Scott Quigg, who was not the brightest particular person, was usually mocked by Carl Frampton.

Former world boxing champion Carl Frampton has criticized his former rival Scott Quigg, stating that the boxer lacked intelligence.

The 36-year-old who retired in 2021, defeated his British counterpart in 2016 as he retained his IBF super-bantamweight title whereas claiming the WBA super-bantamweight title in a split-decision victory. The pair had been long-time rivals and Belfast fighter Frampton, nicknamed ‘The Jackal’, just lately spoke out on the Bury native – admitting he didn’t like him.

During an look on the William Hill’s podcast, Up Front with Simon Jordan, the Northern Irishman mentioned he had making an attempt to take him on for some time and was assured that he was all the time higher than his rival. “I had a dislike for Scott Quigg,” Frampton admitted. “I used to be making an attempt to struggle him for fairly some time as a result of I needed to be British champion, however he wouldn’t struggle me for it.

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“I didn’t really get on with him and it was the same with his trainer, Joe Gallagher. I thought he was quite outspoken and a bit of a bully. He said too much and could be negative or derogatory.” Leading as much as their 2016 conflict, each fighters had been undefeated as Frampton insisted that he was a “better” and “smarter” fighter than Quigg, as he additionally took intention at his intelligence.

“I always thought I was better than Scott. Without being disrespectful, I’m a better fighter than him. I could think my way around a ring and adapt better. I was a smarter fighter than him. I used to laugh at him because he wasn’t the sharpest tool in the box and I said something like ‘your level of intelligence outside of the ring reflects on how you fight inside the ring’, implying he wasn’t a clever fighter.”

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Despite their bitter rivalry and the tight split-decision win for Frampton, he mentioned a rematch by no means appealed to him due to how “boring” their 12-round battle was. “There was no appetite for rematch because it was such a boring fight,” he claimed.

Frampton added: “I don’t remember one person, expect maybe Scott, suggesting it, and to be honest that was when I decided to move up to featherweight because I was starting to struggle a bit.”