Frampton is ready to roar

The iceberg that is Kiko Martinez will be in the opposite corner to Carl Frampton tonight, in a ring which stands on the slipway from which the Titanic was launched.

A made-to-measure 16,000-seater arena has been constructed at Belfast’s Titanic Quarter as a hometown boy challenges for the IBF super-bantamweight championship of the world.

But while Frampton has previously negotiated the obstacle that is Martinez, defeating the Spaniard by way of ninth-round knockout at the Odyssey Arena last year, the destination was different and the waters are decidedly choppier this time around.