Sunday Mirror

Josh happy home or away

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JOSH WARRINGTON has warned Carl Frampton he doesn’t need a packed Elland Road behind him to win a big fight.

The Leeds lad (right) claimed his IBF world featherwei­ght crown from Lee Selby at the famous Yorkshire stadium in May.

His first defence, however, will be across the Pennines at the Manchester Arena on Saturday.

Warrington said: “My first 15 fights were on the road, I’ve boxed away many times.

“I used to get excited about being the away fighter because you just want to turn round and silence their fans. My last seven fights, I’ve boxed at home and, obv obviously, for the last o one, I had a packed stadium behind me.

“But this is going t to be 50-50 in ter terms of noise and it gets to a stage where you don’t need to rely on the crowd any longer.”

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North (left) beat Germany’s Robert Marijanovi­c 3-2 at
RICHARD NORTH smashed in 10 180s in a brilliant fightback to set up the ‘compass’ derby with Steve West at the William Hill World Championsh­ip yesterday. North (left) beat Germany’s Robert Marijanovi­c 3-2 at
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