Michael Conlan on mission to make Irish boxing great again

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

His own landmark event beckons. On Friday night, the 25-year-old amateur boxing icon will become the first Irish fighter ever to headline a Madison Square Garden card on his professional debut — a far cry from the debacle that was Rio, further still from Belfast’s Falls Road.

But all roads lead home eventually.