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Carl Frampton

Medal record
Representing Ireland
Men’s Boxing
European Union Amateur Boxing Championships
	Dublin 2007	Featherweight

Carl Frampton (born 21 February 1987 in Belfast) is a professional boxer from Tiger's Bay, Northern Ireland, who fights in the super bantamweight division and is managed by Barry McGuigan. He is the current holder of the Commonwealth Super-Bantamweight championship.

Amateur career

As an amateur, Frampton fought out of the Midland Boxing Club in Tiger's Bay and won the Irish senior flyweight title in 2005 and added the Irish featherweight title in 2009, beating David Oliver Joyce in the final.

He also claimed a silver medal at the 2007 European Union Amateur Boxing Championships in Dublin, losing to France's Khedafi Djelkhir in the final. Frampton is one of Ireland's most successful amateur boxers of recent years, winning over 100 of his fights and losing only 8 times.

Professional career

Frampton turned professional after his victory in the 2009 Irish featherweight finals. He is trained by London-based coach Shane McGuigan and, in June 2009, fought his first professional fight at the Olympia, Liverpool, in England and beat Sandor Szinavel with a second-round knock-out on a card that included Grzegorz Proksa and Ajose Olusegan. In January 2010, he was named Ireland's Prospect of the Year at the Irish National Boxing Awards. In September 2010 he recorded an "electrifying" win over the Ukrainian Yuri Voronin in front of an Ulster Hall crowd which included Daniel Day-Lewis. The win led the Belfast Telegraph to liken him to a "reincarnation" of Barry McGuigan. Two months later he won his first professional title, the Celtic title, with a second-round TKO win over Scottish boxer Gavin Reid in the Ulster Hall. Following his victory, Frampton described the super-bantamweight divisiona as being "super-hot" and named Scott Quigg and Rendall Munroe as potential opponents. He then went on to get a fourth-round TKO win over Venezuelan Oscar Chacin, and fought his first defence of his BBBofC Celtic super-bantamweight title against Welshman Robbie Turley on June 4 winning by 10 round UD.

Carl fought Australian Mark Quon as a replacement for Kiko Martinez on 10 September for the Commonwealth super-bantamweight title at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast winning by a fourth-round TKO stoppage. On 28 January 2012, he successfully defended his Commonwealth title against Kris Hughes in the York Hall, with the fight having to be stopped in the seventh round. According to the BBC, Frampton controlled the contest from the start and was never threatened by his opponent. On 17 March Frampton once again defended his title against Ghana's Prosper Ankrah and won by a second-round TKO stoppage. After his victory Frampton challenged the British Champion Scott Quigg saying that "I don't know if he wants it but, if he does, he should tell his promoter".

Frampton then beat fellow unbeaten contender Raúl Hirales, Jr. (previously 16-0, 8 KO's) of Mexico by a unanimous decision and won the vacant IBF Inter-continental super-bantamweight title on the undercard of Carl Froch vs. Lucian Bute in Nottingham, UK. The fight took place on 26 May 2012.

On 22 September 2012, Frampton took on former two-time world champion Steve Molitor. The fight took place in the Odyssey Arena in Belfast on a card that included Martin Lindsay and Paul McCloskey. Frampton scored an impressive sixth-round TKO and had the former champion on the canvas three times during the bout. After the fight, Frampton announced that he was willing to "fight anyone" and that he was "ready for a world title fight".

On February 9, 2013, Carl Frampton faced hard-punching Spaniard Kiko Martinez in front of 8,000 of his home fans in the Odyssey Arena in Belfast. Martinez, a former European Champion, had previously knocked out Bernard Dunne in 86 seconds and had never been knocked down. Frampton won by TKO in Round 9 winning the European Super-bantamweight title. In March 2013 the IBF Super-Bantamweight champion Jonathan Romero indicated that he would be willing to fight Frampton in Belfast "if the money is right".

On October 19, 2013, Carl Frampton defended his E.B.U and IBF Inter - Continental titles in an IBF World Title Eliminator against IBF #4 ranked Jeremy Parodi (35-1-1). The fight took place in front of a maximum capacity 9,000 fans at the Odyssey Arena, Belfast. Frampton put on a fantastic performance in a one sided contest before knocking Parodi out with a body shot at the end of the sixth round. Carl Frampton moves to 17 (12) - 0.

