Jhonatan Romero vs Carl Frampton IBF Title fight moves closer

Brook vs ndou hatton jones, yep great fights we all were begging for. Barker is consistently fighting average opponent after average opponent. Yet you still see his face on ringside etc with eddie hyping him up all the time. ****ing makes me cringe.

 

Brook was not ready for a world title when with VVarren and them fights were crucial learning fights as shown against Jones. Or he could a win a world title too early like Cleverly and have to try and learn still at the top by taking **** fights for 2 years!

 

How could I forget Jackiewcz, Kell lands a few punches and the typical appalling referee waves the fight off.

Barker vs Domenico Spada was another great fight wasn't it?

 

Quite a step up for the Jackal.*

Momo is very slick and has been steadily improving. I've only seen him lose a single round (out of 32) in his last three bouts.

Before that, I did have Chris Avalos just narrowly edging him 95-94 in what officially transpired as split decision victory for Romero - but it was a courageous effort in which he showed both heart and the capacity for intelligent adjustment, and got off the canvas early to rally. (and if you take away that KD, I'd have scored it a draw)







*said with all due respect for Hirales, Molitor & Martinez.

 

I spoke to Carl recently and he said he's still holding out hope for a Quigg clash next but its not easy to make. If Quigg doesn't happen next then they're looking at getting Romero over to Belfast in July.

I think he's better off going after Romero first as he'll destroy him imo and it would make the Quigg clash much bigger.

 

Why is the fight not easy to make? Quigg-Frampton in Belfast, with an even 50-50 purse split. Winner fights for a world title. Matchroom and Sky deliver the most intriguing domestic match up that can be made. But, we get excuses that it is difficult to make.

 

Destroy him? :huh

Romero has been improving since he fought Avalos...hell, the improvements were underway during that match.

Momo is currently a better fighter than old Kiko, who Frampton did beat comfortably but it wasn't a piece of **** or a destruction.

 

He didn't go into specifics but said Team Quigg were making things difficult regarding the purse split & venue. Basically Team Quigg want at least a 50/50 split for coming to Belfast which isn't going to happen. Carl with the backing of Sky & Matchroom as well as being the Euro champ and having a high ranking with the IBF has plenty of options and doesn't need Quigg.

Scott on the other hand doesn't really have any where else to go to get a big fight.

 

I may be going a bit over the top with the 'Destroy him' comment but i really can't see anything other than a Frampton win especially if its in Belfast.

Romero's good but Frampton's better

 

Sky can hand Eddie a piece of paper with the fights they want to see, since he has been crowned their king of boxing, and on that list could be Quigg-Frampton. I thought the point of giving Matchroom all the dates etc was they want to have better quality assurance as their multiple promoters were not cooperating.

But all I hear from Eddie in his interviews is that he has to do what is best for his client (i.e. the fighter etc), just goes to show the folly in giving him control of boxing on Sky. Quigg and Frampton are on the same level, it is a 50-50 fight, it makes most sense to make the fight in Belfast - but it also gives Frampton home advantage. This is the biggest domestic fight out there and should be getting made.

 

In my opinion they should just split it down the middle in Belfast as obviously that would make them both the most money, keep things simple. Take the egos out of it, whether you've got this option or that option without the other party is just egos talking, it doesn't take anything away from the fact every boxing fan wants to see the fight so its much more in your interest to split 50/50 with somebody in a meaningful bout then it is to fight somebody random in an EBU defence etc, you might dominate the purse but ultimately you're presumably in the sport to fight big fights so it makes no sense to obscure this objective by taking obtrusive approaches to negotiations. Unless Frampton is fighting for a world title, this holds true.

Neither would be getting peanuts, just get it made and take all the ego nitpicking out of it over percentages. Neither is exactly Floyd Mayweather yet, its all about providing entertainment and if you do that the rest is going to take care of itself. If I was handling Frampton I'd have no problem with 50/50 and you're at home, you gotta be confident he's going to win big and kick on and its going to be very beneficial moving forward to win a fight like that.

 

Exactly. If the will is there it can be made. If this doesnt get made now, it will never happen.