{"id":3291,"date":"2022-12-15T11:04:32","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T11:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/boxingandufc\/?p=3291"},"modified":"2022-12-15T11:04:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T11:04:32","slug":"conlan-beats-karim-guerfi-in-first-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/boxingandufc\/conlan-beats-karim-guerfi-in-first-round\/boxing\/","title":{"rendered":"Conlan Beats Karim Guerfi in First Round!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>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!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Conlan managed to wobble the French fighter with a big right hook before finishing the fight with a barrage of punches.<\/p>\n<p>This victory could make him one step closer to becoming a world-class fighter and having a world title opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>He beat Miguel Marriaga in August after losing a dramatic world title fight against England&#8217;s Leigh Wood in March.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"rtw3xdWoRUxXgKC3VP0l2w\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1245556899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'rtw3xdWoRUxXgKC3VP0l2w',sig:'1rjLVQk2iBot1gaLXyqvRhuF6be6ZD2SsiLA8pUgjT0=',w:'594px',h:'371px',items:'1245556899',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2ekybmm6x3s.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-12\"><span data-reactid=\".2ekybmm6x3s.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-12.0\">&#8220;I feel good. I feel like I could go tomorrow again, in fact I could go right now because I didn&#8217;t really get started and I had a lot more to give.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2ekybmm6x3s.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-13\"><span data-reactid=\".2ekybmm6x3s.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-13.0\">&#8220;Every shot I seemed to land I saw that it was hurting him. It was just a matter of time, I didn&#8217;t think it would be done in round number one, but it is a nice early Christmas present to myself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2ekybmm6x3s.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-14\"><span data-reactid=\".2ekybmm6x3s.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-14.0\">&#8220;It&#8217;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&#8217;s Day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2ekybmm6x3s.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-15\"><span data-reactid=\".2ekybmm6x3s.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-15.0\">&#8220;It is nice when a 10-week camp pays off that quickly. I&#8217;ll fight any world champion. We just want to fight for a world title again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2ekybmm6x3s.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-16\"><span data-reactid=\".2ekybmm6x3s.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-16.0\">&#8220;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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2ekybmm6x3s.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-17\"><span data-reactid=\".2ekybmm6x3s.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-17.0\">&#8220;I can&#8217;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.&#8221; Said Conlan to ESPN.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-reactid=\".2ekybmm6x3s.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-17\">Would Conlan be able to make it to world-class again and beat a world title fighter? Or would the same issue happen?<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".2ekybmm6x3s.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-17\"><em><strong>Banner and Image Credit: <a class=\"mui-19sk0fy-a-underline-inherit-linkContainer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/g\/Eugene+Onischenko\">Eugene Onischenko<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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! 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