Boxing stars including Michael Conlon and Paddy Barnes took to Twitter to heap praise on the double-champ after the bout. Conlon tweeted: ?Huge congrats to @KatieTaylor #UnifiedChamp?. Huge congrats to @KatieTaylor #UnifiedChamp. ? Michael Conlan…
Olympic boxer Darren O'Neill believes that a new generation of Irish fighters are coming through to take the places of the likes of Michael Conlan and Paddy Barnes. Conlan, Barnes and other Irish amateur stars like Katie Taylor and Eric Donovan have…
This is not how we imagined it would be. Michael Conlan and Paddy Barnes have turned pro. Life has turned sour for the Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA). Remember its high performance unit? Once it contained Conlan, Barnes, Katie Taylor and hope…
Michael Conlan and Paddy Barnes have signed professional deals after their respective disappointments at the Olympic Games. Belfast bantamweight Conlan was knocked out in the quarter-finals in Rio, losing a 3-0 decision to Russia's Vladimir Nikitin in…