Frampton vs. Quigg

(Photo credit: Matchroom Boxing) By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBA super bantamweight champion Scott Quigg (31-1-2, 23 KOs) apparently suffered a broken jaw early in his fight against IBF belt holder Carl Frampton (22-0, 14 KOs) last Saturday night at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, UK.

Quigg lost the fight by a 12 round split decision by the scores of 115-113 for Quigg, 116-112 and 116-112 for Frampton. Quigg believes he suffered the broken jaw in the 4th round, and he feels that it was a game changer for him from that point on. However, Quigg wasn’t doing anything at all before the broken jaw, so I fail to see how it could have changed the outcome in the fight.

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(Photo credit Matchroom Boxing) By Rob Blakeman: Far from being the fireworks display promised by Eddie Hearn to a lofty paying public, Saturday night’s super bantamweight unification ‘fight’ between IBF champion Carl Frampton and WBA champion Scott Quigg was little more than a damp squib. There was no explosion of pent-up anger or aggression from these two whose biggest argument seems to have been about who had which dressing room.

No, such was the anticlimactic nature of this ‘clash’ that the first six rounds were similar to watching a puddle evaporate. The trash talking, egotistical Frampton, merely pot-shotted timidly at the unbelievably ponderous Quigg who in turn, plodded forward like some kind of Neanderthal getting his first glimpse of fire. When things finally did develop a little Frampton seemed unable to cope with Quiggs strength but equally Quigg did very little to capitalize on this fact.

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(Photo credit Matchroom Boxing) By Scott Gilfoid: As I predicted, IBF super bantamweight champion Carl Frampton (22-0, 14 KOs) totally outclassed WBA super bantamweight champion Scott Quigg (31-1-2, 23 KOs) in beating him by a 12 round split decision on Saturday night to unify the titles at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, UK.

The final judges’ scores were 116-112 and 116-112 for Frampton and 115-113 for Quigg. I thought the fight was a heck of a lot wider than those scores. Those were incredibly poor scores. I don’t know what the judge was thinking who scored the fight for Quigg. He must have gotten mixed up in not realizing which one was Frampton, because anyone could have scored this fight correctly.

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(Photo credit Matchroom Boxing) By Jim Dower: IBF 122lb champion Carl Frampton (22-0, 14 KOs) out-boxed the bigger and stronger WBA super bantamweight champion Scott Quigg (31-1-2, 23 KOs) to hand him his first loss of his career in winning a close 12 round split decision victory on Saturday night at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, UK.

Many of the first six rounds very close and could have gone either way. Quigg was clearly the better fighter in the second half of the fight, and I had him winning four of the last six rounds. The judges scored it 116-112 and 116-112 for Frampton and 115-113 for Quigg. The fight looked close enough to be scored a draw. You could even state a case where Quigg deserved a narrow win because he landed the better shots in every round of the fight. He just wasn’t landing as many as Frampton was. Quigg was missing a lot of punches due to Frampton’s defense, and because he was loading up to much.

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By Andy Hayes: The long awaited super bantamweight showdown between Carl Frampton and Scott Quigg is just hours away, and although this fight may not be the hottest ticket around the rest of Europe or across the pond, rest assured this is Britain’s biggest grudge match since Carl Froch v George Groves. This matchup has been a good few years in the making, and finally we will get to see all the answers to all questions haunting these men since they both reached championship heights.

Interestingly both men have divided opinion straight down the middle, leaving fans batting back and fourth with who they believe will come out on top. ‘Quigg is the better all round Boxer’, ‘yes but Frampton has the knock out power’. These are the type of things you have undoubtedly had to listen to since this fight was first announced. I believe both statements carry truth and could eventually decide the outcome of this unification bout. Scott Quigg the local man proved in his last outing that he has everything it takes to turn up the heat when necessary , forcing the referee to step in and stop further damage to veteran Kiko Martinez.

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(Photo credit: Matchroom Boxing) By Scott Gilfoid: The way IBF super bantamweight champion Carl Frampton (21-0, 14 KOs) sees it, WBA 122lb belt holder Scott Quigg (31-0-2, 23 KOs) will have to take risks tonight in their unification fight if he wants a chance to win. Once Quigg starts taking risks, Frampton plans on knocking him out with something.

Frampton says that Quigg won’t be able to fight on his back foot because he’ll get out-boxed and find himself quickly falling behind in the fight. That’s why he’ll have no choice but to revert to form and come after Frampton in order to try and keep from being totally shutout in the fight.

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By Scott Gilfoid: This is what I was afraid of; WBA super bantamweight champion Scott Quigg (31-0-2, 23 KOs) looked absolutely weight drained at Friday’s weigh-in for his fight against IBF super bantamweight champion Carl Frampton (21-0, 14 KOs) at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, UK.

It was supposed to be the other way around. Many boxing fans questioned whether the 28-year-old Frampton would be able to make weight, as he has looked heavy lately with his walking around weight. In between fights, the 5’5” Frampton reminds me of a short Saul “Canelo” Alvarez with his stocky frame. But to Frampton’s credit, he took the weight off during camp and looked incredible today at the weigh-in.

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By Scott Gilfoid: Well, they were wrong about IBF super bantamweight champion Carl Frampton (21-0, 14 KOs) not being able to make weight for Saturday’s unification fight against WBA belt holder Scott Quigg (31-0-2, 23 KOs) at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, UK.

Like a true professional, Frampton weighed in at 121.7lbs, and didn’t look weight drained or anything. For his part, the 27-year-old Quigg looked painfully thin with dark circles around both of his eyes. He made weight at 1216lbs, but he looked dreadful like it had been total ordeal for him to make the weight.

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