Michael Conlan reveals next fight plans
Former Olympian turned boxing pro Michael Conlan has given a big update on his career following his loss last December to Jordan Gill.
After his unexpected stoppage loss at home in Belfast last December, Conlan’s future in the ring came under scrutiny. Despite recently turning 32, calls for retirement emerged following his third career defeat after also losing to Leigh Wood and Luis Alberto Lopez by knockout.
Speaking to Irish Boxing, Conlan gave an update on his career.“It’s not done. It’s not done. How can I end things how they ended. I look back on my last performance and it wasn’t even me in the ring. It was a terrible performance. I probably shouldn’t have been in the ring, there was a lot of sh*t going on in my life, in my family, and it probably wasn’t the right time for that fight.”
He has come to terms with he defeat but promises he has more to give.
“That’s just the way things go, you roll the dice and you make mistakes sometimes. These things happen. I paid the price, I lost, unfortunately, but we go forward and I don’t think that was a fair assessment of me in there that night, so I look forward to shutting up the naysayers and the doubters and that will happen eventually.”
He then added that he would like to be out before the end of the year.
“I’m going to roll them again. It’s nothing official yet but If I am looking, I’m looking at November December time.”
Conlan hopes that this last run will ultimately lead him to the world title he has always been chasing.
