Michael Conlan

Michael John Conlan (born 19 November 1991) is an Irish professional boxer.

He challenged for the IBF featherweight title in 2023 and the WBA (Regular) featherweight title in 2022.

As an amateur, he reached number one in the AIBA bantamweight world rankings, with achievements that include a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics and gold at the 2015 World Championships.

He has been one of Ireland's most successful amateur fighters of all time.

In his debut match at the 2012 Olympics, he defeated Ghanaian boxer Duke Micah, having received a bye in the first round.

In the quarter final, he defeated French boxer Nordine Oubaali by 22–18, guaranteeing himself a bronze medal.

Conlan lost his semi-final bout against Cuba's eventual gold medallist Robeisy Ramírez.

Won bronze in the 2012 Summer Olympics at flyweight.

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After the Olympics, Conlan would go on to win a silver medal at the 2013 European Championships in Minsk, losing to Welsh boxer Andrew Selby by 1:2.

Conlan took the first in what was a very technical encounter, the Belfast man took the second on a split, by the third round the No.1 seed (Conlan) was in cruise control which saw him take the round and the fight unanimously to retain Ireland's hold on the European bantamweight title and the best boxer award (both of which John Joe Nevin won in 2013).

Won silver in the 2013 European Championships at flyweight.

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Conlan won Gold in the Commonwealth Games at bantamweight.

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Conlan won Gold in the European Championships at bantamweight.

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Conlan won Gold in the World Championships at bantamweight.

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Conlan moved up from flyweight to bantamweight and on 2 August 2014 he won the gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, beating England's Qais Ashfaq.

Conlan won despite only returning to training two weeks prior following an injury.

His final was a repeat of the 2014 Commonwealth Games final against Great Britain's Qais Ashfaq.

2015 started off with Conlan competing in the World Series of Boxing for Italia Thunder.

In August 2015 Conlan won the European Championships at bantamweight and scooped Boxer of the Tournament.

He competed in four fights beating; French, Danish, Italian and Great Britain representatives.

He only lost 3 rounds out of a possible 36 on individual judges' scorecards.

In October 2015, Conlan won the gold medal in the bantamweight division at the 2015 World Championships.

It was Ireland's first ever male World Championship gold medal.

In December 2015, Conlan was named as the RTÉ Sports Person of the Year for 2015.

He turned professional in 2016 after misgivings with the amateur sport, and had his first bout in 2017.

Conlan was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

His father and coach, John, hails from Drimnagh, Dublin.

His elder brother, Jamie, was also a professional boxer.

Conlan won his first Ulster novice title at the age of 11, and is a three-time Irish national flyweight champion.

Conlan and his teammate, fellow Irish boxer Paddy Barnes, would compete in seven fights over 14 weeks in an effort to try and secure qualification for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Conlan racked up five wins out of seven, which was just enough for him to finish second in the individual ranking and secure an Olympic berth in Rio.

Conlan lost at the quarter-finals stage in the 2016 Summer Olympics at bantamweight.

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Following the 2016 Olympics and his disillusionment with amateur boxing, Conlan reaffirmed his intentions of turning professional.

Despite interest from several big promotions and rumours of a deal being struck with Mayweather Promotions, it was Top Rank who secured Conlan's signature.