Carl Frampton, the ultimate fighting Irishman, mounted one of the most monumental performances in the history of the British ring to win a fight of extraordinary courage in the mecca of boxing.
That the Belfast Jackal became the first Ulsterman to win world titles at two different weights became almost incidental to his feat in wrestling the featherweight championship from a champion known from the legend of Mexican warriors.
Leo Santa Cruz, a three-division world champion no less, had wondered whether Frampton, a fabled counter-puncher at super-bantamweight, would be willing to go to do ferocious battle at featherweight.
A battle? Frampton was primed for war.
