McGuigan: Frampton can be like GGG
BARRY McGuigan believes middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin is the perfect template for Carl Frampton as he looks to build a name for himself stateside.
Golovkin is now famous for what he describes as his âMexican style,â and the Kazakh fighter has won himself many Mexican fans.
Speaking at the press conference ahead of Framptonâs second world title defence, McGuigan feels that âThe Jackalâ can emulate Golovkinâs success with his hard-punching, fan-friendly style.
The Belfast man will certainly be given an opportunity to win some new Mexican fans on July 18th when he will be confronted with a partisan crowd at the Don Haskins Centre in El Paso, Texas, for his bout with Alejandro Gonzalez Jr.
While Frampton expects âa few boos,â he intends to âfeed off it.â The super bantamweight noted that he is âused to it [hostile atmospheresâ having fought all over the World as an amateur. Indeed Frampton believes that it is a great opportunity to win over some âdiscerning Mexican fans.â