Four years of hard, hard work down the drain because of three judges that were clearly watching a different bout.
Michael Conlan is DONE with amateur boxing after the farcical scenes that saw him lose to Russia’s Vladimir Nikitin. The fact that it was a unanimous decision – all three scoring it 29-28 – makes it all the more farcical.
24 hours on from Katie Taylor’s controversial defeat to her Finnish opponent, Conlan was Irish boxing’s last hope.
He was far and away the better boxer in the first round but all three judges scored against him. Conlan took the second and looked to have edged the third but the judges didn’t see it that way. As Nikitin’s arm was raised aloft, the chorus of boos that rang out told you all you need to know.
As he left the ring, Conlan ripped off his vest and continued his tirade as he flung a card from a volunteer’s table.
Conlan was pissed the fuck off, and rightly so pic.twitter.com/i9LTkr8jXf
— Patrick McCarry (@patmccarry) August 16, 2016
After that confrontation, he gave a passionate, memorable interview to RTE.
On the latest episode of the GAA Hour Hurling Show Wooly and the lads reflect on a monumental weekend of action. Listen below or subscribe here on iTunes
