Michael Conlan is a featherweight sensation at the minute, losing in the last round of one fight, and now managing to beat a great fighter in the first round via KO. This means he is one step closer to another world title fight!
Conlan managed to wobble the French fighter with a big right hook before finishing the fight with a barrage of punches.
This victory could make him one step closer to becoming a world-class fighter and having a world title opportunity.
He beat Miguel Marriaga in August after losing a dramatic world title fight against England’s Leigh Wood in March.
“I feel good. I feel like I could go tomorrow again, in fact I could go right now because I didn’t really get started and I had a lot more to give.
“Every shot I seemed to land I saw that it was hurting him. It was just a matter of time, I didn’t think it would be done in round number one, but it is a nice early Christmas present to myself.
“It’s my first first-round stoppage so Merry Christmas everybody. The support I had was special. Fingers crossed there will be a world title fight back here on St Patrick’s Day.
“It is nice when a 10-week camp pays off that quickly. I’ll fight any world champion. We just want to fight for a world title again.
“We know what happened in my last one [when Leigh Wood knocked Conlan out of the ring in the final round], it was a challenge, I was a minute-and-a-half away.
“I can’t let that sit in my memory forever, I need to get in and rewrite that and face either Leigh [Wood] or another world champion as soon as possible.” Said Conlan to ESPN.
Would Conlan be able to make it to world-class again and beat a world title fighter? Or would the same issue happen?
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