Modern sport maybe awash with analytics, but boxing has never lent itself to trial by numbers.

UFC superstar Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson will be among the headliners to appear at Ireland’s biggest-ever mixed martial arts expo and conference, Fight-Con, next year.

Former amateur world champion Michael Conlan will face Mexico City’s Ruben Garcia Hernandez tomorrow night as part of a bumper weekend of Irish boxing on Americas east coast.