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The Independent
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- The Independent
Former world champion details 58 failures on the way to success
Former world champion Carl Frampton has detailed the lessons he learned over an extensive amateur and professional career, saying that he failed 58 times along the way to the top of his former profession. Catch all the latest boxing action on DAZN Former world super-bantamweight and featherweight champion Frampton, 28-3 (16), said that a fight loss in the quarterfinals of the Irish championships as an amateur gave him the impetus to focus on his training and diet for a year. The lost match, he said during his TEDx talk given in Belfast, came against Kevin Fennessy in the 2008 Seniors. After losing the match, Frampton went home where his girlfriend – now wife – asked him if he had been giving 100% of his efforts to his boxing. It was then that Frampton realised that he had not. He said: 'I had been training hard but could have been training a little bit harder. As an 18- or 19-year-old, I was giving in to peer pressure and maybe having drinks in the weekends with friends. I wasn't eating the correct foods, and obviously, in a weight-making sport, it's important that you eat the correct foods, because then I was having to crash the weight, and it was having a detrimental effect on my performance. I wasn't sleeping properly. So all these things combined added up to me putting in bad performances.' It was at that point that Frampton says that he swore that he would live and train properly for a year in order to get his boxing back on track. He added: 'I grafted, I made sacrifices. I put the head down and really just got on with things. The Irish championships come up again, quarterfinal stages again, and I meet my old friend and foe, Kevin Fennessy, at the quarterfinal stages. But this time, it was different. This time I was full of confidence because I knew I'd put in the effort required and the dedication and everything else that goes along with that.' Despite feeling pressure, Frampton stopped Fennessy in the second round of the fight when the latter's corner threw a white towel into the ring. After turning professional in 2009, Frampton would go on to win the Commonwealth, European, and IBF titles at super bantamweight. After losing to Leo Santa Cruz in 2017, Frampton moved up to featherweight where he won a unanimous decision over Nonito Donaire. After stopping Luke Jackson in Belfast, Frampton lost a unanimous decision to Josh Warrington in 2018. The loss to Santa Cruz also prompted a change in his approach, said Frampton. After realising that many of the people around him were absent after the defeat, he reduced those in his inner circle It was in the Warrington fight that Frampton once again came unstuck after believing that Warrington, 27-0 (6) at the time, did not possess the punching power to trouble him. Frampton said: 'But I got this wrong. I didn't underestimate Josh in a sense of his whole package, but I underestimated one aspect of his game, and that was that he wasn't the puncher. And boy, did I get that wrong! He bangs me with an overhand right about 30 seconds into the first round of the fight, and I feel like the roof's coming down around me. I have no idea where I am, literally don't know what's going on. And the fight continues like that for quite a while. I do well to come back and win a few rounds in the middle, but Josh kind of wins the fight at a counter, really.' The result of the fight, said Frampton, is one that still fills him with disappointment years later due to his mindset going into the bout. He believed, he said, that he could have won the fight. Overall, the lessons he learned from his career, he said, were to be accountable and honest with himself, to ask and answer questions of himself, to put his head down to work, to tighten his circle of friends, and to never underestimate an opponent. Watch the very best boxing with a DAZN subscription DAZN is the home of combat sports, broadcasting over 185 fights a year from the world's best promoters, including Matchroom, Queensberry, Golden Boy, Misfits, PFL, BKFC, GLORY and more. An Annual Saver subscription is a one-off cost of £119.99 / $224.99 (for 12 months access), that's just 64p / $1.21 per fight. There is also a Monthly Flex Pass option (cancel any time) at £24.99 / $29.99 per month. A subscription includes weekly magazine shows, comprehensive fight library, exclusive interviews, behind-the-scenes documentaries, and podcasts and vodcasts.
