Carl Frampton vs. Scott Quigg Fight Slammed by Tyson Fury

World heavyweight champion Tyson Fury criticised Carl Frampton's world super-bantamweight fight with Scott Quigg on Twitter and admitted he left the event early.

As the Mirror's Ben Curtis reported, Fury attended the fight in Manchester with his cousins Isaac Lowe and Hosea Burton both fighting on the undercard, but revealed he left before the main event after they won their bouts (contains NSFW language):

Fury is no stranger to controversy and attracted a great deal of criticism for comments he made in the build up to and aftermath of his defeat of Wladimir Klitschko last year, when he revealed his views on a number of issues, including homosexuality. 

The 27-year-old also retweeted the following from betting company Coral, which noted the fight was not living up to its billing:

Frampton claimed the victory via split decision after 12 rounds, with Quigg struggling to get into the contest until the latter half of the bout.

Northern Irishman Frampton admitted afterwards he was expecting the fight to be relatively tame. Per Ben Dirs of BBC Sport, he said: "I knew it was going to be a boring fight—I had to sell it for TV. I knew I had the brain to do that and make it boring."

David Anderson of the Mirror and Oliver Holt of the Mail on Sunday believed Frampton's convincing display was entertaining enough itself, though:

The 29-year-old inflicted upon Quigg the first defeat of his career and extended his own unbeaten run to 22 fights.

He controlled the early rounds well with a measured and disciplined showing, with Quigg's only notable contribution coming in Round 4 when he landed a strong overhand right, per SHOSports:

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.@RealCFrampton and @scottquigg exchanging blows in front of Manchester! #FramptonQuigg #Boxing https://t.co/b6xYpSDKEz

— SHOWTIME SPORTS (@SHOsports) February 27, 2016"

Frampton remained comfortable for much of the proceedings, though, and showed outstanding movement—particularly in this exciting exchange in Round 7:

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.@RealCFrampton catches fire against @scottquigg in round 7. #FramptonQuigg https://t.co/jVhjXqjI22

— SHOWTIME SPORTS (@SHOsports) February 27, 2016"

It wasn't until Round 8—as Fury highlighted—that Quigg really showed his true capabilities:

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.@scottquigg comes on strong in round 8! #FramptonQuigg https://t.co/dcLHiWbR2V

— SHOWTIME SPORTS (@SHOsports) February 27, 2016"

The latter rounds were a more even contest with Quigg landing as many blows as his opponent and both scoring some powerful hits.

As Dirs noted, while the pair aren't contracted to a rematch they informally agreed ahead of the fight they would clash again in Frampton's native Belfast "if the first fight warranted it."

Given the bout ended with a split decision—not to mention Quigg will likely be eager to avenge the only defeat of his career—a rematch does indeed seem likely.

Hopefully, for the neutral, if the two do meet again the fight is as thrilling as it was in the final rounds—though Frampton and boxing purists may well be happy for a repeat of his controlling performance in the first half.