Carl Frampton typically doesn’t pay much mind to the betting odds on his fights.

Frampton admits, though, that he found it interesting when someone informed him that oddsmakers had installed him as a slight favorite over Jamel Herring in advance of their junior lightweight championship match. Frampton figured handicappers would favor Herring because he is the bigger fighter physically and the defending champion entering their 12-round, 130-pound title fight April 3 at Caesars Bluewaters Dubai in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

“I’m surprised by that, if I’m being honest,” Frampton said during a recent appearance on “The Ak & Barak Show,” which streams weekdays on DAZN and SiriusXM. “Obviously, just the size of Jamel, he’s the champion and everything else. And I thought the bookies probably would’ve had him a favorite. But I don’t really pay attention to what the bookies have. I know that because someone’s told me that I was the slight favorite.

“But I would be going into this fight feeling that I’m probably the underdog. And that’s the way I’ve been training. I know I’m gonna have to go and rip this title off him. He’s the champion, and it’s gonna be a tough fight. What I will say is I don’t really know the exact odds, but it’s gotta be pretty close I’d imagine anyway [with] the bookies.”

Many Internet sports books list Frampton as a -130 favorite versus Herring.

Cincinnati’s Herring (22-2, 10 KOs) will defend his WBO junior lightweight title for the third time when he faces Frampton (28-2, 16 KOs). Northern Ireland’s Frampton, who won titles in the 122-pound and 126-pound divisions, will attempt to become a three-weight world champion.

Frampton, 34, thinks his career “is over” if he loses this fight to Herring, a 35-year-old southpaw who stands five inches taller than the 5-feet-5 Frampton.

“I think he’s mentally a very bright guy,” Frampton said, “and he’s a very determined person as well, and I think that brings its own problems as well. So, I don’t expect this to be an easy night. I expect it to be a really tough fight. But that’s why I’ve been doing literally everything I can in training to make sure I have my hand raised.”

ESPN+ will stream the Herring-Frampton fight in the United States. BT Sport will televise it in the United Kingdom.

Keith Idec is a senior writer/columnist for BoxingScene.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.