Boxing Coverage on Sherdog.comSho Extreme Weigh-in Results: Frampton, Quigg Cleared to Fight
The Manchester Arena in Manchester, England, will be blown sky high
when the raucous crowd erupts in excitement Saturday night for one
of the most anticipated showdowns in Europe in recent years. And
with both popular combatants making weight on Friday, the fight
will go on as scheduled.
IBF super bantamweight champion Carl Frampton will lock horns with WBA 122-pound king Scott Quigg in a fight that could be one of the best of the year. Sho Extreme will televise the bout live in America at 5:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. PT.
Frampton (21-0, 14 KOs) strolled onto the scale and nailed it,
weighing officially at 121.7 pounds. After he made weight, the
Irishman blew a kiss at his foe during the staredown and made it
known how he feels about the contest.
“I am better than him,” Frampton stated. “I have the power to knock him out, from the first round to the last round, and I’ve also got the boxing brain to comprehensively beat him on points.”
Quigg (32-0-2, 23 KOs) countered with a terse verbal jab of his own after clocking in at 121.6 pounds.
“I respect him as a fighter,” the Englishman said. “But the best Carl Frampton can’t touch the best Scott Quigg,”
IBF super bantamweight champion Carl Frampton will lock horns with WBA 122-pound king Scott Quigg in a fight that could be one of the best of the year. Sho Extreme will televise the bout live in America at 5:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. PT.
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“I am better than him,” Frampton stated. “I have the power to knock him out, from the first round to the last round, and I’ve also got the boxing brain to comprehensively beat him on points.”
Quigg (32-0-2, 23 KOs) countered with a terse verbal jab of his own after clocking in at 121.6 pounds.
“I respect him as a fighter,” the Englishman said. “But the best Carl Frampton can’t touch the best Scott Quigg,”
Sho Extreme Weigh-in Results:
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