Froch talks Frampton-Quigg Sky Box Office fight

framptonBy Scott Gilfoid: Well, if boxing fans want to see the February 27th fight between IBF super bantamweight champion Carl Frampton (21-0, 14 KOs) and WBA 122lb champ Scott Quigg (31-0-2, 23 KOs), they’re going to need to dig deep and pay to see it on Sky Box Office, as the fight will now be pay-per-view despite there not being anything listed as far as the undercard goes for their fight at the Manchester, Arena in Manchester, UK. The tickets are already sold out for the fight.

The recently retired fighter Carl Froch will be working as a commentator for Sky for the fight, and he sees the Frampton-Quigg fight as a 50-50 affair and he’s sitting on the fence as far as who will win the contest.

“It is a genuine 50-50 fight,” Froch said to skysports.com. “People might have had Carl Frampton down as the favorite in the past, but I am not so sure now.”

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Quigg: Frampton came back from America with his tail between his legs

Carl Frampton vs Alejandro Gonzalez jrBy Scott Gilfoid: Scott Quigg (31-0-2, 23 KOs) thinks IBF super bantamweight champion Carl Frampton (21-0, 14 KOs) had gotten a little too big for his britches recently with his ego souring sky high after a series of wins that he’d accumulated.

After going to the United States and being dropped twice by little known Alejandro Gonzalez Jr (25-3-2, 15 KOs) in their fight last July, Quigg thinks Frampton got a good dose of humility.

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Frampton vs. Quigg Official for Feb. 2016 – Breaking News!

Image: Frampton vs. Quigg Official for Feb. 2016 - Breaking News!By Scott Gilfoid: The British unification fight between IBF 122lb belt holder Carl Frampton (21-0, 14 KOs) and WBA champ Scott Quigg (31-0-2, 23 KOs) is now officially signed and ready to take place on February 27th, 2016 in Manchester, according to the latest boxing news.

It’s considered to be a unification fight now that the World Boxing Association has downgraded WBA “Super” 122lb champion Guillermo Rigondeaux and changed his status to WBA “Emeritus” champion because he hasn’t defended his title in 11 months.

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Frampton-Quigg agree to terms, but fight not done yet

Carl Frampton vs Alejandro Gonzalez jrBy Scott Gilfoid: Despite the bogus news from some other sites that the mega-UK clash being done between IBF super bantamweight champion Carl Frampton and WBA “regular” 122lb champ Scott Quigg, the fight contract still isn’t ready to be signed.

The two fighters have agreed to the contract terms but there are still some issues that their management are currently working on that need to be resolved. The contract should be ready to be signed within 24 hours, according to boxingnews24’s sources.

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Quigg: The fight we all want is almost made

quigg6666By Scott Gilfoid: WBA “regular” super bantamweight champion Scott Quigg (31-0-2, 23 KOs) says his unification fight against IBF 122lb champion Carl Frampton (21-0, 14 KOs) is almost a done deal for the two of them to face each other in February next year in Manchester, UK.

According to Quigg, the fight between them is the one that everyone wants to see and is right up there with the Kell Brook vs. Amir Khan fight in terms of being the biggest fight in British boxing right now.

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Frampton-Quigg close to being made

quigg6666By Scott Gilfoid: Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn is saying that the unification fight between his fighter WBA “regular” super bantamweight champion Scott Quigg (31-0-2, 23 KOs) and IBF 122lb champion Carl Frampton (21-0, 14 KOs) is close to getting done.

Hearn thinks the fight can be made within the next two weeks if everything goes right with the negotiations. The negotiations have been dragging out for eons and at times it’s looked like the fight would never get made, but it finally seems to be near the finish line.

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Carl Frampton vs. Scott Quigg possible for January or February 2016

Carl Frampton vs Alejandro Gonzalez jrBy Scott Gilfoid: Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn says he’s cleared 60 percent of the obstacles for making a unification fight between WBA “regular” super bantamweight champion Scott Quigg (31-0-2, 23 KOs), who he promotes, and IBF 122lb champion Carl Frampton (21-0, 14 KOs) for a unification fight that could take place next year in February or March in the UK.

One of the two sides has given in, and appears that it’s Quigg, which makes sense given that Frampton is seen as the bigger draw of the two right now by many boxing fans. Quigg had a chance to defend his WBA strap against former four division world champion Nonito Donaire in November in a fight that would have likely seen him make his career best payday. But for some reason, Quigg and Hearn didn’t take that fight.

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Frampton-Quigg two-fight deal possible for Manchester and Belfast

quigg6666By Scott Gilfoid: WBA World super bantamweight champion Scott Quigg’s promoter Eddie Hearn has made an offer to IBF super bantamweight Carl Frampton to try and get the fight made between them. Hearn’s offer to Frampton and his management team is as follow: They have a two-fight deal with the first fight taking place in Quigg’s home city next November, and then the second fight being staged in Frampton’s home city of Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Frankly, it’s a better deal for Quigg than it is for Frampton, because with the first fight being staged in Manchester, it gives him the better chance of winning due to it being his home venue.

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Hearn to sweeten offer for Frampton to face Quigg

hearn2By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn, the promoter for WBA World super bantamweight champion Scott Quigg, will reportedly be sweetening an offer to IBF 122lb champion Carl Frampton to get him to possibly agree to a fight against Quigg in the near future. Hearn will be making the offer this weekend in hopes of putting the fight together.

It’s going to have to be an offer that is slanted in favor of Frampton, because he and his manager Barry McGuigan see themselves as the A-side in the negotiations, and they don’t intend on taking the fight unless the purse split is in their favor.

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Carl Frampton says he has other options if Quigg fight doesn’t get made

frampton5By Scott Gilfoid: If IBF super bantamweight champion Carl Frampton doesn’t wind up facing WBA 122 pound champ Scott Quigg this summer in a mini-mega fight in the UK, the 28-year-old Frampton still sees himself as having options for bigger fights that he can take.

Frampton, 5’4”, and Quigg’s promoter Eddie Hearn were temporarily in negotiations for a fight. But after Quigg made an offer of £1.5 million for a fight that would take place in Manchester, the negotiations completely died. Frampton feels he’s worth a lot more than that amount, but it doesn’t look like Hearn feels the same way.

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