Carl Frampton and Scott Quigg Battle for World “Super Bantamweight” Supremacy in Manchester Saturday

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By Anthony “Stacks” Saldaña

This Saturday night in Manchester, England, IBF Super Bantamweight Champion Carl “The Jackal” Frampton, 21-0, 14 KO’s will be facing the WBA champion Scott Quigg, 31-0-2, 23 KO’s in a highly anticipated unification title fight. Frampton who hails from Belfast in Northern Ireland won his title September 16th 2014 in a rematch against Kiko Martinez. Frampton battled Kiko in front of a soldout crowd of over 16,000 at the Titanic Quarters in Belfast, Frampton showed off his skills from the start knocking Martinez down in the 5th and controlled the entire fight. “The Jackal” eventually went on to win the title by unanimous decision. Since then Frampton has defended his title twice. In his first title defense in February, Frampton easily handled Lancaster California’s Chris Avalos. Chris made the trip across the pond with the hopes of bringing the Super Bantamweight title back to the United States only to have Frampton hand him a 5th round TKO loss.

In his second defense Frampton made his US debut at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas. That day in Texas Frampton took on Alejandro “Cobrita” Gonzalez, JR. Frampton who may have been a bit nervous in his first fight in the US was floored twice by “Cobrita” in the first round, but Carl took over after that and won a unanimous decision. Frampton now back in his native UK looks to unify both belts. “This will be a battle of wits and well as fists,” says Frampton. “I can box off the back foot, I have a better boxing brain, and a better punch selection. I’ll box his bollocks off then knock him out.”

Scott Quigg on the other hand will be fighting in front of his hometown and has all the confidence in the world going into this fight. Quigg won the title in a rematch against Rendall Munroe at the Manchester Arena the same arena he will be fighting at Saturday night. That fight sold out within 6 hours of tickets being released. Munroe came out strong in the 1st round winning it clearly with fast punches and a higher work rate. After the 1st, however, Quigg upped it and was landing hard to the body shots with both hands round after round. By the 6th Munroe was surely feeling it and it showed as he went down twice. Unlike the 1st fight with Munroe which was a technical draw this fight was stopped with no complaints. After the victory, Quigg was promoted to WBA Regular Champion, and has since defended this belt 7 times going 7-0, 5 KO’s. When asked about his upcoming fight with Frampton Quigg stated “They went over to America, thinking they could crack it. They only took 15 people and he [Frampton] was up and down like a yo-yo. They came back to England knowing the only way they could make a big fight is by fighting me.

Saturday’s fight between Quigg and Frampton was elevated to a unification bout when Guillermo Rigondeaux was stripped of his WBA (Super) Super Bantamweight title. Then on January 7th, the WBA Championships Committee issued a Resolution titled Clarification of the Super Bantamweight division, which concerns the status of Guillermo Rigondeaux, Scott Quigg, and Carl Frampton. Rigondeaux was designated “champion in recess” after managerial/promotional disputes kept him from defending his title. According to WBA President Gilberto Jesus Mendoza, “Rigondeaux shall come out of recess and face the winner of the February 27 unification bout between WBA champion Scott Quigg and IBF champion Carl Frampton. The winner of said bout, or Quigg if the fight is ruled a draw, must fight Rigondeaux on or before July 27, 2016.”

With the WBA issuing this ruling in regards to their belt, the fight between Carl Frampton and Scott Quigg makes the outcome that much more interesting for fight fans. Will we see a super fight between the winner of this fight and Rigondeaux or will the winner relinquish the WBA Title? Will the fight be a draw? Whatever the outcome is, you can expect an all out war between these two fighters. The fight between Frampton and Quigg has been three years in the making, and now has finally come to fruition. This long-standing rivalry has threatened to boil over in the build-up, with both camps engaging in a war of words. I guarantee the fans of the two fighters will create a red-hot atmosphere in the Manchester Arena Saturday night..

“Stacks” prediction: Scott Quigg by late round TKO.

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