BBC News
3 hours ago
- BBC News
Doyle to partner McCarthy at World Championships
Philip Doyle has been selected to partner two-time Olympic champion Fintan McCarthy in the men's double scull at next month's World Rowing Championships in China in place of Paul O' Doyle, 32, claimed bronze in the event at the Paris Olympics and replaces O'Donovan, who is unavailable because of work pair McCarthy and O'Donovan claimed gold at the Tokyo and Paris Games, while also winning three world titles together in the lightweight double scull with O'Donovan a seven-time world champion steps into the breach for the championships in Shanghai from 21-28 September in what is deemed a transitional year with the team featuring a mixture of youth and experience at the beginning of a new Olympic cycle."This year presents a valuable opportunity to look ahead to Los Angeles 2028, to develop talent, and to solidify the high-performance culture within our team," said head coach Dominic Casey."We're investing in both our people and our infrastructure, with ongoing enhancements at the National Rowing Centre to ensure our athletes have the best possible environment for growth. We're proud of the depth and versatility of this team and confident they will represent Ireland with excellence on the world stage." Double Olympian Fiona Murtagh will seek to build upon her silver medal at the European Championships when she competes in the single scull, while the women's four includes Natalie Long and Imogen Magner with Emma Waters and Aisling Hayes the new McCrohan, a gold medal winner from 2023, competes in the lightweight single, while Zoe Hyde and Margaret Cremen partner in the women's doubles and in the women's pair, Emily Hegarty and double Olympian Aoife Casey are Nathan Timoney and Ross Corrigan resume their partnership, while Adam Murphy, Andrew Sheehan, Brian Colsh and Ronan Byrne form the quadruple scull. Jake McCarthy competes in the lightweight single scull."We're in a pivotal moment as a high-performance organisation," added Rowing Ireland CEO Michelle Carpenter."Supporting athletes through post-Olympic transition, investing in new talent, and expanding our facilities are all key priorities. This team embodies the resilience, ambition, and potential of Irish rowing's future." Ireland team for World Rowing Championships Lightweight Women's Single Scull (LW1X): Siobhan McCrohanWomen's Single Scull (W1X): Fiona MurtaghWomen's Double Scull (W2X): Margaret Cremen and Zoe HydeWomen's Pair (W2): Aoife Casey and Emily HegartyWomen's Four (W4): Aisling Hayes, Imogen Magner, Emma Waters and Natalie LongLightweight Men's Single Scull (LM1X): Jake McCarthyMen's Single Scull (M1X): Konan PazzaiaMen's Double Scull (M2X): Fintan McCarthy and Philip DoyleMen's Pair (M2): Ross Corrigan and Nathan TimoneyMen's Quad Scull (M4x): Andrew Sheehan, Adam Murphy, Brian Colsh & Ronan ByrnePR2 Mixed Double Scull (PR2 Mix 2x): Sadhbh Ni Laoghaire and Tiarnan O'Donnell
BBC News
6 hours ago
- BBC News
Quick starts about 'mentality' for Ireland
Women's Rugby World Cup 2025: Ireland v JapanVenue: Franklin's Gardens Date: Sunday, 24 August Kick-off: 12:00 BSTCoverage: Live on BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport Online and BBC Sounds Flanker Claire Boles says Ireland must "start faster" in their World Cup opener against Japan in Northampton on Bemand's side won one and lost one of their two warm-up fixtures before the tournament but were noticeably slow off the mark in were 14-0 down against Scotland in Cork before coming back to win, then left themselves far too much to do in a 47-26 loss to Canada in Belfast after falling 33-7 feels Ireland can "work on" making faster starts but believes the improvement against Canada in the second half at least showed the team's ability to adapt to challenges. "It is definitely a mentality thing," she said. "We can train that as well, so we're looking at that too. "Especially the first game, you have to be off the blocks so we're definitely looking at that."While Scotland and Wales, as well as France and Italy, have been paired together in the pool stages, Ireland are the only Six Nations side in their group which also includes New Zealand and however, says Ireland are familiar with Japan from their tour to the country in 2022. "They're a fast team, they're very disciplined. We know if they get their discipline right and get their structure, they're a good side," she said."I think we like the group. We've played New Zealand before [in WXV1 in November, Spain in WXV3 the year before that and went to Japan as well."So we have played them. You don't play them every single year, but it's not like we're going in there fresh."
