Carl Frampton

Carl Frampton, also known as The Jackal and Brick Fists, is a former professional boxer from Northern Ireland who made his debut in the year 2009. Throughout his career, he fought in three weight classes: Super-bantamweight, Featherweight, and Super-featherweight, and has an impressive record of 28 wins, 3 losses, and no draws or no-contests.

Carl Frampton's amateur career proved to be remarkable. Representing Ireland at the EU Championships in Dublin in the year 2007, he won a gold medal in the Featherweight category. After turning professional, he fought his first fight at the Olympia, Liverpool, in England, and beat Sandor Szinavel with a second-round knock-out.

Frampton recorded 23 consecutive victories after his debut, including 13 wins via stoppage. After these impressive victories, he had his first world title fight against Kiko Martínez for the IBF (International Boxing Federation) super-bantamweight title, which he won via a 12 round unanimous decision to become the super-bantamweight world champion.

He is a one-time unified super-bantamweight world champion, and has won three world titles at two weight classes. He is also the first boxer from Northern Ireland to hold world titles in two weight classes. Frampton has won numerous fights against notable boxers like Léo Santa Cruz, Chris Avalos, Kiko Martinez, Nonito Donaire, Darren Traynor, Luke Jackson, and Tyler McCreary.

Carl Frampton came in 4th in the world's best active super-featherweight by BoxRec rankings in December 2019, followed by the Ring ranking of the fifth-best active featherweight.

The 5 highlight fights of Frampton's career include:

September 6, 2014: Carl Frampton vs. Kiko Martínez: Frampton won his first world title by defeating Kiko Martínez via 12 round unanimous decision. As a result of this, he became the IBF super-bantamweight champion.

February 28, 2015: Carl Frampton vs. Chris Avalos: Frampton successfully defended the IBF super-bantamweight title against Chris Avalos, winning the fight via 5th round TKO.

February 27, 2016: Carl Frampton vs. Scott Quigg: Frampton became a unified super-bantamweight world champion by beating Scott Quigg via 12 round split-decision. Now, he held the IBF and WBA (Super) super-bantamweight world-champion belts.

July 30, 2016: Carl Frampton vs. Léo Santa Cruz: Frampton won the WBA (Super) featherweight title from Léo Santa Cruz, beating Cruz via 12 round majority decision.

April 21, 2018: Carl Frampton vs. Nonito Donaire: Carl Frampton beat Nonito Donaire via 12th round unanimous decision.

In his professional career, Carl Frampton had a total of three losses, all of them in title bouts. He suffered his first loss against Léo Santa Cruz via 12 round majority decision in 2017, which ended his 23-fight win streak. He has been stopped once and also lost two times via decision.

Carl Frampton, who is 5'5" tall with a 62" reach, has finished his career with a professional boxing record of 28-3, including 16 wins via KO and three title wins. His last fight, on April 3, 2021, was against American boxer Jamel Herring for Herring's super-featherweight WBO title. Frampton lost the fight via 6th round TKO. Consequently, he retired from professional boxing.

Summing up, Carl Frampton was a remarkable boxer who has achieved numerous milestones in his career. He will be remembered as a world-class boxer who represented his country with pride and dignity.

Carl Frampton Fight Record