On July 30, 2016, a 29-year-old Carl Frampton (22-0, 14 KOs) got a shot at the WBA (Super) featherweight title held by 27-year-old Mexican boxer Léo Santa Cruz (32-0-1, 18 KOs).
Frampton came in to the fight on a 22-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 3 days. Cruz was on a 31-fight win streak with a 54% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 3 days.
Carl Frampton defeated Léo Santa Cruz via majority decision and wins the WBA (Super) title. Frampton improves his record to 23-0, while Cruz adds a loss to his record at 32-1-1.
On September 6, 2014, Carl Frampton and Kiko Martínez met again in a rematch.
Frampton came in to the fight on a 18-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 2 days. Martínez was on a 4-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 14 days.
Carl Frampton defeated Kiko Martínez via unanimous decision in the rematch and wins the IBF title — in his first world-title fight. Frampton improves his record to 19-0, while Martínez adds a loss to his record at 31-5.
On February 28, 2015, the 28-year-old IBF super-bantamweight world champion, Carl Frampton (19-0, 13 KOs), faced Chris Avalos, in a title defense fight.
Frampton came in to the fight on a 19-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 22 days.
Carl Frampton stopped Chris Avalos via TKO in the 5th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his IBF super-bantamweight title. Frampton improves his record to 20-0 (14 KOs)
On April 21, 2018, a 31-year-old Carl Frampton (24-1, 14 KOs) and a 35-year-old Filipino boxer Nonito Donaire (38-4, 24 KOs) met in the ring in a featherweight bout.
Frampton came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 56% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 3 days. Donaire was on a 1-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 29 days.
Carl Frampton defeated Nonito Donaire via unanimous decision in the 12-round featherweight fight. Frampton improves his record to 25-1, while Donaire adds a loss to his record at 38-5.
On July 18, 2015, the 28-year-old IBF super-bantamweight world champion, Carl Frampton (20-0, 14 KOs), faced Alejandro González Jr., in a title defense fight.
Frampton came in to the fight on a 20-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 20 days.
Carl Frampton defeated Alejandro González Jr. via unanimous decision and successfully defended his IBF super-bantamweight title. Frampton improves his record to 21-0
On August 18, 2018, a 31-year-old Carl Frampton (25-1, 14 KOs) and Luke Jackson met in the ring in a featherweight bout.
Frampton came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 28 days.
Carl Frampton stopped Luke Jackson via TKO in the 9th round. Frampton improves his record to 26-1 (15 KOs)
On February 27, 2016, the 29-year-old IBF super-bantamweight champion, Carl Frampton (21-0, 14 KOs), and WBA (Super) super-bantamweight champion Scott Quigg met in a title-unification fight.
Frampton came in to the fight on a 21-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 9 days.
Carl Frampton defeated Scott Quigg via split decision and unifies the IBF and WBA (Super) super-bantamweight titles. Frampton improves his record to 22-0
On September 22, 2012, a 25-year-old Carl Frampton (14-0, 9 KOs) and Steve Molitor met in the ring in a super-bantamweight bout.
Frampton came in to the fight on a 14-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 27 days.
Carl Frampton stopped Steve Molitor via TKO in the 6th round. Frampton improves his record to 15-0 (10 KOs)
On April 4, 2014, a 27-year-old Carl Frampton (17-0, 12 KOs) and Hugo Cázares met in the ring.
Frampton came in to the fight on a 17-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 16 days.
Carl Frampton stopped Hugo Cázares via KO in the 2nd round. Frampton improves his record to 18-0 (13 KOs)
On February 9, 2013, a 25-year-old Carl Frampton (15-0, 10 KOs) and a 26-year-old Spanish boxer Kiko Martínez (27-3, 19 KOs) met in the ring in a super-bantamweight bout.
Frampton came in to the fight on a 15-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 18 days. Martínez was on a 7-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 19 days.
Carl Frampton stopped Kiko Martínez via TKO in the 9th round. Frampton improves his record to 16-0 (11 KOs), while Martínez adds a loss to his record at 27-4.