Michael Conlan is promising a career-best performance as he returns to action in Belfast this weekend.

Michael Conlan's replacement opponent for his August 3 fight has been confirmed.

Michael Conlan's scheduled fight with Vladimir Nikitin has fallen through due to an injury to the Russian.

After St Patrick’s Day had segued into the Bank Holiday Monday, I sat down to watch Michael Conlan’s fight against Ruben Garcia Hernandez.

Paddy Barnes is considering calling time on his boxing career following a shock defeat by Texan Oscar Mojica in Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theatre on Sunday.

So that’s Monday nearly wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

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.

World champion boxer Kellie Harrington was overcome with emotion at winning the 2018 The Irish Times Sport Ireland Sportswoman of the Year award yesterday.

Kurt Walker stunned England’s European Elite champion, Peter McGrail, to claim the European Union Elite 56kg title in Valladolid, Spain, last night.

Michael Conlan wants to settle an old score after recording a convincing win in his homecoming bout in Belfast on Saturday night.

Michael Conlan switched to southpaw to hammer out a Madison Square Garden hat-trick in a two-round demolition of David Berna at the iconic New York boxing venue on St Patrick’s Day.

Most of us would be thrilled to be granted the one wish — and even a genie only offers three — but Irish sport is a vast tent that covers many tribes so here are 10 stories we hope to see written in the 12 months to come.

Belfast featherweight Michael Conlan defeated Argentina’s Luis Fernando Molina over six rounds on the undercard of Lomachenko-Rigondeaux.

Michael Conlan has predicted that he will record his fifth stoppage win on the spin when he takes to the ring tonight in the chief-support bout to the world super-featherweight-title clash between Vasyl Lomachenko and Guillermo Rigondeaux in New York (live on BoxNation).

More than 12% of athletes have played in a fixed sporting event, according to research carried out at the University of Limerick, writes Larry Ryan.

Eddie Hearn has Katie Taylor primed to spearhead a breakthrough for women’s professional boxing but she can’t do it all on her own, writes Brendan O’Brien.

Joe Ward’s quest for World Elite gold ended at the hands of a familiar foe in Hamburg, Germany on Saturday night, but the Westmeath southpaw reckons time is on his side.

Former World champion Michael Conlan and Olympic silver medallist Ken Egan are backing their ex-Irish team-mate Joe Ward to reach back-to-back World Elite light-heavy finals in Hamburg, Germany, tonight.

Zaur Antia claims he has not set a minimum medals tally for Team Ireland at the World Championships, insisting the squad will maintain their “one-fight-at-a-time” approach to the competition.

Michael Conlan knows where his priorities lie and the Belfast native’s personal preparations for three more fights in 2017 will take priority ahead of any other potential distractions following his third paid victory in Brisbane over the weekend.

Matthew Macklin wants Michael Conlan to show his class when he takes to the ring on Manny Pacquiao’s Australian undercard in his third professional fight tonight.

US TV coverage of Michael Conlan’s Australian adventure will lead to regular homecoming bouts for the Belfast super-bantamweight, according to Top Rank promoter Bob Arum.

Michael Conlan may be boxing in the shadow of Manny Pacquiao in Brisbane this weekend, but the Belfast man believes it is the ideal chance for him to shine as a pro.

Newly crowned European Elite champion Joe Ward is being targeted by pro promoters in the countdown to the World Elite Championships which begin in Hamburg, Germany, on August 25.

Westmeath southpaw Joe Ward is on course for his third European title in Kharkiv, Ukraine, but Antrim’s Brendan Irvine and Kurt Walker had to settle for bronze after losing their semi-finals yesterday.

Irish boxing could surpass its remarkable record at the last five European Championships in Kharkiv, Ukraine this weekend.

THE dysfunction within some aspects of Irish sport which bedevilled the Rio Olympics has a way to go to being fully explained and comprehended by those watching, sometimes aghast, at home. 

Michael Conlan registered his second stoppage in as many professional contests with a TKO3 of Tijuana journeyman Alfredo Chanez in Chicago.

Bernard Dunne admitted he would need to fully immerse himself in his new role as High Performance Director at the IABA in order to gain a grasp of the changes required within the Irish amateur boxing realm.

Hopes of reclaiming Ireland’s prominence in the boxing ring at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo are being undermined by a high performance system roundly criticised by the ‘Rio Review’, according to heavyweight Darren O’Neill.

Walking from a snow-capped Madison Square Garden to Times Square with Michael Conlan only a year ago would have taken all of 10 minutes.

A day out from St Patrick’s Day festivities, New York’s 7th Avenue cut a more Irish hue than ever before.

Lost somewhere amidst the furore surrounding Michael Conlan’s professional bows at Madison Square Garden on St Patrick’s Day, Limerick’s former WBO world middleweight champion Andy Lee returns to the ring after a 16-month absence.

As Stella tightens her icy grip on the Big Apple, Michael Conlan continues to take the city by storm.

Jamie Conlan wants to be a part of it, but thoughts of waking up in a city that never sleeps are on hold for now.

Paddy Barnes is eager to upstage his friend and fight-night headliner Jamie Conlan tomorrow night in Belfast.

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Bernard Dunne is confident there are plenty of coaches good enough to fill the void in Irish boxing’s high performance unit after the loss of Eddie Bolger to Germany.

Mayfield teenager Thomas McCarthy has promised to learn from his first National Elite Championship final bout and “be back better”, while Rio Olympian Brendan Irvine has backed head coach Zaur Antia to get Irish boxing back on track.

Joe Ward last night hailed his first Irish title win since 2014 as the start of his journey back to international success.

All may have appeared to have changed utterly in Irish boxing, but the presence of veteran Darren O’Neill in tonight’s National Elite Championship finals is both a link to glories of the recent past as well as the possibility of a brighter future.

Joe Ward wants to be the “driving force” behind a post-Rio Irish boxing revival following an exodus of star names to the professional ranks.