Much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much better than Orozco. Briceño has been stopped only twice - late by Leo Santa Cruz, and via 8th round corner retirement in his first step up early days while an unbeaten prospect against hard-hitting Will Gonzalez (who dropped Jhonny Gonzalez in their short war, and gave King Kong Agbeko hell in an IBF title challenge lost by MD) Briceño went the championship distance with a prime Fernando Montiel and nicked a few rounds off Omar Narvaez. He is a well-worn 35 and the smaller man, a career fly & super fly - but he is still vastly superior to Orozco. His several losses are the product of a very tough schedule. Orozco's three losses and both draws came at domestic Argentine cab driver level.
He is a better fighter IB but it worries me the difference in size here, if he was as big as Frampton I could see the benefit in learning something from the guy but weight difference and size on the night could be enormous for these smaller guys
12 days notice is not enough time to prepare to fly half way round the world to fight a bigger & younger opponent. Briceno will only be coming over for the pay day.
Thankyou I had the same opinion when it was announced a few days ago but was the only one who thought this was decent for short notice Been in with narveaz montiel and Santa Cruz and wasn't blown out by any of them,so he is durable He is a career super fly it seems who has campaigned at bantam as he gets older Come on people get perspective this is much better opponent than the original,framptons short so won't be massively bigger but will obviously be stronger.however this guy has ring savvy and experience so it's a worthy keep busy fight On another site someone was complaining he isn't ranked by anyone,who cares this isn't a rankings booster it's much needed rounds for his apprenticeship
:good If Briceño were a chinny fellow moving up and giving up that much size it would be a farce but he is teak-tough and has been active enough to not be coming in rusty. (fought once this year and thrice last, for a total of 38 rounds...albeit versus the same two countrymen) He should be game enough on the night, and while Frampton has no business losing or even struggling he could find that Briceño's grit, experience, flyswatter defense picking off shots, and scrappy infighting may cause him to put in some real work and help fine-tune some things Kiko showed he needs working on. If people want to jeer Briceño, they ought to have been hopping mad at Orozco. It was a complete joke that Frampton vs. Orozco was ever negotiated. Frampton vs. Briceño isn't exactly competitive matchmaking, but it's at least defensible and could prove educational for Carl in ways that obliterating Fabian wouldn't have.
FW knows which fights to make and how to build a fighter.. look at ricky hatton, he developed him into the best LWW in the world. I see alot of the Hatton type quality in Carl and as other have said its a good fight for him. I will also add that I think Carl was being a bit rushed by matchroom. Patience is the key for the pros, if you look back in history, everyone fought bums at some point. Obviously not saying this is a bum fight.
It's not a bad fight at all, but it is very "early Amir Khan career" esque in that this is a tough guy with a good record....stepping up in weight to fight the bigger guy on better form. You can clearly see what ****** is doing here
