On 27 October 2015, the long-awaited fight between Frampton and undefeated WBA (Regular) super-bantamweight champion Scott Quigg (31–0–2, 23 KOs) was being discussed according to both sides. The bout would be the biggest British fight since Froch vs. Groves in 2014.

According to multiple sources a few days later, a deal was finalised and a date in early 2016 was talked about. Although the promoters said the fight was a super-bantamweight unification, it was not officially sanctioned as one. This was due to Quigg holding the WBA (regular) title. Cuban boxer Guillermo Rigondeaux (16–0, 10 KOs) was officially recognised as the (super) champion by the WBA. It was believed that Frampton aligning with boxing manager and advisor Al Haymon may have helped get the deal across the line, due to the close relationship between him and Quigg’s promoter Eddie Hearn. The fight was discussed at the start on 2015. Quigg not accepting 60–40 in Frampton’s favour was one of the reasons it did not happen. Hearn’s response to this was the winner would take 60%. Barry McGuigan felt this was unfair to the fighters. He also claimed Quigg had never headlined a fight, whereas Frampton had sold out 16,000 arena shows in Belfast. Frampton was offered a £1.5 million take it or leave it.

On 2 November, the fight was officially announced to take place at the Phones4U Arena in Manchester on 27 February 2016, billed for the IBF and WBA super-bantamweight titles, on Sky Sports Box-Office. Both boxers spoke excitedly about the fight. Frampton discredited Quigg’s title, saying only his IBF belt was at stake. Frampton said, “I’m delighted that we have finally got this fight signed. I’m the legitimate champion and I’m going to his backyard to defend my title because that’s what champions do. Fans will find out who the real champion is, I’m going to win this fight in style.”
Frampton believed Quigg finally took the fight on the back of his own fight, where he was dropped in round one against Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. but won the fight via decision. Frampton called it a blessing in disguise. Frampton said he had been calling for a fight against Quigg since he was British champion four years ago. The IBF formally sanctioned the bout as a unification only on the condition that the winner of the bout would have 90 days to agree a deal with mandatory challenger, Japanese boxer Shingo Wake. On the other hand, the WBA Championships Committee announced Rigondeaux as ‘champion in recess’, due to his managerial and promotional issues and not having a fight scheduled.

Frampton and Quigg both weighed in at the arena in front of 3,000 fans on the Friday. Frampton had support from the traveling Irish fans, who made their presence known. Quigg weighed 121.6 pounds and Frampton weighed 121.7 pounds. There was a tense stare down during the face-off with neither fighter breaking eye-contact which last around the minute mark. It was eventually by Frampton who blew Quigg a kiss, then turned to face the crowd. Joe Gallagher and Shane McGuigan, the trainers of Quigg and Frampton, respectively, also had a stare down and small tussle at the weigh in. Later that day, it came to light that Frampton made a request for the Sky Sports broadcast team to not include an individual. No names were mentioned, however Frampton made it known in the past, person in question had been critical of them. The bookmakers had Frampton as a slight favourite going into the fight. There was still tension heading into fight night due to both boxers wanting the bigger dressing room. Quigg believed he should have the bigger room due to being the home fighter and Frampton fought his case due to being the bigger draw in the fight. There was reports to suggest Frampton could pull out of the fight. Quigg said it wasn’t an issue for him and that he’d get dressed at his house in Bury if it meant the fight would still take place. Eddie Hearn also said that they had to agree to multiple demands from team Frampton in order to get the fight over the line from having Frampton’s name on the left side of the poster, to having American judges and entering the ring second.

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