CARL FRAMPTON knows he has hit the jackpot — because there is a butler in his apartment.
The Jackal fights Leo Santa Cruz in a blockbuster rematch at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Saturday.
And Frampton’s manager Barry McGuigan has insisted the WBA featherweight king is given the best digs at the casino.
The Skylofts suites have round the clock servants — and even a pillow menu!
Northern Irishman Frampton said: “The Skylofts are amazing. It’s like a separate hotel in the MGM.
“There are people standing to attention when you walk past. I feel out of place — but it’s nice.
“It shows you where I have come from. Staying in Travelodges, Premier Inns — so this is surreal.
“My butler is called Blake, Barry’s is Eric. I don’t think he knows who I am or what I am doing.
“He pretends he does but I don’t think so.”
Frampton was crowned Fighter of the Year in 2016 after beating domestic rival Scott Quigg and then inflicting a first defeat on Mexican superstar Santa Cruz, 28, a world champ at three weights.
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That points win, in New York in July, was a 23rd victory for the unbeaten Belfast boxer.
And a win on the Vegas Strip in the early hours of Sunday, in front of 4,000 travelling fans, would propel Frampton to a new level.
But the 29-year-old insisted: “I feel like I’m the same person I was when I turned pro with Barry.
“Maybe a little bit more confident, but my family wouldn’t allow it to change. I’d be quickly told if I got too big for my boots.”
Frampton is the first Northern Irishman to become a two-weight world champ, after moving up from super-bantamweight to beat Santa Cruz.
He is after more, though, and said: “I want to be a three-weight champ.
“I’m with Steve Collins as the only Irish fighter to win world titles at two weights.
“I stand alone in Northern Ireland and a three-weight world champ, you’re talking about Hall of Fame stuff. People would remember that for a long time.”
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