reborn’ fight bill this weekend in what will be his first home bout in over two-and-a-half years, live on BT Sport and BoxNation, at the SSE Odyssey Arena.
It's just under two weeks until the return of the Jackal to the ring, when Carl Frampton (23-1, 14 KOs) will headline what he believes will be the biggest show Ireland has ever hosted. The Belfast fighter went from becoming Northern Ireland's first two weight world champion, to falling out of love with boxing within the space of a year.
Carl Frampton’s former trainer Shane McGuigan has admitted that the two have not spoken since Frampton’s Belfast homecoming fight against Anders Gutierrez was cancelled at the last minute in July after the Mexican slipped while getting into the shower and suffered cuts to his face. “The Jackal” had also missed the featherweight limit the day before the ill-fated contest was spiked.
Former two division world champion Carl Frampton (23-1, 14 KOs) received some heat after announcing Horacio Garcia (33-3) as his next opponent. That fight is scheduled for November 18 at SSE Arena in Belfast. Frampton has been out of the ring since January, when he suffered the first defeat of his career in his rematch with Leo Santa Cruz in Las Vegas.
All-action Super-Flyweight Jamie Conlan has enlisted the help of his younger brother Michael Conlan to prepare for November 18th. Conlan challenges IBF World Champion Jerwin Ancajas at the SSE Arena in Belfast, on the Carl Frampton undercard, live on BT Sport and BoxNation. "Good tech sparring session with @jamieconlan11 working on game plans for Nov 18th," Michael wrote on Twitter on Wednesday afternoon.
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, Carl Frampton will face Mexico's Horacio Garcia in Belfast next month in his first bout since splitting with manager and mentor Barry McGuigan. Frampton linked up with promoter Frank Warren last month and was already primed to fight at the SSE Arena in his home city on November 18, but his opponent was confirmed on Wednesday.