When Paddy Barnes claims, “I couldn’t care who I’m fighting”, ahead of his pro debut tonight, it is said with some justification.  

Training underwater for a crucial fight at a venue named after an ill-fated ship that ended up at the bottom of the ocean may be tempting fate. But Jamie Conlan, who has been training underwater in Spain, remains supremely confident ahead of Saturday’s clash with Hungary’s David Koos at the Titanic Centre in his native Belfast.