Carl Frampton "very tempted" by big fights as he continues to weigh up future
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Carl Frampton says he would be "very tempted" to fight again if he was offered either a rematch with Josh Warrington or a bout with WBA featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz.
Warrington defeated Frampton to retain his IBF belt in Manchester Arena on 22 December.
Speaking in his column in the Sunday Life, Frampton said he was no closer to a decision on his future.
"I would not go back to lesser fights," he added.
After the defeat the former two-weight world champion said he would not rush into a decision over his future, but hinted that retirement was a possibility.
Englishman Warrington said he would like to take his belt to the USA and unify the division next year.
The bout in Manchester was widely praised as one of the most exciting contests of the year, with Warrington beginning at a stunning pace to take control of the fight in the opening two rounds.
"Everything went downhill from the first round," reflected Frampton.
"I give a lot of credit to Warrington and his team because tactically they got it right and on the night everything fell into place for them.
"But, if I had a rematch with Warrington I believe I would beat him - if I stuck to my gameplan."
A third fight with Santa Cruz has been a longstanding desire of the Belfast fighter, who beat the Mexican in their first encounter in 2016 before Santa Cruz exacted his revenge in Las Vegas in early 2017.
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he went into the Warrington fight as a challenger and got beat, courageously, but got beat, he does not deserve a rematch
Santa Cruz maybe viable, he had to be at the top of his game to beat him, and he hasn't been at that level since the first fight, so again not sure he deserves a shot
time to take stock and leave with dignity I think
his legal battle with the mguigans has cleaned him out.
why would josh give him a rematch? he won convincingly after beating selby, too.
he has to move on to the states, as frampton did.
pmsl so if being a 3 time world champion makes someone a loser, I'd love to know what your call yourself
He beat a fighter, not at his best, on points. That's not ruining anyone.
Come back when he unifies titles, holds them at different weights and travels away to beat ppl like LSC - or KO's a few.
Belfast, with less than half Leeds population, still has more current WC's than Leeds has had in their entire history.
your game plan didn't work last time cause warrington didn't care about it.
he steamed out and ruined you. end of.
"Mayweather done it late 30s at the time. Carl gets his mindset right, he can do whatever he wants."
Not the best comparison though. Mayweather was a defensive master who avoided taking serious damage.
Frampton, by all accounts sparred excessivley and lifted silly amounts of weight. Frampton has far more miles on the clock than Floyd, make no mistake.