Barry McGuigan: ‘Carl Frampton has options’

Frampton/Quigg

AFTER defending his IBF super-bantamweight crown twice this year, Carl Frampton isnโ€™t expected to fight again until 2016.

โ€œWe have a number of options on the table and we have our mandatory, Shingo Wake, a good fighter, southpaw, a tall, rangy southpaw, tough as hell,โ€ said Frampton’s manager Barry McGuigan. โ€œThen of course thereโ€™s the Quigg fight. I think the ball is back in their court. We told them it wouldnโ€™t be a unification. They donโ€™t recognise him as being number one in the division in the WBA therefore itโ€™s not going to be getting the unification tag. Itโ€™s a voluntary defence for Carl. Iโ€™m sure the IBF will rate him but heโ€™ll have to vacate that title.โ€

โ€œThe decision will be imminent,โ€ Barry continued. โ€œItโ€™s a stand alone pay-per-view. Itโ€™ll be embellished with lots of others if it happens.โ€

London would be the most likely location for Frampton-Quigg. โ€œI think thatโ€™s the fairest place to have it. Weโ€™re six hundred miles away from where we live, heโ€™s about 250. I think itโ€™s the fairest. It would be unfair for us to have to travel to Manchester. The bottom line is we have the valid title, itโ€™ll be for our title, weโ€™re coming to England, weโ€™d expect it to be a neutral venue.โ€

If the Quigg fight cannot be made, Frampton’s team are also looking at options to box again in America.

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