Michael Conlan is an Irish professional boxer. As an amateur, he reached number one in the AIBA bantamweight world rankings, with achievements that include a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics and gold at the 2015 World Championships. He has been one of Ireland's most successful amateur fighters of all time.   Since turning professional he has had 16 fights, 16 wins with 8 of those fights by knock out.  He is due to fight Leigh Wood for the WBA World Featherweight title in March 2022.