Carl Frampton vs. Luke Jackson - 18 August 2018

[Ruthless-RKO]

After the win at Elland Road, Warrington and his promoter allegedly poured water on the potential of fighting Frampton on that night, leaving ‘The Jackal’ in limbo about the availability of a credible opponent.

“I wanted one of the big names, a household name or a world champion – but no-one seems to be available,” Frampton said recently. “Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares are ruled out because they boxed on Saturday.

“Gary Russell Jr. is ruled out because he fights once a year and he hurt his hand in his last outing.

“Lee Selby got beaten and Oscar Valdez is injured. Josh Warrington – who beat Selby for the IBF belt – does not want to fight and that is understandable because he wants to have some time off and relax.

“But it doesn’t really matter. They will come and these World title fights will come.”

The hope had been that he would be in a big fight to draw the crowds to the 18,434-capacity venue.

“I would love it to be a world title fight but, if it isn’t, it doesn’t matter. I’m just happy to fight at Windsor and put on a good show."

Boxing Scene understands that Luke Jackson, the undefeated Australian, is in the running to be named as the opponent of Frampton in two months’ time.

The 33-year-old, nicknamed ‘Action’, has a ledger of 16-0 with seven early.
He was last in action as recently as April and is the current WBO Oriental featherweight champion.

[nitro5912]

The boxrec #44 mmmmmm I am sure that will go down well.

Surely it would have been better getting an opponent before announcing a date at a stadium?

[Black Sam Bellamy]

Scott Quigg and Kid Galahad are better opponents

[Stuarty]

Scott Quigg and Kid Galahad are better opponents

Exactly! Why can't they make that happen!

[handsofstone]

Frampton's a smart fella, I never quite understood why he plumped for Warren over Hearn, same with Fury, without sounding like an Eddie Hearn fanboy(which I admit I am a bit of one) Eddie's the man for getting maximum exposure and paydays, Warren's dinosaur who occasionally ups his game coz Hearn has left him for dust in the art of promoting

[Stuarty]

Frampton's a smart fella, I never quite understood why he plumped for Warren over Hearn, same with Fury, without sounding like an Eddie Hearn fanboy(which I admit I am a bit of one) Eddie's the man for getting maximum exposure and paydays, Warren's dinosaur who occasionally ups his game coz Hearn has left him for dust in the art of promoting

Frampton doesn't like Hearn. It's personal I think. Frampton is a working class lad and he calls a spade a spade so I don't think he could suffer Hearns bullshit!

[mullenman]

Awful fight..,

I’d like quigg two as I believe quigg would be more aggressive and lead to a very good fight...

Tyson versus another journeyman will not be a good watch either

[bigjack]

Frampton's a smart fella, I never quite understood why he plumped for Warren over Hearn, same with Fury, without sounding like an Eddie Hearn fanboy(which I admit I am a bit of one) Eddie's the man for getting maximum exposure and paydays, Warren's dinosaur who occasionally ups his game coz Hearn has left him for dust in the art of promoting

It's like a lot of things in life,Wazza will prefer paper and pens,the old fashioned way,Hearn is the digital era and that's the difference nowadays.

[Stuarty]

Awful fight..,

I’d like quigg two as I believe quigg would be more aggressive and lead to a very good fight...

Tyson versus another journeyman will not be a good watch either

allegedly is starting to feed us a massive pile of jobby again!

[Stuarty]

Awful fight..,

I’d like quigg two as I believe quigg would be more aggressive and lead to a very good fight...

Tyson versus another journeyman will not be a good watch either

The Quigg fight is an acceptable contest and it could be made as well! I'm a massive Frampton fan and have been from the day he turned pro but it looks as if Wareen is protecting him and trying to milk him until he loses! Carl is only 31 but at that weight he needs to strike while the iron is hot and have good fights against good name now!

The Windsor park show is a money making excersise for Frank! A show like that needs a decent opponent!

[Wa1nuts]

Fwank pays more I believe despite what it may seem. Except for ppv fighters. Although Matchroom will give more exposure doesn't mean the fighter will get more money. Plus Frampton an Fury don't like him so good for them it's good to see some people still have morals

[Horse]

This is going to fill a stadium?

Abysmal.

[jamamb]

jacksons actually not that bad from what ive seen (maybe euro level if he was euro ) but ya frampton should be fighting better, who is going to be excited for this?

[bigjack]

Wazza strikes again,he's having everyone for mugs as usual.

[dirk2686]

Fwank pays more I believe despite what it may seem. Except for ppv fighters. Although Matchroom will give more exposure doesn't mean the fighter will get more money. Plus Frampton an Fury don't like him so good for them it's good to see some people still have morals

Is there any evidence for this? In the last decade or so the traffic, whilst not all one way, has undeniably seen fighters shift towards Hearn rather than FW. Add to that the court cases and liquidations, it doesn't seem to present the latter as the well paying guy everyone wants to be with.

If what you say is true why did Bellew, Khan, Smith, Brook, Burns, Cleverly, Mitchell and so on jump ship?

[chrisnew86]

This is a joke, Windosr Park vs Luke Jackson......... Chief support Tyson Fury doing a bit of stand up comedy

Cant bloody wait.

FW knows how to turn people off, its ok him saying they have the biggest platform etc. but if your serving up shite then who cares??

BN has been abysmal this year for there standards and what happened to all the talk of 40 fight nights per year? with 20+ UK shows? He's got bloody no chance

[handsofstone]

Frampton's a smart fella, I never quite understood why he plumped for Warren over Hearn, same with Fury, without sounding like an Eddie Hearn fanboy(which I admit I am a bit of one) Eddie's the man for getting maximum exposure and paydays, Warren's dinosaur who occasionally ups his game coz Hearn has left him for dust in the art of promoting

Frampton doesn't like Hearn. It's personal I think. Frampton is a working class lad and he calls a spade a spade so I don't think he could suffer Hearns bullshit!

Aye mate I know Frampton's made no secret for what he thinks of Hearn ay , I think Frampton was considering Eddie's offer though from what I read, as I said Frampton's a smart cookie and after whats gone on with the McGuigan's I'm sure he knows what he's doing

[Twinkle Toes]

Who's this guy?

Oh I see, another with a good looking record but will be in out of his depth. Old Frank will never change will he.

[JimJim2009]

I do believe that the general plan with Fury being on BT was, have a successful return, then try to get the rest of his comeback on the BT Sport PPV platform. I am pretty sure all concerned want the PPV model to kick in, and work and I am equally sure that once Fury has knocked over a few opponents and steps up to world title level, fights could only be made if they were on BT PPV.

With that in mind, jesus Fwank you really blew it with that opponent on saturday....

[mullenman]

This is just a horror show and is boxing fans know this. Step up Queensbury please. BT venture so far has been awful. Surely for the entrance they can do better than fighters standing on s stupid box as well. Up the game or retire

[Andrew]

[Andrew]

This is just a horror show and is boxing fans know this. Step up Queensbury please. BT venture so far has been awful. Surely for the entrance they can do better than fighters standing on s stupid box as well. Up the game or retire

Last year was excellent

This year has been piss poor

[Andrew]

This is going to fill a stadium?

Abysmal.

It will because its frampton in Belfast

It's not a big fight though.

[chrisnew86]

This is going to fill a stadium?

Abysmal.

It will because its frampton in Belfast

It's not a big fight though.

Plus, its a stadium that has a smaller capacity than the Manchester Arena

[Taansend]

Scott Quigg and Kid Galahad are better opponents

Exactly! Why can't they make that happen!

All three of them in the ring? I'd watch that