31/07/2016 BBC Newsline

In the early hours of this morning, Carl Frampton made history

in America, becoming the first boxer from Northern Ireland to become two

He defeated Mexican fighter Leo Santa Cruz on points to win

The first and deputy first ministers are among local politicians

Thomas Kane is in New York for BBC Newsline.

It was a truly unforgettable night for everybody inside the Berkeley 's

centre. Frampton's victory he has propelled him to a new level within

the sport after a performance that has taken the boxing world by storm.

I thought that I won the fight, I thought that I wanted by a couple of

rounds, but busy being away from home, I who knows what's going to

happen. And it was a close fight welfare judging, but there was

definitely I think I won. How much of a statement is this for you in

the world? It's a big statement, putting me among the top fighters in

the world, I have fought in the superbantamweight division in

February, I just beat a three world champion in the next fight, and I

believe that puts me up at the top riders in the world, and maybe

touching pound for pound top ten. It is a great feeling. You are

extremely grounded having achieved so much, but how will this change

your life? I don't know. I think people will remember this for a long

time and because it was such an exciting fight, too, that will play

a part in it, but I'm in the driving seat now, and I can get big fight

for a big-money fight that will change my life, and my family's

life, and I'm looking forward to the future and the ride, and it still

damning comment you know. I'm approaching 30, but I feel like I'm

getting better, I feel like I'm 26, with a new lease of life. And

there's plenty more to come. What was it nice to have so many famous

people around you, thousands of fans travelling across from Northern

Ireland spending a lot of money to get here? It was amazing and I thank

them straightaway after the fight. You know, it's hard it hard for

people to do that, and people who aren't flushable cash at the moment,

so when they come out and bought me, especially since most of those guy

who at the fight came to the Euros as well, obviously Rory McIlroy is

right for a few quid, but others on... Note it grates that is bought.

I've never been as nervous support at a sporting event. Even with a big

Ryder Cup for myself, or I watching Northern Ireland, it's... When you

are there, it's a microbe I believe there is no better show in sport

than a boxing fight, especially when is to great fighters are going at it

like that, so nervousness and anxiety, there was a lot going on,

bit of his league win in the end. You are very proud of where you are

from. How good an ambassador his evil Northern Ireland? He's

brilliant. He is supported by the whole community, and his sport

brings people together. Following the victory, Carl Frampton is now

regarded as one of the hottest properties in boxing with a number

of top fighters queueing up to take him on, but after his success

stateside, Frampton has re-energised his desire to fight back in Belfast

and defend his new World Bible on his home turf.

A motorcyclist has died following a crash in

It happened on the Belfast Road close to the junction

The police say a suspicious object found in Lisburn city centre

yesterday was a bomb and that it may have fallen off a car.

The police say a suspicious object found in Lisburn city centre

yesterday was a bomb and that it may have fallen off a car.

A controlled explosion was carried out on the device part of the city

centre was closed off for several hours. In a follow-up operation last

night, police took a car away for examination from lag more on the

outskirts of west Belfast. Finally let's get a look at

the weather forecast, here's Geoff. Hello. Good evening with it has been

a day of sunshine and showers. These are enough for most, but if you were

in those towers on the north coast, it was pretty miserable. Denied him

a showers will fizzle out, temperatures drop away sharply. Last

night sought temperatures below for degrees in places, but I would be

that cold this evening. Heading towards the working week, it will be

another cool and cloudy day, with that north westerly flow to our

weather, but staying mostly dry, and actually that is pretty fortunate

when you look at what is heading in our direction, and at the moment it

looks as if this weather system will track well to the south of us on

Monday, before trailing front over us over Tuesday and all parts. This

is how money looks. We start off dry, particularly in the north and

east, as we go to the daily cloud cover develops, bad rains sits just

to the south of us. Wider view shows us where we are on the dragon that

first weather system, rain pushing in across the Republic of Ireland,

driving in across the south-west of England and South Wales, bringing

with it plenty of cloud and then rain behind it. The best of the

brightness comes across the west coast of Scotland and north-east

England too. For us, while it is a reasonably dry morning, it gets

cloudy as we go to the afternoon, and by the evening time the chance

of a little bit of rain pushing in on the south, with temperatures as

you can see of average for late. Tuesday, there is more rain, on the

way, that front associated with that weather system slowly moving in

north and east through the day, bringing rain through all parts,

again be temperatures down on what we would expect for this time of

year, and on Wednesday there is more rain around. Unsettled pictures,

continuing into the middle and end of this week, so I think the lesson

is to make the most of tomorrow. Our next BBC Newsline bulletin

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