I went into fight with broken hand after bizarre injury, broke my other one but still won and dropped him twice

We all know boxers are tough, but Carl Frampton once took that to a whole new level.

The former two-weight world champion admitted on talkSPORT that he battled through two broken hands to win a fight.

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Frampton is a former two-weight world championCredit: GettyBack in 2019, Frampton cruised to a dominant decision victory over Tyler McCreary – twice knocking him down with body shots.

However, the Northern Irishman went into that bout with one broken hand and then managed to break his other during the fight.

He told talkSPORT: “I went into a fight with my left hand broken, and I broke my right hand in round seven. I just hit him in the belly a lot.

“My left hand was broken going into the fight, so that was gone already.”

Read more on boxingWhen asked why he didn’t pull out of the fight, he said: “Because I’d pulled out of the previous fight with the same issue.

“I didn’t want to do it again. I won easy. I dropped him twice as well.

“It’s adrenaline that gets you through it. I wasn’t really making a fist when I was punching, my hands were open.

“I closed my hands to hit him in the body and I dropped him with body shots a couple of times.”

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Frampton broke his left hand in a freak injury, before injuring his right hand in the fightCredit: X: @RealCFrampton

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The injury was bizarrely caused by a concrete pillarCredit: X: @RealCFramptonFrampton had originally broken his hand in a freak accident when a concrete pillar in a hotel lobby fell on his hand.

This happened just a week before the fight was originally due to take place.

He retired in 2021 with a record of 28-3 having won world titles at super-bantamweight and featherweight.