Battle between Mick Conlan and Karim Guerfi bound for Belfast
Unbeaten Top Rank prospects Paddy Donovan, Kieran Molloy and Kurt Walker are scheduled to fight in undercard bouts
Featherweight contender Michael “Mick” Conlan looks to shine in his Belfast homecoming when he battles French veteran Karim Guerfi on Saturday, Dec. 10, at The SSE Arena.
Conlan-Guerfi and undercard bouts will stream live and exclusively in the U.S. on ESPN+ starting at 1:15 p.m. ET/10:15 a.m. PT.The Belfast bonanza kicks off a fistic marathon on the ESPN family of networks. Conlan-Guerfi precedes “Heisman Night” from Madison Square Garden featuring the junior welterweight main event between former lightweight king Teofimo Lopez and former two-weight world champion Jose "Sniper" Pedraza.
Conlan (17-1, 8 KOs) returns for his second Belfast block party since his valiant challenge of WBA featherweight champion Leigh Wood in March. The two-time Irish Olympian was leading on the scorecards before being knocked out in the 12th round.
In August, he returned to his winning ways with a one-sided decision over three-time world title challenger Miguel Marriaga at The SSE Arena.
Frenchman Guerfi (31-6, 9 KOs), from Manosque, is a former two-division European champion coming off a decision win over Mexican veteran Ricardo Mercado in July. The 10-round points victory was a bounce back win for the 35-year-old veteran after tasting defeat to Englishman Jordan Gill in February. Guerfi had Gill down for only the second time in his career, but 'The Thrill' came back to KO him two rounds later in the ninth to relieve him of his European featherweight title.
Undercard standouts include a trio of undefeated Top Rank-signed prospects: junior middleweight Kieran Molloy (3-0, 2 KOs) and featherweight Kurt Walker (4-0, 1 KO) will see action in six-rounders, while rising welterweight Paddy Donovan (9-0, 6 KOs) aims for his third victory of the year in an eight-rounder.
