Josh Warrington v Carl Frampton - 18 August

[Terry Dooley]

It definitely isn't happening on that date and Warrington will have two more fights before they even consider Frampton.

[PredatorHayds]

I don’t think it’s straight forward to throw Warrington into the brawler bracket anymore.
It’s his most used style. But he outboxed Selby on the backfoot.
He showed he has more than one fight dimension.
Pre Selby I’d of said Warrington marches forward and Frampton picks him off.
Don’t think that would be Warringtons gameplan now. If he can outbox Selby he could outbox Frampton.
In my opinion it’s a 50/50 fight. If Frampton slides in the next 12 months and Warrington improves and adds top level experience, I’d favour Warrington.

[Autobarn]

Frampton beats Warrington convincingly. Possibly by stoppage late on.

I agree

Didn't everyone say this about Selby though?

I think Warrington has come on so much, he's not just workrate, he's an educated boxer and though he doesn't have KO power, I think he has enough pop in his punches to command a certain amount of respect.

I think Frampton vs Warrington will be pretty close.

very well said.

Warrington had his eye on Selby for a long time, waited until he was ready and then went for it - and delivered on the night. Selby and team thought he could win easily, on the outside or the inside, but didn’t appeared prepared for Josh. Warrington and team saw the magnitude of the task and was prepared to win the hard way.

Probably sensible to develop a bit with the belt, take a fairly lucrative domestic fight if there is one, then take a similar approach to Frampton: cautious optimism.