£1.5 million is the offer made to Frampton but he's not happy with this amount, why? I can only imagine he believes he can earn much more. Eddie's said Cyclone Promotions can co-promote the fight, 60/40 goes to the winner, but still no contracts are signed. There's only so many hours left until Quigg moves on and fights some tin can. This fight has to happen this summer otherwise I don't think it ever will.
Barry McGuigan never did have the best business brain. I mean outdoor in a car park in Nevada in the Summer versus an Indian from Texas...says a lot, really.
Eddie's patience is running out. "Provide us with an offer!", he said. Fact is, they can't. Sky sports PPV is what it's all about over here and Eddie and Matchroom Sport are the big balls. Frampton may never get a better offer.
When I watched the interview after Frampton's last fight, McGuigan always shouted, that Hearn and Scott have to understand who the draw is. I think they might overestimate themselves a bit and should be a little bit more reasonable.
But Quigg has Hearn/Matchroom Sport/Sky which means £££. They know Frampton and McGuigan can't compete with them. I sort of get the feeling they may just have to accept the offer.
The most he's fought in front of, professionally, is what, 11-13,500? I know he's well known and liked in NI but is he big in the Republic?
He is, in the Summer, with nothing else on, and with fine weather and a stadium. he would pack it in. That scrub Bennard Dunne was doing 12, 000 down the Point Depot AKA the O2.
Yeah against a guy that Frampton has already splatted and outpointed. Beat his ass twice. Columbian guy being jobbed right now.
I like Frampton, but Quigg was more impressive tonight. This mejicano was given NO chance at all before the fight. The columbian is too stupid, the point deductions were ok, imo...
Frampton was crap. Aye he won a decision, rightly, but his flaws were exposed by a Mexican roadsweeper. Seems the boy might be soft around the whiskers. I still reckon he beats Quigg but that's more a reflection on Quigg than on Frampton. Either gets their clock cleaned by Rigo if they are ever daft enough to fight him. Crolla got jobbed. MTF
Feebles..............Framps needs shut of both of the McGuigans. Utter tards the pair of them. Barry must have been in Framptons ear all week.........."Come on Framps, let's go to America, fight a Mexican, get dropped loads, I did it, its your turn"
Barry was a cracking fighter but a dreadful analyst. Can't imagine he's much of a trainer. That said, Frampton's habit of holding is right hand low almost cost him tonight and he got dropped with nothing shots. Doesn't bode well. MTF
I think other factors may have played their part too........Frampton Came Alive after the knockdowns...but a jab, well timed, will drop a fighter every time if they walk into it and Frampton came out fast asleep and drinking deep at the well of his own awesomeness. He pretty much won every round thereafter. They are saying the ring was spongey, he had weight issues, etc.
Sounded like a lot of excuses to me. Haye and Duke were in full blow-hard mode throughout. I like Frampton but he looked like shit for me against a bang average opponent. MTF
:: When Duke was talking, Haye looked like he was a million miles away, remembering perhaps some romantic encounter, or some profitable business venture, or some happy birthday from years ago. With Frond now having retired, we can expect more of him in his skinny suits on TV blowing harder than a hard-blowing thing.....
Whatever we say about Frampton and Quigg, they both lose to Rigo. Simples. I still pick Frampton over Quigg. I thought that Gonzalaz fella was pretty handy. Not the most talented, obviously, but he has fight in him and it made for a cracking contest.
Frampton was less impressive than other fights. Never had seen gonzalez jr. Weight being an issue seems plausible, the guy was probably close to 140 or above in the ring
Frampton probably underestimated the guy a lot, the guy was a lot better than expected plus maybe the location got to him a bit. All things considered he looked worse than before but still did more than enough to win convincingly. Good learning experience for him, imo.
Rigondeaux And Loma are different class but none of that excuses framptons career decisions and ill. preparedness.
