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Carl Frampton will fight in the US in August after his court case against ex-manager Barry McGuigan was delayed, his promoter Bob Arum has revealed.

Frampton, 32, was preparing to fight in June but legal matters have pushed back the date of his return to the ring.

"Frampton is fighting in August in the US, and then he'll fight for a championship in probably November or December," confirmed Arum.

Former two-weight world champion Frampton signed with influential US promoters Top Rank in March and was set to be rewarded by challenging WBO featherweight champion Oscar Valdez.

"Valdez is fighting on 8 June and if he comes through that fight, his next will be against Frampton," said Arum.

By that stage Frampton's compatriot Ryan Burnett is expected to have fought WBO bantamweight champion Zolani Tete.

"[Frampton] was going to fight on 3 August but then that date went to Michael Conlan," Arum said.

"I'm going to Belfast, where Conlan will fight. Later on in August, maybe the 10th or the 24th, he'll be fighting. He'll be top of the bill."

So one fight in August and then he's challenging for another world title, in Valdez.

Who SHOULD he fight in August to prepare for Valdez?

Who WILL he likely fight?

Also I don't think he should be topping any bills in US, unless he's fighting a decent name e.g. LSC.

Possibly too long in the tooth, but I wish he was at Super Bantam - biggest issue vs Warrington was size.

stujones wrote: ↑15 May 2019, 16:04 Possibly too long in the tooth, but I wish he was at Super Bantam - biggest issue vs Warrington was size.

Only cuz Warrington is natural FW.

Most feathers have moved up anyway.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑14 May 2019, 11:47 So one fight in August and then he's challenging for another world title, in Valdez.

Who SHOULD he fight in August to prepare for Valdez?

Who WILL he likely fight?

Also I don't think he should be topping any bills in US, unless he's fighting a decent name e.g. LSC.

He’ll fight a relative unknown, probably look great. The Valdez fight is very winnable for Carl.

Hope he does it.

Delta Jay wrote: ↑16 May 2019, 22:16 He’ll fight a relative unknown, probably look great. The Valdez fight is very winnable for Carl.

Hope he does it.

Yeh. He’ll fight someone of Luke Jackson and Horacio Garcia’s level.

Wasn't Warrington supposed to fight Valdez before Galahad got in the way?

Not sure I like the idea of Frampton getting a fight with Valdez before Warrington does tbh.