Conlan puts Rio 2016 behind him with victory over Nikitin

Michael Conlan could meet Nevada’s Jessie Magdaleno in a world title fight in Ireland after putting the record straight against Vladimir Nikitin at New York’s Madison Square Garden (MSG) on Saturday night.

The unbeaten Belfast feather beat the Russian battler on a unanimous decision — 100-90, 99-91, 98-92 — to improve to 13 wins and claim the WBO Inter-Continental title in a repeat of their controversial Rio 2016 quarter-final which Nikitin won.