Carl ‘The Jackal’ Frampton 28-2 (16) says his future is uncertain after his proposed fight against WBO super featherweight champion Jamel ‘Semper Fi’ Herring 22-2 (10) early next year.
“Who knows what’s going to happen [after the fight],” said the 33-year-old Frampton to the BBC.
“I’ll be a world champion, people will want me, there’ll be big money fights being offered.
“I don’t want to be boxing when I’m 40, but right now I’m enjoying boxing, I’m still loving it.
“I’m loving the company in the gym, I feel like I’m performing in the gym.”
The Belfast man is looking to become the first Irish boxer to win world titles in three weight classes following his championship reigns at super bantamweight and featherweight.
Frampton considered retiring after dropping a competitive 12-round unanimous decision to IBF 126-pound champion Josh Warrington two years ago, but the prospect of becoming a three-weight world champion lured him back.
“I know I can win this fight and the way things are going right now, the sparring I’ve been getting and how switched on I’ve been, and my weight and everything else, it feels like everything is coming together,” Frampton said.
“It’s going to be difficult, it’s going to be a hard fight but I will beat Jamel Herring. I’m very confident that’s going to happen.”
The Herring-Frampton fight was originally planned for early this year but was one of the first casualties of the global coronavirus pandemic.
Although there is still no fixed date or venue, the fight is expected to take place in the first quarter of 2021.
“I’m training towards end of January, early February. That’s what I’ve got in my head and I’ve already started sparring,” said Frampton.
“Once we get a date confirmed I can hit the ground running, my weight and stuff is good.”
Last month Frampton resolved his three-year legal battle with Barry McGuigan of Cyclone Promotions out of court.
“It’s a weight off my shoulders,” Frampton said.
“While the court case was going on I was trying to train and doing little bits and pieces.
“I thought mentally it wasn’t affecting me, but you can just feel now it’s a weight that has been lifted.
“To be honest, I kind of half miss going to court, it was something I was starting to enjoy.
“It felt like something that I was just doing and I was enjoying my days in court, I was enjoying listening to people talk and be asked questions.
“It allows me now that it’s over to completely focus on my fights and boxing career.”
