Michael Conlan – Boxing

One of the boxing stylists. Only a couple of kilos separate his and Barnes’s weight divisions and only a few Belfast streets where they grew up, Conlan coming from the Springfield Road in West Belfast and Barnes the Ardoyne. On the gable end of Conlan’s street, there is a giant mural of the boxer who won a bronze medal in the London 2012 Games. Talented and able to switch from orthodox to southpaw, Conlan is also brave, winning Commonwealth Games gold against the tough British fighter Qais Ashfaq with a deep gash running across his brow. Medal prospect.