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Gavan Casey Reports from the SSE Arena MICHAEL CONLAN HAS confirmed his retirement from boxing after suffering a controversial split-decision loss to unbeaten American Kevin Walsh at Belfast’s SSE Arena.
Flanked by his partner and two children, Conlan announced in his dressing room after the fight that the time had come to hang up the gloves irrespective of the close nature of his defeat. The 34-year-old Conlan, disappointed but content, stressed that his performance against Walsh “wasn’t good enough” to warrant a further professional fight, and said that it was time to focus on his family after a career with which he has already secured their financial future. Walsh, a native of Brockton, Massachusetts and a year Conlan’s junior, was adjudged to have won a turgid contest on scores of 96-94 , while one judge saw it 97-93 in favour of hometown hero Conlan. Advertisement Irish-American Walsh improved his record to 20-0 , while former amateur world champion and Olympic bronze medallist Conlan walks away with a record of 20-4 .
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