Hearn: Frampton turned down a Arthur fight because he wanted a test
EDDIE Hearn would rather Carl Frampton fight live and willing opponents than fighters who have been brought back from the boxing dead and should be retired.
The Matchroom boss hit back at claims Frampton’s ‘hottest super bantamweight prospect’ nemesis, Scott Quigg has stolen a march on the Belfast fighter by beating the well know Jason Booth and signing to fight another familiar name in Jamie Arthur.
Arthur beat Hughes just over a year ago and Hughes has done very little since then. So I think Hearn is talking rubbish here.“We got offered the chance to fight Jamie Arthur and we turned it down. All due respect to Arthur he was a champion, but he is not in Carl’s league anymore. He retired something like 64 times and came back. Do we want to be fighting guys past their best? Absolutely not,” Hearn told Mirror Sport.
“We know Kris Hughes will come to fight and he will try his nuts off. He will be up for this and he wants to take the belt from Carl Frampton. Quigg takes on a fighter who Jason Booth beat.Quigg just destroyed Jason Booth. So were is the value in that? It should be obvious what will happen on February 4.”
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