Frampton wants three titles

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Carl Frampton wants to make history by becoming the first Irishman to win world titles at three different weights.

The Belfast fighter defeated Mexican star Leo Santa Cruz in Brooklyn last month to capture the WBA featherweight title, having previously held the unified WBA and IBF super-bantamweight titles.

The victory earned ‘The Jackal’ the belt his manager Barry McGuigan won in 1985 and saw him join Steve Collins as the only Irishman to become a world champion at two different weight divisions.

He said: “(I am) the only ever Northern Irishman to win a world title in two divisions, only the second ever Irishman after Steve Collins to win world titles in two different divisions, I would like to have a go at three and stand out on my own.”

Frampton appeared at a special homecoming event in the grounds of Belfast City Hall with promoter McGuigan to celebrate his landmark win.

The 29-year-old is open to a …

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