Serving as the co-main event (beneath Óscar Rafael Valdez Fierro vs. Andrés Gutiérrez Vera, in undefeated Valdez's re-debut at super feather after his six-defense WBO featherweight title reign) @ the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas on ESPN+, five weeks from now. McCreary is a 2x national amateur champion, with an 87-15 record (and over half of those wins by RSC, impressively) but made the mistake of signing with Roc Nation shortly after turning pro. Having either waited out his contract or extricated himself from it, he is now under the auspices of Top Rank, who are throwing him into the deep end very quickly here. The veteran from Belfast (with an even more impressive amateur pedigree, going 114-11 and racking up a pair of Irish national championships along with a dozen international medals) was poised at one point to be among the very best p4p in the UK, and even after losing his rematch to Léo Santa Cruz was on pace to regain that form (with victories over Nonito Donaire and unbeaten Aussie prospect Luke Jackson) when Josh Warrington outslugged him ten months ago. This will be the longest professional layoff of 32 year old Frampton's career, by 49 days.
