Carl Frampton fight gets late KO in Belfast

Carl Frampton’s bout against Andres Gutierrez was last night called off at the 11th hour after the Mexican visitor reportedly suffered an accident.

Carl Frampton fight gets late KO in Belfast

After a sensational day of drama, it had appeared that the featherweight fight was due to go ahead tonight despite Frampton failing to make the 126lb featherweight limit earlier in the day.

The two-weight world champion had weighed in one pound over the limit, but opted against taking to the scales for a second time in an effort to shed his excess pound and instead sacrificed the potential reward of a WBC world-title shot should he have won the fight.

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