By Scott Gilfoid: #1 IBF Carl Frampton will be taking on the monstrous punching IBF super bantamweight champion Kiko Martinez on September 6th at the Titanic Quarter in Belfast. Frampton sees himself as one of the top fighters in the 122 pound division, but he’s going to have to prove that he belongs up there by showing that he can beat the tough as nails Martinez.
Frampton wants to take on the bigger names in the division like Leo Santa Cruz. Frampton hasn’t shown a great deal of interest as of yet facing what many boxing fans see as the legitimate overall champion at 122 in Guillermo Rigondeaux. That guy is obviously a step too far for Frampton to take.
The Frampton vs. Martinez fight will air on AWE for U.S boxing fans. The telecast starts at 3:30 pm ET on September 6, according to Dan Rafael.
Martinez will be fighting away from home despite the fact that he’s the world champion and Frampton is just the challenger. The money was obviously too good for Martinez to turn down, so he’s going to be fighting in front of Frampton’s fans instead of his own in Spain.
I hope we don’t see a controversial decision here because that would be a real pity to see a robbery on September 6th.
I’m sure Frampton will eventually take the fight with Rigondeaux, but only after he ages another 4-5 years to where he’s nearing 40. Right now, Rigondeaux is just simply far too good for the 27-year-old Frampton to deal with or any of the fighters in the division to deal with for that matter.
“No, I’m not going to let him [win]. There is too much riding on this fight. This is a World title fight and after this the massive, massive fights will happen,” Frampton said to newsletter.co.uk. “He is the one who is standing in the way of these mega fights and he is the one that can throw a spanner in the works. He is the one that could put my career back a couple of years and I am not going to let that happen”
I’m not too sure about what Frampton is talking about when he says Martinez is standing in the way of a mega fight. If Frampton is talking about facing Quigg or Santa Cruz, then those aren’t what I call mega fights. If Frampton took on Rigondeaux or if he moved up to the featherweight division to take on someone like Vasyl Lomachenko or Nonito Donaire, then I could see those bouts being called a mega-fight. I mean, I don’t think Frampton would do well against the likes of Rigondeaux, Lomachenko or Donaire, but I would definitely call those mega fights. A Frampton vs. Quigg or Frampton vs. Santa Cruz are not even close to being a mega fight. Those are just decent fights.
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