Toronto – Fight Network, the world’s premier 24/7 television channel dedicated to complete coverage of combat sports, presents a live broadcast of the rematch between Carl Frampton and Kiko Martinez for the IBF super bantamweight title this Saturday, Sept. 6, at 2 p.m. ET.
Fight Network’s live broadcast will air exclusively in Canada.
Promoted by Cyclone Promotions and distributed by Octapixx Live, the stacked boxing event emanates from Titanic Quarter in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and also features a 12-round super flyweight clash between Jamie Conlan and Jose Estrella, as well as an IBF Intercontinental middleweight championship showdown pitting crowd favorite Eamonn O’Kane against Lithuania’s Virgilijus Stapulionis.
In other featured bouts, Belfast’s Marco McCullough throws down with Dmitry Kirillov over 10 rounds, Ceferino Rodriguez meets Mike Miranda in another 10-rounder, Conrad Cummings battles Robert Talarek over six rounds, and in four-round special attractions, Anthony Cacace takes on Dawid Knade, while Matthew Wilton faces Adam Cieslak.
Carl Frampton has been on course for a world title challenge for the past twelve months and has proven that he deserves his shot with convincing wins over the likes of Jeremy Parodi, in a European title defence, and Hugo Cazares, in a world title eliminator. The man they call ‘The Jackal’ has quickly become one of the most famous sportsmen in Northern Ireland as well as one of the most feared boxers on the planet with a string of scintillating performances on his home turf.
A jubilant Frampton stated, “I’m over the moon to be fighting for a world title in my hometown, I have to thank my team for making this happen and now it is time for me to deliver. I am fully focused on September the 6th and Kiko Martinez. It’s been my dream since I started boxing to become a World champion and I have worked so hard to get this far, now is the time for me to fulfil that dream in front of the best fans in the world.”
IBF super bantamweight champion Kiko Martinez has been in the form of his life of late. Since losing a thrilling encounter to Frampton in Belfast in February of last year, ‘La Sensación’ has captured the world title and made two successful defences in Spain and Japan. The twenty-eight year old champion has now made the transition to world-beater and currently looks to be one of the most dangerous super bantamweights on the planet. One thing that never leaves the Alicante native’s mind though is a return bout with his Belfast rival Frampton after the ‘The Jackal’ ripped his European title away from him in the ninth round of an epic battle at the Odyssey Arena. Martinez may be world champion but he will not be content until he has righted what he sees as an ‘off night’ in Belfast sixteen months ago.
“Since the 9th of February 2013, when I get up at five in the morning to go training, I remember him. For me, to defeat him is a greater motivation than the chance to unify the belts. I will never forget that night and I will prove that it was just a bad day for me. I am world champion now and my legacy will be bigger for facing Carl Frampton,” stated a focused Martinez
Belfast has waited a very long time for the return of a boxing superstar and Carl Frampton is now within in touching distance of emulating mentor and manager Barry McGuigan by becoming champion of the World. Frampton’s army of supporters will be pleased to know that the contest will take place in Northern Ireland at a venue to be announced shortly. In what will be one of the biggest nights in the history of Northern Irish sport, 27-year-old Frampton will get his chance to become champion of the world in front of his home fans.
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