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Frampton defending his title against some Mexican in El Paso on CBS right now.
Yes see!WA33 is that Kovalev on your avatar?
Yes... it seems sometimes referees are paid by the promoters to help one boxer or the other in situations like that.In round 11, Quigg landed a right hand that seemed to put Frampton "on queer street", but the referee inexplicably halted the action. As a boxing fan, seeing stuff like that really sucks. It was at perhaps the most important moment in the fight, when Quigg had Frampton hurt and possibly could have scored a knockdown or knockout, but the ref gets in the way of the action and buys Frampton an additonal 10 or 15 seconds to recover. Quigg had a lot of momentum at that moment and I think could have dropped Frampton, but the referee gave him some extra recovery time and Quigg lost his chance. Poor refereeing IMO.
Great win for the Anglo-Irish fighter Frampton (his surname is Anglo-Saxon, so his bloodline ancestors were likely English who settled in Ireland).Carl wins!!! Carl won a hard fought fight against A tier fighter in Santa Cruz. He won by athleticism, movement and crisp hard shots. Congrats. First two weight Champion from Ireland. Both bantamweight and now featherweight. Great fight.
Frampton cleary won the fight imo, but it was close enough that if Santa Cruz had juice with NYAC this fight could have been a majority draw or a split decision win for him. Santa Cruz tried to employ the power heavy raw style that beat Abner Mares but Frampton has better defense and more offensive variety.I've seen a lot of bashing of Frampton on Twitter saying he was gifted a decision against Santa Cruz. Haven't seen the fight yet but I wouldn't mind them running it back and Frampton leaving with no doubt victory next time. Congrats to Frampton another gifted white fighter from our generation!
Crazy how long ago that Frampton v Santa Cruz fight was. 2016! No doubt he won their first fight. The 2nd not so much.
Frampton got sparked 6th round TKO.
He's calling it a day.