Carl Frampton gives Chris Avalos a dressing down before tantalising test

The unbeaten champion hopes his naked ambition will fuel another win against a tough opponent who was forced to lose his underpants at the weigh-in

• McGuigan stirs the memories as Frampton hits the big time

The Hitman was not happy with The Jackal – although it is tough to look convincing when you’re standing butt naked behind a towel in front of the other guy’s jeering supporters – especially in Belfast. As hospitable a city as it is, its hardier citizens are not inclined to let such a moment go unremarked. They didn’t.

Chris Avalos is a serious customer, one of those Californian-Mexicans with a record to match his nom de guerre – even if “Hitman” has worn as thin as tissue paper since the days of Tommy Hearns – and he is determined to make life difficult here on Saturday for Carl Frampton, whose Jackal tendencies are genuine.

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