Date set for Frampton's WBA title fight in New York as he vacates IBF belt

The 29-year-old meets featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center in three months’ time.

CARL FRAMPTON WILL face off against Leo Santa Cruz for the Mexican’s WBA featherweight championship on 30 July in New York, it has been confirmed.

Belfast’s Frampton defeated long-time rival Scott Quigg on points to add the WBA super-bantamweight title to his IBF belt in February.

Frampton, who was subsequently stripped of the WBA belt for failing to fight mandatory challenger Guillermo Rigondeaux, soon set his sights on a bout with three-weight world champion Santa Cruz, who is unbeaten in 33 professional fights.

And 29-year-old Frampton will be in action at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center this summer after vacating his IBF super-bantamweight title.

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