Top 30 Carl Frampton Quotes

But if I ever fight in Northern Ireland again, I want it to be at Windsor Park.

In boxing we’re allowed to come togethwe. Protestants and Catholics, the north and south, everyone. I’m in an Irish vest, even on a mural in Tiger’s Bay, because boxing brings the communities together.

My mum’s very vocal about me, aye. She’s very proud. It’s just a bit embarrassing.

There’s not a better sporting spectacle than an evenly-matched fight.

It’s Northern Ireland, it’s Ireland, it’s Scotland, it’s Wales, there’s Scousers, Londoners, all behind me.

Joe Gallager’s like a petulant child sometimes. In press conferences, for instance, when we’re talking, he’s rolling his eyes like a schoolgirl, pretending he’s not listening. It’s disrespectful and I don’t like that.

I’m not a massive featherweight.

A loss in boxing is different to any sport. It can set your career back a few years. So I fear losing more than anything.

I was always quiet and even timid.

You’re just taking punishment every day, getting hit all the time. That’s something we’re going to cut back on. I’ll train hard but the sparring will be cut in half.

In Tiger’s Bay I saw trouble I shouldn’t have seen. But 95% of the people there are good and they’re coming out to support me – just like in New Lodge which is the opposition or whatever you want to call it.

I was seven or eight and a kid who was easily picked on. Not bullied but other kids would’ve told me what to do in the streets. I was very shy. I used to put my head down.

He still works in the local leisure centre and he’s the union rep and a shop steward. Dad is very grounded. He’s not bumptious or brash.

I’m prepared to do whatever it takes to win. I just don’t want to lose.

I’ve always been the same since I was a kid, maybe it was the way I was brought up, but I’ve never liked arrogant people.

If you worry about hurting your opponent you are probably in the wrong game, because it can happen. I wouldn’t wish ill on anyone. I wanted to knock him out, not hurt him badly.

I get spotted quite a bit walking about the streets in Belfast and it’s okay, I don’t mind it, they come up and shake your hand.

As a kid I could be in New Lodge in a minute. I’d go down our street, turn right and I was there.

I just want to win a world title – that’s the main objective and whether it happens at Windsor or whether it happens in America it doesn’t matter.

There are more important things in life than boxing.

I’ve got two kids and a missus. I don’t want problems after boxing. You need to be careful.

There was nothing special about me; there are boxers in Belfast who are more skilled but I had a bit between my teeth that drives me on.

I’ll respect any man that walks into the ring but people like Eddie Hearn and Joe Gallagher who’ve never taken a slap in the mouth in their lives shouldn’t be disrespectful towards me and other fighters.

I love going home to Belfast on weekend breaks from training.

Boxing is a lonely sport and when you lose it’s hard to take and it’s hard to get over.

I remember going through checkpoints as a kid. It felt normal but, looking back, of course it created tension. People standing with guns, sometimes your car getting searched and being asked where you are going. It changes the atmosphere.

If I could unify my second weight division, that would be huge.

It’s good to go and get photographs taken with people who come out and support you. I don’t mind that, having a chat and shaking people’s hands.

From Tiger’s Bay in Belfast to the MGM in Vegas… it’s been some ride so far. And the best is still to come.

The most important thing in my life is my wife and kids, my family. Boxing is a close second.