Chris Avalos

McGuigan expects Carl Frampton to face Quigg and possibly Santa Cruz in 2015

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frampton40By Scott Gilfoid: Barry McGuigan, the adviser for IBF super bantamweight champion Carl Frampton (19-0, 13 KOs), sees big things for him in 2015. Frampton has a title defense against #1 IBF Chris Avalos (25-2, 19 KOs) on February 28th at the Odyssey Arena, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

McGuigan sees Frampton winning that fight, and then moving on to face WBA belt holder Scott Quigg, and then possibly WBC champion Leo Santa Cruz. What’s interesting is that McGuigan isn’t saying a word about wanting to match Frampton against WBA/WBO super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux, even though he’s considered to be far the best fighter in the division.

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Carl Frampton to defend title against Chris Avalos on 2/28 in Belfast

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frampton22By Scott Gilfoid: IBF World super bantamweight belt holder Carl Frampton (19-0, 13 KOs) will be making his first title defense in the next two months against #1 IBF, #1 WBO, #4 WBA Chris Avalos (25-2, 19 KOs) on February 25th at the Odyssey Arena, Belfast, in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

Avalos feels confident that he’ll be whipping Frampton in front of his own fans on 2/25, as he said “I am going to win, and it will be by knockout,” as quoted by Skysports.com.

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Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Chris Avalos possible for November 22nd

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rigondeaux3By Dan Ambrose: On Friday, Caribe Promotions won the purse bid for the title defense by WBA/WBO super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (14-0, 9 KOs) for his defense against #1 IBF, #4 WBA Chris Avalos (24-2, 18 KOs). Caribe Promotions won with a winning bid of $317,777.77.

The fight Rigondeaux-Avalos is being talked about for November 22nd. The venue for the fight hasn’t been decided yet, but they’re looking at possibly Miami or the Dominican Republic. However, the fight is still up in the air at this time because Avalos’ promoters at Top Rank might opt to put him in against newly crowned IBF super bantamweight champion Carl Frampton in a fight that would be staged in the UK.

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Rigondeux-Alvalos fight ordered by WBO, Guillermo wants Santa Cruz

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rigondeaux3By Chris Williams: The WBO wants WBA/WBO super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (14-0, 9 KOs) to fight the Top Rank promoted #1 WBO Chris Avalos (24-2, 18 KOs) next, but Rigondeaux is busy calling out WBC super bantamweight champion Leo Santa Cruz for a unification fight.

That’s the match that Rigondeaux would prefer to get if he can get the fight. On Monday, the WBO ordered Rigondeaux and Avalos to start negotiations for a fight between them. Rigondeaux is no longer with Top Rank, and it’s not probable that HBO will televise the fight given that they opted not to televise Rigondeaux’s last fight against Sod Kokietgym.

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