IT is a fight Scott Quigg feared may never happen but when he finally gets his shot at British rival Carl Frampton in nine days' time, the Bury world champion is vowing to end the Northern Irishman's undefeated run.

Quigg will step into the ring at Manchester Arena on February 27 determined to extend his own unbeaten run and add Frampton's IBF belt to his own WBA super bantamweight title.

And he says the enormity of the sold-out clash and interest from fight fans proves it was a meeting that had to happen.

Quigg told Bury Times: "If this doesn’t excite you then you are in the wrong sport.

"This fight between us has been building up for four-and-a-half years.

"When it was first talked about then there was nowhere near as much publicity and interest as there is now.

"The stage it is being fought on, with pay-per-view on Sky Box Office, makes it huge.

"This is everything I came into boxing for.

"I came in to become world champion and be involved in huge fights like this.

"It has turned into an event now.

"To be part of this event is amazing.

"I am going to go in there, do the job and I’m going to win and enjoy every minute of it.

"There were times when it looked like it might not happen but I thought it had to as long as we both kept winning.

"When Mayweather-Pacquiao got made I thought surely we can get this sorted if that one can be made.

"In a way I am glad it didn’t happen when we tried before because look at what it has become now.

"I remember the first offer when I was with Hatton promotions and Eddie Hearn was promoting Frampton and it was for a British title.

"I got offered £75,000 to fight him and the fight was worth more than that then.

"From then to what it is now, this is the perfect time for it.

"We are both unbeaten and both world champions and everything is on the line."

Quigg put in a masterclass to despatch former IBF champion Kiko Martinez inside two rounds in his last outing while Frampton laboured to a points triumph against Alejandro Gonzalez Jr on that same night in November.

The Bury star believes that lacklustre display in Texas forced Frampton's camp to turn to a showdown with him.

Quigg added: "People will think the fight is happening now after his performance in Texas and we take confidence from that.

"I agree this fight is happening now because of his performance.

"The demands he was making and his team were obscene and laughable.

"Because of that performance, they couldn’t go back to America demanding big fights and big money.

"Because they had nowhere to go after the Texas fight they had to rein their demands in and we got the fight made.

"This is the fight I have wanted for a long, long time.

"When it was signed I had an early Christmas present and I cannot wait."