Confident Michael Conlan now in a New York state of mind

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

Its people make amends for much of the typical ‘Irish car bombs for $5’ paddywhackery. Where, in any other year, an Irish tourist might have been asked, ‘Are you here for the parade?’, one particular sign illuminating Pennsylvania Plaza sees this year’s visiting Irish contingent receive wholly different line of questioning from the Big Apple’s native passers-by:

“You guys are here for the fight, right? Hey, uh, so what’s this Micky Conlan guy like?”