Carl Frampton will take on Josh Warrington for his IBF World Featherweight title later this year. 

Carl Frampton will face IBF featherweight champion Josh Warrington on December 22 at the Manchester Arena. 

It is understood that a deal has been agreed for Frampton-Warrington, which will be screened on BT Sport’s new pay-per-view platform. 

Frampton paved the way for his clash with Warrington after defeating Australian Luke Jackson at Windsor Park last month and promoter Frank Warren immediately said that the Belfast man would challenge the Leeds hero. 

Now Frampton’s opportunity to become a world champion once more, two years after losing the WBA featherweight title to Leo Santa Cruz, has been finalised for Manchester, in the same arena in which he defeated bitter rival Scott Quigg when unifying the super-bantamweight world titles. 

Frampton can expect to earn one of the biggest pay-days of his career, while Warrington will receive his highest purse having only won the IBF title from Welshman Lee Selby in May.

Promoter Warren has described the battle between the two men as “a dream fight”. 

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Belfast Telegraph