Scott Quigg tactics wrong against Carl Frampton says Peter Fury
Tuesday 1 March 2016 13:41, UK
Peter Fury has questioned the tactics of Scott Quigg in his world title unification defeat to Carl Frampton on Saturday.
The Lancastrian was on the wrong end of a split decision and was forced to hand over his WBA super-bantamweight belt to Frampton, who broke his opponent's jaw with an uppercut at the end of the fourth round.
At the end of the eighth round, Quigg looked shocked when his trainer Joe Gallagher said that some Sky pundits had him 6-1 down after seven - but Fury is adamant that the home fighter's inactivity in the first six rounds left him with a mountain impossible to climb.
Fury told Sky Sports: "I had it wider. I thought Quigg lost it by a decent stretch. The split decision was good for Quigg but I had it wider because he didn't do anything early on.
"It's no good saying he caught the gloves and this, that and the other - you've got to open up to be in the fight. Frampton was trying and the odd jab was getting through. There was no engagement. In the first six rounds, I thought Quigg gave the fight away.
Quigg will kick himself and so will Joe Gallagher. It's alright sending a fighter out like that for one or two rounds like that but for six rounds - what are you doing?
"When he came into it, he was a lot better but I didn't even give him every round once he came into it. It was still a close call so I had Frampton a unanimous winner on it.
"Quigg will kick himself and so will Joe Gallagher. It's alright sending a fighter out like that for one or two rounds like that but for six rounds - what are you doing? You're having a six round fight? It's a world championship and you can't slide those rounds away. It's live and learn.
"I don't know what the surprise is. I know both Quigg and Frampton and they're top kids so I'm not bothered who won. As an outsider looking in, Quigg gave the first six rounds away. I couldn't believe what I was seeing - I was waiting for him to jump into gear and he didn't.
"Six rounds is a long time to wait. He did the same against Yoandris Salinas and look what happened there. Learn from your mistakes. You can't let rounds slip away without throwing shots. It made it a bit of a dull affair.
"Who's to say in a rematch something else won't happen? Maybe, Quigg couldn't feel comfortable opening up because he'd have got caught a lot more. Gallagher knows his fighter better than anyone and they had those tactics for a reason; albeit they were the wrong tactics."
It was a night of celebration for Team Fury regardless of the headline fight, as Tyson Fury watched his cousin Hosea Burton and close friend Isaac Lowe win the British light-heavyweight title and Commonwealth featherweight title respectively.
Reflecting on those successes, Peter Fury added: "It was great news. They were two fantastic wins. We look at Isaac as one for the team. He's like family and might as well be a cousin because they've been together since they were about eight or nine.
"I see Hosea getting better. Hopefully he can defend his titles. His confidence will go through the roof because that was a good performance - the guy fought back. I was very impressed with Isaac Lowe's performance too; a perfect boxing display.
"I liked the way Lowe was disciplined, took a few punches, kept to his game and didn't load up. He just clinically boxed his head off. He showed some world class in there and I was very impressed."
