On April 3, 2021, a 34-year-old Carl Frampton (28-2, 16 KOs) got a shot at the super-featherweight WBO title held by 35-year-old American boxer Jamel Herring (22-2, 10 KOs).
Frampton came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 19 days. Herring was on a 6-fight win streak with a 41% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 29 days.
Jamel Herring stopped Carl Frampton via TKO in the 6th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO super-featherweight title. Herring improves his record to 23-2 (11 KOs), while Frampton adds a loss to his record at 28-3.
On December 22, 2018, a 31-year-old Carl Frampton (26-1, 15 KOs) got a shot at the featherweight IBF title held by 28-year-old British boxer Josh Warrington (27-0, 6 KOs).
Frampton came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 55% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 4 days. Warrington was on a 27-fight win streak with a 22% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 3 days.
Josh Warrington defeated Carl Frampton via unanimous decision and successfully defended his IBF featherweight title. Warrington improves his record to 28-0, while Frampton adds a loss to his record at 26-2.
On January 28, 2017, Carl Frampton and Léo Santa Cruz met again in an immediate rematch.
Frampton came in to the fight on a 23-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 29 days. Cruz was on a -1-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 29 days.
Léo Santa Cruz defeated Carl Frampton via majority decision in the rematch and wins the WBA (Super) title. Cruz improves his record to 33-1-1, while Frampton adds a loss to his record at 23-1.