Barry McGuigan has high hopes for Carl Frampton's future

Barry McGuigan believes Saturday’s world-title unification clash is the most important fight of Carl Frampton’s career as the Belfast native prepares to finally meet long-time rival Scott Quigg. 

The pair clash in the Manchester Arena this weekend with Frampton defending his IBF world super-bantamweight title, while Quigg puts his WBA belt on the line in the Sky Box Office pay-per-view bout.

It will be Frampton’s third title defence and should he emerge victorious, the 29-year-old Belfast fighter will surpass the achievement of his mentor and manager McGuigan who made two successful defences of his WBA featherweight title before his infamous 1986 loss to Texan Steve Cruz.