4/3 ESPN+: Jamel Herring vs Carl Frampton (WBO Super Featherweight Championship)

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WBO junior lightweight champion Jamel Herring will defend his title against former two-division champion Carl Frampton on Feb. 27 in London, promoter Frank Warren announced Tuesday.

It's a long-awaited battle between Herring (22-2, 10 KOs) and Frampton (28-2, 16 KOs) that had been delayed by COVID-19 issues, but it should be a very competitive fight in the early part of 2021.

After putting a hold on January fights in the United Kingdom, the British Boxing Board of Control announced Monday that fights could resume in February paving way for this Herring-Frampton card date to be set.

If Frampton wins, he would become the first three-division champion from Northern Ireland. If Herring wins, it would be his biggest win as a pro and the third defense of his WBO title.

The winner of the Herring-Frampton bout is expected to face rising star and No. 1 contender Shakur Stevenson (15-0, 8 KOs) in a title bout later this year.

Herring is coming off a disappointing eighth-round disqualification victory over Jonathan Oquendo in September which was called after Herring suffered a cut and said he couldn't continue. Frampton is coming off a more impressive seventh-round TKO victory over Darren Traynor in August.

February will be a busy month for the top of the junior lightweight division. WBC champion Miguel Berchelt will defend his title against fellow Mexican and undefeated contender Oscar Valdez Feb.20 on ESPN. IBF champion JoJo Diaz will defend his belt against undefeated challenger Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov Feb.13 on DAZN.

 

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So much disrespect for Herring man lol

 

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[Kunty McPhuck]

Probably put back more to do with MTK's current negative press in the UK and Ireland. And where does Daniel Kinahan live? in Dubai

 

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Jamel Herring-Carl Frampton Official For April 3 in Dubai

BY RANDOM HITS
Published Thu Mar 11, 2021, 04:52 PM EST


Jamel “Semper Fi” Herring’s WBO junior lightweight world title defense against Belfast’s former two-weight world champion Carl “The Jackal” Frampton — Saturday, April 3 from Caesars Bluewaters Dubai — will stream live and exclusively in the United States on ESPN+.

Herring-Frampton will headline a two-bout broadcast beginning at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT. In the 10-round junior welterweight co-feature, undefeated Kazakh star Zhankosh Turarov will fight Belfast native Tyrone McKenna.

Undercard action will stream live on ESPN+ at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT.

“This is a fight that’s been in the works for a very long time, and I expect both Jamel and Carl to be at their best,” said Top Rank chairman Bob Arum. “It’s an even matchup, and I am pleased that fans in the United States can watch it live on ESPN+.”

Herring (22-2, 10 KOs) has made two defenses of the title he won from Masayuki Ito in May 2019, most recently defeating Puerto Rican challenger Jonathan Oquendo via disqualification last September at the MGM Grand Las Vegas Bubble. He was originally scheduled to face Frampton last summer in Belfast, but COVID-19 intervened. Frampton (28-2, 16 KOs), who won world titles at junior featherweight and featherweight, hopes to make history as the island of Ireland’s first three-division world champion. He has won two straight bouts since losing a unanimous decision to Josh Warrington in December 2018 for the IBF featherweight world title. In his lone ring appearance of 2020, Frampton knocked out late replacement foe Darren Traynor in the seventh round.

Undercard action streaming on ESPN+ includes:

Former four-weight world champion Donnie Nietes (42-1-5, 23 KOs) returns to action after more than two years away from the ring and will fight an opponent to be named in a 10-rounder at junior bantamweight. Nietes, from the Philippines, is one of four Asian fighters in boxing history to capture world titles in four weight classes.



Keyshawn Davis (1-0, 1 KOs), a former U.S. amateur standout who captured a silver medal at the 2019 World Championships, will take on an opponent to be named in a six-round lightweight bout.

 

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[Recca Gatsby]

Thats a bit heavy isn't it??

 

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Thats a bit heavy isn't it??

both of them have been talking like that..remember herring got criticized big time in his last fight..his wife was like we should give all this up

they both have some injuries..herring is also 35 too

 

[dizzy4111]

Yeah I can see this being the end of the line for the loser whoever it is. That a long climb back to the top.

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

herring is the favorite right?

 

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herring is the favorite right?

They are almost even on the odds depending on what sportsbook you use.

 

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