Carl Frampton v Luke Jackson Prediction – August 18th, 2018
Carl Frampton will step back into the ring this weekend as he takes on Luke Jackson at Windsor Park. This will be Frampton’s first outing since getting his hands on the interim WBO featherweight belt back in April where he got the better of Nonito Donaire in a unanimous points decision. Frampton will be putting the belt on the line on the weekend.
Carl Frampton v Luke Jackson odds*
Carl Frampton 1/66
Luke Jackson 14/1
Draw 33/1
* (betting odds taken from August 16th, 2018 at 5:31 pm).
The 31-year-old seems to be singing a merry tune at the moment about how fit he is and what kind of shape he has trained his way into. Frampton is a strong odds-on favourite to win this bout and this is just one of those stepping-stone fights that he has to go through. If he puts the win on the board over Jackson then it puts him closer to get getting a shot against someone like Oscar Valdez or Josh Warrington.
The risk is always there of course because defeat would leave his career in tatters. But Frampton is 15/8 to get this done inside the first six rounds with William Hill* (betting odds taken from August 16th, 2018 at 5:31 pm). There is the other option of 5/4 on him completing the win over the second half of the fight with the bookmaker* (betting odds taken from August 16th, 2018 at 5:31 pm).
Frampton takes a 25-1 career record into the fight with him, the sole defeat coming in his rematch against Leo Santa Cruz in January 2017. He has taken back to back unanimous decisions over Horacio Garcia and then Nonito Donaire since then. You can back the fight to go the distance at 7/4 odds with William Hill* (betting odds taken from August 16th, 2018 at 5:31 pm).
Who is Luke Jackson? Well, he certainly is not a big name opponent that European fans would have been excited to see Frampton go up against. The Australian will be going into his first ever fight outside of his home country with the Aussie holding a 16-0 career record. This then is the biggest bout of his career and his last bout was against Humberto de Santiago back in September last year. Four of his last five wins have been by a unanimous decision.
Prediction
Frampton should be on a different level to his opponent, but we are still going to go with the option of rounds 7-12 in round group betting at William Hill. This is a bit of an unknown entity that Frampton is going up against here, but a solid performance, working his way through the bout should get the job done. Frampton Round 7-12 at 5/4 odds is our prediction* (betting odds taken from August 16th, 2018 at 5:31 pm).
