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Denied Rio medal, Irish fighter debuts on St. Patrick’s Day (The Associated Press)

Posted: January 20, 2017 at 9:22 pm   /   by   /   comments (0)

Michael Conlan, left, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, who boxed for Ireland at the London Olympics, listens during his introduction at a press conference, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, at Madison Square Garden in New York. Conlan makes his pro debut in New York on St. Patrick's Day, Friday March 17, in a junior featherweight bout against Denver's Tim Ibarra. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Michael Conlan wasn’t going to take it quietly when judges at the Rio Olympics gave his Russian opponent a controversial decision win. ”We’ve got a lot of rowdy Irish people coming over,” Conlan said Wednesday. Conlan tips off his pro career March 17 in the smaller theater at the Garden, but it might not be long before he starts filling the main arena himself.



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