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Autobiography of Ireland’s only double-weight world champion. Covers his rise to success, growing up in a Unionist family but marrying across sectarian lines and finding support on both sides, the infamous falling out with promotor Barry McGuigan, and his later work in television and with mental health support for men.
Belfast’s Carl ‘The Jackal’ Frampton MBE is no ordinary boxer. One of only three fighters from the British Isles to be named the Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year, he has headlined multiple sell-out world championship bouts on both sides of the Atlantic, winning multiple world titles in the process. His dedicated army of fans have traversed the globe to be ringside throughout it all.
But Frampton’s popularity far exceeds the traditional adulation for a sporting icon; he is regarded as a symbol of hope and unity by both sides of the sectarian divide in Northern Ireland.
In this captivating autobiography, Frampton reveals the most personal aspects of being a fighter; of fears and doubts, of exhilaration and devastation, of friendship and animosity. He also recounts for the first time his high-profile, acrimonious split with Barry McGuigan, in devastating and revealing detail.
Frampton speaks openly and passionately, not only about boxing, but about his country, how far it has come and the problems it faces. This is a uniquely intimate account of a true modern-day sporting great and a local hero like no other.
Co-authored with Paul Gibson, ghost-writer for hugely successful Eamon Magee book Lost Soul.
BRAND NEW hb, MERRION PRESS, SEPTEMBER 2023
