Jamel Herring Vs. Carl Frampton: deal, forecast, card, odds, start time, stream, how to watch, preview

After more than a year of trying to put Jamel Herring in the ring with Carl Frampton, the two will finally reunite on Saturday (4pm ET, ESPN +). Herring will bring his WBO lightweight junior championship to the ring as Frampton wants to catch a world championship for the first time since Frampton lost the featherweight crown.

COVID-19 has experienced many delays in carrying out the fight, both in the global halt that is delaying the international fight between the Americans (Herring) and the Irish (Frampton), but also because Herring has fought the virus. Herring’s last fight was a disqualification victory over Jonathan Oquendo, who was twice delayed due to positive tests on Herring. The fight was ugly and Herring did not answer many questions about the long-term impact the virus could have. He has seen wrestling sports react to fighters and after fighting with COVID and others who didn’t seem the same, it looks like their old look. Alexander Povetkin is a strong example of the latter this past weekend. Prior to the pandemic, Frampton had to leave the scheduled date of February 2020 due to a hand injury.

Joining at 130 pounds adds interesting wrinkles to Frampton’s low weight and Herring struggles more and more to make the cut. Frampton will come in with a big disadvantage in size, not only in weight, but will leave Herring almost half a meter tall when Herring enters the ring at Caesar Palace in Dubai. Reach could be an even bigger problem for Frampton, who will work with a seven-inch disadvantage in that area.

“He’s going to be the biggest guy I’ll fight for, but that excites me and scares me,” Frampton said. interview with ESPN. “People think I’m going to have to get close to him to make shots, but I feel like I can really get out and my feet and hand speed are faster than his. He’s been training as he should do the weight. I’ve been working on tactics.

“For me it’s been sparring and pad work. Everything I do is supplied around Jamel Herring and we’ve had sparring pairs to repeat what he’s doing.”

Frampton wants to gain a world weight at the third weight level, having previously won WBA and IBF super weight bantam titles and an IBF featherweight belt. Getting a third-place title would be Frampton’s first fighter in Ireland to achieve such a feat.

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Herring has been preparing for the fight with the help of Terence Crawford’s pound stud. The former Marine believes this will help him establish more heritage in the sport.

“Winning would strengthen me as a legitimate junior lightweight champion,” Herring told Top Rank. “I still have a lot to prove. Carl for me, his legacy is already established, he didn’t need this fight. Winning here would open a lot more doors for bigger fights. I want to come down as one of the best sailors to represent in the sport of boxing.”

In the main event, Donnie Nietes will see the return of the super fly weight when he takes on Pablo Carrillo. Nietes, 38, has a 42-1-5 mark in his famous career, but hasn’t struggled since 2018. He left the WBO super flyweight title to try to fight Srisaket Sor Rungvisai or Khalid Yafa, but not the Filipinos were inactive waiting for the right opportunity to return. Now, Nietes says Carrillo’s win could shoot Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez, Juan Francisco Estrada or Sor Rungvisai.

Below, Saturday’s fight can be set to a full card, with tests provided through the William Hill Sportsbook.

Herring vs Frampton card, odds

• Carl Frampton -115 vs. Jamel Herring -105 (c), WBO junior lightweight championship
• Donnie Nietes and Pablo Carrillo, super heavy fly
• Tursynbay Kulakhmet vs Heber Rondon, super welterweight
• Zhankosh Turarov vs. Tyrone McKenna, super lightweight
• Faizan Anwar vs Evgenii Vazem, welterweight
• Keyshawn Davis Vs. Richman Ashelley, arina
• Fahad Al Bloushi vs Suraj, super light weight

Forecast

Frampton disappears a bit from being at his best, even at his best, being a legitimate sports talent. Herring, who began his career late in his career after several trips to Iraq, has a unique story. He’s a very good fighter, but as he gets older, between years and weight, it seems like the moment of ring slip can come at any time. Or maybe not. Boxing is so much fun.

In the end, distilled into the key elements of this fight, it’s hard to see why Frampton has such a small side. It is significantly smaller on all sides and surely the advantages of pure boxing will not compensate for the physical disadvantages. Everything Frampton does needs extra work to set up and get closer to the range, Herring can practice his game. Select: Herring via UD