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Michael Conlan crushes Jack Bateson in Dublin to claim WBC International featherweight title

Michael Conlan roared back with a brutal fourth-round knockout of Jack Bateson at Dublin’s 3Arena, winning the vacant WBC International featherweight title. The Belfast fighter, 33, scored a third-round knockdown before finishing the job with a clean counter right in the fourth. It was Conlan’s first pro fight in the Republic, drawing over 5,000 fans and a raucous Irish crowd.