rd350lc wrote:I desperately wanted Quigg to win , but in my mind it was Frampton's superior skills that won him the fight . I think if Quigg had of given his all earlier he would have gassed towards the end and if he could have done a Kiko on him ,without Gallagher's advice ,he would have done. If's , buts and maybees
I think we saw that Quigg had the chin, defence and punch selection to force the fight to Frampton and get the upper hand a lot of the time. I'm not convinced that Frampton would beat a Quigg who was prepared to do that from the offset because when he heard he was down and started forcing the fight he won a lot more rounds than Frampton and looked good.
The strategy of starting slowly and giving Frampton too much respect was not working but at the same time Quigg wasn't being hit much, if at all and it was pretty nip and tuck. An even first 6 rounds and then coming on and sweeping most of the last 6 rounds would have probably been what Quigg and Gallagher were hoping for.
Frampton is acting like he won every round in his interviews. He wasn't setting the world alight himself and was barely winning the opening 6 rounds. Then he lost the majority of the last 6.
I thought it was a below par performance from Quigg. I'm not sure how to assess Frampton though. I certainly wouldn't bet on him in a rematch.