Penthouse all the way for Carl Frampton in Vegas

Perhaps the feline fittings were there to provide some home comfort for the man from Tiger’s Bay. True to much of the style of this city — the world capital of excess — it all looked a little much though.

Carl Frampton held court with the travelling press corps at the MGM Grand on Tuesday evening sitting alongside mentor and spiritual leader Barry McGuigan. In between the two stood sentry to a golden lion statue, reaching up almost to the world champion’s eyeline.

Later in the night, Team Jackal’s social media feeds posted pictures of the 29-year-old WBA featherweight king doing his own surveying, taking in the surrounds of his private sky loft in the Strip’s most iconic mega-casino.