Frampton likely to carry on

LLEYTON HEWITT claims Bernie Tomic threatened him and his family and also tried to blackmail him.

World No.88 Tomic (left) unleashed a rant against his Davis Cup captain after losing at the Australian Open.

He accused Hewitt of showing bias and promoting players loyal to the former Wimbledon champion and his management company.

But in the latest instalment of a civil war tearing Australian tennis apart, Hewitt (right) hit back last night, branding Tomic a “clown”.

He said: “This is what you expect from Bernie. After a Grand Slam first-round defeat he comes out with something.

“We are trying to set cultural standards to represent Australia in the Davis Cup. He hasn’t been close to these in the CARL FRAMPTON is discussing his future after considering retirement following his defeat by Josh Warrington.

The 31-year-old has met with his promoter Frank Warren, and is hoping for an attractive offer to fight on having concluded after losing to Warrington last month that he needed to retire.

Since a family holiday in Dubai and conversations with others Frampton believes he remains capable of winning another world featherweight title.

Yet with a court case with the Mcguigans and Cyclone Promotions set for May and the knowledge that the brutal fight with Warrington brought the end of his career closer, the Northern Irishman will tell Warren he is unwilling to drop down in level.

“After the fight I was done,” he said. “Immediately after the fight, ‘That’s me, I’m never going to box again’, so much so I said to my wife (Christine) ‘I’m done, I don’t want to do this anymore’.

“But things have changed; my opinion’s changed. The fight wasn’t how it was meant to go; I didn’t carry the game plan.

“People who wouldn’t have any financial benefit from it have told me I’ve plenty left and I thought. ‘Do you know what? It was a f ****** bad night’. The weight was okay; it was something else, and I still know I’ve got enough left.

“If I’d been getting beaten up in sparring that may have been time, but I sparred well and was in good shape going into the fight, but I didn’t carry out the game plan.

“I underestimated his power, and it just wasn’t me, not a typical performance.”

TALKS Carl Frampton is discussing his future