By Sean McDaniel: EBU super bantamweight champion Carl Frampton (16-0, 11 KO’s) won’t get much time to rest up after his 9th round TKO win over Kiko Martinez last Saturday night. Frampton’s promoter Eddie Hearn is going to keep him busy in 2013, and has plans on having him back at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast on May 11th. He drew a huge crowd for the Martinez fight, and it’s possible he’ll do that again if Hearn can find him a quality fighter.
Hearn wants Frampton to go after the IBF belt. It’s currently vacant but it won’t be after Saturday when Alejandro Lopez faces Jhonatan Romero for the title at the Auditorio Municipal, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. Both of those guys are vulnerable fighters, and Hearn sees what many fans see as a potential easy belt for Frampton to pick up without much risk.