But Frampton isn’t here for the weather.
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“The Jackal” defends his WBA world featherweight crown against Leo Santa Cruz at MGM Grand Las Vegas on Saturday night.
But he feels he needs a huge fight against Frampton for Britain to stand up and take notice of his talent.
Selby accepted the bout in Las Vegas – just his second USA date following a 2015 title triumph over Fernando Montiel in Arizona – as a way to boost his profile, following the path of Frampton who is fighting in the US for the third time since 2015. “Vegas is something I’ve always wanted to do”. I want to bring my heart to the ring and entertain the fans. Me going to Belfast wouldn’t stop the fight from happening. I don’t know. I’m just expecting a very hard night. Opposite Mark Kriegel, Frampton discussed his mindset coming into the second fight. “Most people arrive tonight or tomorrow”. When you’re in the fight, when you’re in the moment, you don’t really think about but it’s something you reflect on after. From Friday I’ve trained once a day to make the weight. It was frustrating. He got me off my game, and I didn’t relax until I was in the later rounds. I thought Quigg was robbed past year. Frampton’s face is plastered on the side of the hotel, following in the footsteps of legends like George Foreman, Mike Tyson, Floyd Mayweather, Julio Cesar Chavez and Oscar De La Hoya. His debut in the states, in El Paso against the late Alejandro Gonzalez Jr.in July 2015, almost ended before it began.
According to Trump’s ideals, Santa Cruz’ family, including his mother and father, would be deported. He said it was a wakeup call.
Whether this in fact turns out to be a Round 13 continuation of their first fight or Round 1 of a different type of fight, expectations couldn’t be higher for a great show on Saturday night.
“Golden Boy’s invocation of the Ali Act – which the court recognized exists to protect boxers, not promoters – was especially hypocritical given that the Court cited evidence that confirms Haymon Sports has consistently looked to protect the interests of its boxers against one-sided and oppressive promoter contracts”, Haymon’s attorney Michael Williams said in a statement. This fight is going to be another war.
In a third title fight on the card, unbeaten World Boxing Council lightweight champion Dejan Zlaticanin takes on Mikey Garcia.
Frampton saw off Santa Cruz on points the first time they met and he knows he has to win this to stay relevant in the featherweight division.
Read on for a complete preview and prediction for Carl Frampton vs. Leo Santa Cruz 2. “He’s a fighter that I have always respected and I think it would be a huge fight, two World champions from the United Kingdom unifying the belts”. “He tries to wear people out”. And if he does try to start off and box, it just becomes more of an easier fight for me. It was his first loss in 12 title fights stretching back to his days with the IBF’s belt at 118 and the WBC’s bauble at 122, and set up a rematch in which he expects to correct his strategic errors. I’m back pressuring him again and making sure he keeps the pressure on his opponent.
“I’ve worked really hard”. “I hope in 20 years time people will be talking about our fights and saying it was a great rivalry”.
On the eve of his bid for redemption, Leo Santa Cruz has insisted he is both starting from scratch and fighting to rescue his professional career. Frampton said that would be a mistake. As long as I win, that’s my main focus.
Santa Cruz has gone as far as to suggest he may retire if he can not beat Frampton in their rematch. I missed him screaming at me, pushing me, telling me what to do.
Santa Cruz Snr, his cancer in remission, is back as full time trainer. The featherweight division is something we’ve been working on for about 18 months and previous year it started to pay off, we had six world title fights in the featherweight division, of course with the marquee fight being Frampton-Santa Cruz.
Froch says the award was well deserved after a year in which Frampton also beat England’s Scott Quigg in a world super-bantamweight unification contest. It’s my job, and that’s part of it. People are pretty good about it if you don’t get too big for your britches and you respect where you came from.
You treated 1,200 fans to beers at a Midtown Manhattan bar after the fight last summer. Fighters are competitive and they see what’s going on with other fighters and when they see other fighters taking tough fights and getting lots of attention, the competitive instincts come in.
Santa Cruz plans to throw a monkey wrench into the works. I want us to be mentioned with the great fights of the past.
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“We’ll shake hands before the fight, we’ll shake hands after the fight, maybe we’ll even go for a pint”.
