![]() ![]() The Belfast youngster continued to grow over the next few years and in 2007, he won a silver medal at the EU amateur boxing championships in the heavier featherweight division.īack at the Irish Elite Championships in 2009, Frampton defeated current Rio Olympian David Oliver Joyce, who was aiming for his fifth successive senior title, before deciding to turn professional. Two years later, 18-year-old Frampton claimed the Irish senior flyweight title at the 2005 Irish Elite Championships.Ĭarl Frampton won his first Irish title against Derek Thorpe at the 2005 Irish Elite Championships. Keen observers could see the Belfast man’s talent from early on as he returned home from the 2003 European Schoolboy Championships in Rome with a silver medal while representing Ireland. Nearly as good a view from the top of the Cavehill /AM31I30xnS- Carl Frampton MBE JCarl Frampton MBE / Twitterįighting out of the Midland Boxing Club in Tiger’s Bay, Frampton began to develop as quite a promising young prospect.
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