Carl Frampton vs Scott Quigg: Scott Quigg says 'control taken away from Carl Frampton' ahead of showdown
Wednesday 10 February 2016 08:19, UK
Scott Quigg says he has "taken control away from Carl Frampton" ahead of their showdown on February 27.
The WBA champion faces IBF champion Frampton in a much anticipated super-bantamweight unification fight at Manchester Arena, live on Sky Sports Box Office.
Quigg has continually questioned the temperament of Frampton in the build-up to their forthcoming bout and admits he has drawn strength from his opponent "losing his rag".
"He likes to be in control. His team likes to be in control as well. We've taken that control away from them, they are not in charge," he told Sky Sports.
"A couple of times at the press conferences, they lost their rag and their cool, it just shows we are getting to them."
In July, Quigg produced a comprehensive second-round knockout victory over Spaniard Kiko Martinez - a performance dubbed 'the best of his career' by his trainer Joe Gallagher.
Frampton has previously beaten Martinez twice, but was taken to the scorecards in their second bout in 2014 when he claimed the IBF strap.
When asked if Frampton's second fight against Martinez had provided him with any more confidence, Quigg said: "I have always been confident about winning the fight, obviously it gives you more confidence because I have just gone in there and absolutely annihilated someone he had a lot of trouble with.
"But again, from that point on, I don't sit and think 'I have made it now'. Every performance I have got to keep getting better and six days after beating Kiko Martinez, the best performance of my career, I was flying off to Los Angeles to go work at the Wildcard [gym] and keep improving."
Quigg, like Frampton, has never tasted defeat in the professional ranks and he does not expect nerves to play a detrimental role in his quest to become a unified world champion.
"I have nerves, but that is what keeps me sharp. I wake up every morning knowing that I have to do what I need to do that day to keep improving," he said.
"On the night, there will be nerves and there will be butterflies, but that is what keeps me sharp and I'll go out there and become unified world champion."
