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Johnny Nelson on Carl Frampton and the super-bantamweight division

Image: Carl Frampton is a rising star of the super-bantamweight division

Carl Frampton must avoid rushing into the world title frame and focus on 'the now'.

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Danny's delay

In the light-welterweight division, Amir Khan's conqueror Danny Garcia has suffered a rib injury and has postponed his WBA and WBC defence against veteran Zab Judah until April 27. Once you've got a rib injury, it's hard to step in to a fight like that. I've done it but I knew the guy in front of me and had the movement to slip out of the way and protect that side. Garcia is the kind of guy that puts on the pressure. Judah will want to hit and move, so Garcia won't want any chinks in his armour because his opponent has the skill to out-box him. He has to be ready for war, and if has to dig deep he can still dig deep. Postponing it is the right thing to do - he's still the champion. I see Garcia beating Judah and even knocking him out. Garcia is very underrated and exceptionally heavy-handed. Judah is a pretty and tidy boxer but I don't think he's got the finishing power to get rid of Garcia. If you make a yardstick of Khan, who stopped Judah in 2011, it should end up being a fairly routine night for Garcia.
Heavy expectations
Deontay Wilder is becoming a great American hope in the heavyweight division and has been eye-catching in knocking out all 27 of his opponents - most recently a second-round demolition of Matthew Greer in Mexico last week. Wilder has been clinical. He's not had the best opponents but I know that behind the scenes he's taken himself off to spar with the best and prepare with the best. It's not his fault that the competition in that part of the world is not stiff enough for him to be tested. I know he's been working with the Klitschkos and is a humbling sparring partner. It's a great learning curve for him and it's the best thing for him to do. We can't judge how good he is but we know he's doing everything correctly in that he gets rid of whoever's put in front of him. When he can find a stiff challenge, we can judge whether he's something special or not. He's the perfect heavyweight specimen physically - young, athletic and clearly has the knockout power. Does he have that x-factor? We don't know yet. You want to look at ex-title challengers soon and then we can gauge his level. Put him in with one of those and then we'll see. In terms of our own rising heavyweights, David Price and Tyson Fury, I'd say they're all at the same level despite Fury's victory over former world title challenger Kevin Johnson being the best form on paper.

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