Frampton is now ranked: IBF #2, WBC #2 and Ring Magazine #2

Professional boxing record

17 Wins (12 Knockouts), 0 Losses, 0 Draws
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Win	17-0	Jeremy Parodi	KO	6 (12)	2013-10-19	Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Retained EBU and IBF Inter-Continental Super-Bantamweight titles.
Win	16-0	Kiko Martinez	TKO	9 (12)	2013-02-09	Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Retained EBU and IBF Inter-Continental Super-Bantamweight titles.
Win	15-0	Steve Molitor	TKO	6 (12)	2012-09-22	Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Third defense of Commonwealth (British Empire) Super-Bantamweight title.
Win	14-0	Raúl Hirales, Jr.	UD	12	2012-05-26	Nottingham Arena, Nottinghamshire, Nottingham	Won IBF Inter-Continental Super-Bantamweight title.
Win	13-0	Prosper Ankrah	KO	2 (12)	2012-03-27	Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire	Second defense of Commonwealth (British Empire) Super-Bantamweight title.
Win	12-0	Kris Hughes	TKO	7 (12)	2012-01-28	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London	First defense of Commonwealth (British Empire) Super-Bantamweight title.
Win	11-0	Mark Quon	TKO	4 (12)	2011-09-10	Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Won Commonwealth (British Empire) Super-Bantamweight title.
Win	10-0	Robbie Turley	UD	10	2011-06-04	Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales	Defended BBBofC Celtic Super-Bantamweight title.
Win	9-0	Oscar Chacin	TKO	4 (6)	2011-03-05	Leisure Centre, Huddersfield, Yorkshire
Win	8-0	Gavin Reid	TKO	2 (10)	2010-12-03	Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Won vacant BBBofC Celtic Super-Bantamweight title.
Win	7-0	Yuri Voronin	TKO	3 (8)	2010-09-18	Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Win	6-0	Ian Bailey	UD	6	2010-06-11	King's Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Win	5-0	Istvan Szabo	TKO	1 (6)	2010-03-05	Leisure Centre, Huddersfield, Yorkshire
Win	4-0	Yoan Boyeaux	UD	4	2010-02-12	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London
Win	3-0	Ignac Kassai	TKO	3 (4)	2009-11-06	Meadowbank Sports Arena, Magherafelt, Northern Ireland
Win	2-0	Yannis Lakrout	UD	4	2009-09-04	Eston Sports Academy, Teesville, Middlesbrough
Win	1-0	Sandor Szinavel	TKO	2 (4), 2:03	2009-06-12	Olympia, Liverpool, Merseyside	Professional debut

References

1. Boxrec. "Carl Frampton". Boxrec Fighter Page. Retrieved 1 March 2010.Boxrec Fighter Page
2. Leonard Gunning. "Carl Frampton Gets Approval From Barry McGuigan". Boxing-Ireland.com. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
3. "European Union Championships - Dublin, Ireland". EABA. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
4. "Carl Frampton is fighter with star appeal". Belfast Telegraph. 20 September 2010. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
5. Published on 03/12/2010 08:53. "Frampton claims Celtic title". Belfast Newsletter. Retrieved 2013-04-14.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
6. "Frampton secures Martinez contest". BBC News.
7. "Carl Frampton beats Kris Hughes in Commonwealth title defence". BBC. 2012-01-28. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
8. "Carl Frampton stops Prosper Ankrah to retain Commonwealth title". BBC. 18 March 2012. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
9. "Carl Frampton in impressive sixth-round win over Steve Molitor". BBC. 22 September 2012. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
10. Web Contributor (February 11, 2013). "Jackal and Pride". Irish Daily Star. Retrieved 2013-04-14. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
11. "Carl Frampton stops Kiko Martinez to win European title". BBC. 9 February 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
12. "Jonathan Romero would fight Carl Frampton in Belfast if the money was right". ESPN. 2013-03-08. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
13. Carl Frampton's Professional Boxing Record. BoxRec.com. Retrieved on 2011-08-27.

External links

• Boxing record for Carl Frampton from BoxRec (registration required)

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