Just seen that they are both fighting a week apart. Frampton on January 28th and Quigg on February 4th. It's clear that sky are making a big push to make this happen sometime next year, they clearly had a big influence in the scheduling of these 2 fights. A week apart, they wanna keep it fresh in the peoples heads. Not too sure McGuigan and Hatton are as keen as Sky but i hope it happens soon. Hate this whole oh let it simmer until they are both world champions shite. Yeah like an irishman and an englishman are going to simultenously be world champions in a division dominated historically by mexicans and asian fighters. Big ******* of a fight for the British and Commonwealth titles nest summer hopefully. A loss will do neither of them any harm. If they are good enough they will come again.
It's the stylist versus the brutalist. Skill vs will. Frampton is classy but Quigg is ballsy. I want to see who can enforce their style.
There's not much between them right now, so it's a tight points win for Frampton for me. Anyone expecting a slaughter on either side will be disappointed.
^^ Your right i watched Quigg vs Booth this evening and as much as it was a great result and sensible plan i saw parts of his game that Frampton can take advantage of. It's a more even fight then some say and some of Quigg's people like us to think.
Yep that's a good shout BA. What i saw, may make a thread on this something like 'Quigg vs Frampton Techinical/Tactical Breakdown' soon. Quigg performed well but he does a few things that play into Frampton's hands -Watch for Quigg when he's in full guard, he often has a habit of dipping the hands and bringing them up. Now against good fighters they will time it and they will see it from early and throw feints downstairs and upstairs and plant shots to area exposed. -Watch Quiggs shoulders, He fights with toes pointing towards opponent but he doesn't fight side on with upperbody he squares up. As you say BA that Left hook is there and Booth landed to body at times. His habit of dipping and upping gloves will leave him open to shots to ribs. Frampton punches hard and pays in full to body! -Quigg often shows you his punches, you can see them coming. He works well to body because it's a bigger target and Booth fought the only gameplan he felt safest in which was on backfoot near ropes. I expect Frampton to fight this fight centre ring and at range. Watch round one there's some lovely camera work above ring and tonight i found myself ducking as Quigg throws his shots . Quigg is a good fighter but there's parts of his game that i think need work on .
I honestly dont think Quigg and Gal are a good match, time will tell i suppose but i hope Quigg doesnt start giving away his height at the weight in future bouts like he was doing against Booth, might just be that he had no fear of what Booth could throw in return, however the last thing i want to see is Quigg fighting like Murray.
Good point, i be honest on second viewing i wasn't as impressed as i first was. I liked how patient he was and some old school tricks thrown in. It wasn't easy fighting with pillows but i felt his work was a tad predictable and Booth played into his hands and had nothing to offer in the fight. It will be interesting to see how he deals with Arthur i expect a win but we want a statement and this is a far physical match up and Arthur is dogged.
Quigg a very good, strong fighter,but absolutly made to measure for Frampton. See it as quite an easy nights work for Carl
Frampton hasnt got a punch. On paper it looks good but most of them were premature stoppages. I'm from Northern Ireland and so i obviously want Frampton to win. I am however also a Boxing fan and so if i'm honest at this stage i have to say Quigg. Frampton is a great wee boxer but all this talk from him and Barry about "being able to bang with either hand" could prove to be his undoing. Stick to the boxing skills Carlos and you'll be grand!
