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Take a look at the 16,000-seat arena built on the Titanic slipways for Frampton v Martinez

IBF Super-Bantamweight fight set to be the biggest night of boxing ever in Northern Ireland.

BELFASTโ€™S TITANIC QUARTER teems with history and tomorrow night, Carl Frampton bids to add a little piece of his own.

Frampton, the cityโ€™s pride and joy, takes on Kiko Martinez for the IBF World Super-Bantamweight title in what has been billed as the biggest night of boxing ever to take place in Northern Ireland.

A 16,000-seat outdoor arena has been purpose built for the event in the shadow of the old Harland and Wolff cranes on the historic Titanic slipways.

Nicknamed โ€œThe Jackalโ€™s Denโ€, this unique setting for Framptonโ€™s date with destiny was the brainchild of Northern Irelandโ€™s First Minister Peter Robinson.

Promoter Barry McGuigan said: โ€œWe didnโ€™t have a venue and I thought, โ€˜How the hell did I not think of that?โ€™ He came up with the Titanic Quarter which is fantastic.โ€

Hereโ€™s a look behind the scenes at how it all came together:

Day One

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Day Three

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โ€“ All photos (c) Presseye

Carl Frampton: Belfastโ€™s great unifier not only fighting for a world title โ€“ but for his city

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    Mute I love my County
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    Sep 5th 2014, 11:33 AM

    Hi Niall, just wondering if thereโ€™s any statements from organisers of event on what it actually costs to create a venue from scratch on this scale. Itโ€™s a brilliant unique idea and McGuigan and NI should be proud of how theyโ€™ve promoted but Iโ€™m sure they would love to have a ready made venue to ease the purse a bit.

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    Sep 5th 2014, 7:07 PM

    It was paid for by the NI assembly and the titanic quarter to promote the city, HBO who film in the Titanic paint hall provided the trailers used by Game Of Thrones as changing rooms

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    Sep 5th 2014, 11:08 AM

    Gonna go for Frampton round 8 or 9

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    Sep 5th 2014, 12:50 PM

    Rounds 4-5 I think . Pity itโ€™s on box nation

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    Sep 5th 2014, 11:44 AM

    Is this on tv tomorrow night?

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    Sep 5th 2014, 11:46 AM

    Box Nation

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    Sep 5th 2014, 3:06 PM

    Forecasts for heavy rain. Bring your umbrella!

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    Sep 5th 2014, 1:48 PM

    Carl in 6, gutted im not goin !

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    Sep 5th 2014, 4:22 PM

    Frampton in 3 or 4. Kiko is in good nick but heโ€™s been around the block a fair bit at this stage.

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