Conlan Set For September Return In Dublin

Belfast featherweight Michael Conlan is group to look Jack Bateson connected 5 September successful Dublin.

The 33-year-old returned to winning ways successful March pinch a points triumph complete Asad Asif Khan aft a 15-month absence from nan ringing pursuing conclusion by Jordan Gill successful December 2023.

Leeds combatant Bateson has a grounds of 20 wins, 1 conclusion and 1 draw, and is simply a erstwhile British super-bantamweight champion.

The 31-year-old's past outing against Danny Quartermaine successful December 2024 ended successful a tie aft an accidental conflict of heads saw some fighters trim and nan conflict stopped successful nan 2nd round.

After triumph complete India's Khan successful March, European champion Cristobal Lorente was expected to beryllium lined up adjacent for Conlan but nan Spaniard will alternatively look countryman Ruben Gil this weekend.

The Belfast combatant is looking to get backmost into World Championship contention aft coming up short successful his 2 erstwhile title shots against Luis Alberto Lopez successful May 2023 and Leigh Wood successful March 2022.

Having mislaid successful erstwhile world featherweight title challenges, it was ever going to beryllium a agelong roadworthy backmost for different shot.

After his conclusion to Gill successful December 2023, Conlan sat retired 2024 earlier admitting nan only logic he was continuing to conflict was to triumph that elusive world title.

It is must-win territory from present connected successful and nether caput trainer Grant Smith, he is making nan adjustments required.

But nan Belfast man has insisted he will not jump into action earlier he knows he is fresh arsenic this clip a conclusion will beryllium nan end.

It will return a small clip to afloat click yet Conlan still has nan expertise to tie a crowd and that pulling powerfulness opens doors.

Should he flooded Bateson, and perchance different trial astatine a higher level, past a changeable astatine 1 of nan existent champions is not beyond nan realms of anticipation adjacent year.

But location is perfectly nary room for correction from here.