Jamie Conlan: One Half of the Same Fighting Coin

Jamie Conlan and his brother Michael fully intend to become the first Irish brothers to both win world titles. If they get there, however, they will have to take contrasting routes to the titles. Jamie, who has had to take some very bad luck and broken promises in his stride in order to make his way to the top, will be getting a long-awaited shot at the title when he faces off against Jerwin Ancajas, the IBF super-flyweight champion, at the SSE Arena in November.
How Jamie Conlan First Got Into Boxing
Boxing punters who enjoy the online betting NZ has to offer on Jamie Conlan have his brother Brendan and dad to thank for Jamie’s interest in the sport. Jamie was reportedly far more interested in football, but his father forced him to accompany his brother.

Jamie reports that each year his dad would buy his son’s boxing gloves and a punching ball, and that he was always intent on getting them into the ring. Jamie speaks of his earliest boxing memory being awakening one morning to see his dad checking Ceefax in order to find out whether or not Wayne McCullough had won the world title fight held in Japan.

The Conlans Were Never Forced to Fight
The brothers, however, took up the sport of their own free will, and were never forced to do anything they didn’t want to. Jamie reports that Seanie McCaffrey, the St John Bosco ABC coach, used to live opposite them, and his father promised him that he would give Jamie £50 if he stayed at it for 12 months. The deal was that Jamie could not change sports, and had to train three nights a week, and he and his brother Brendan did just that –and although their dad never paid up, there have been good consequences
from the paternal swindle!

Carl Frampton’s Influence on Jamie Conlan
Jamie Conlan speaks of what a major influence Carl Frampton has been, along with Barry McGuigan. What McGuigan did for Carl’s career was incredible, says Conlan, with the pundit bringing Frampton up whenever he could, no matter what the conversation McGuigan was involved in was actually about.

But, Conlan says, most of the star-power that Frampton wielded was as a result of his own personality, and that this was why people warmed to him the way they did. According to Jamie, Carl was the reason for his stardom, and he laid the groundwork for the platform that is now in place.

The Details for Jamie Conlan’s World Title Fight
Jamie Conlan, Belfast’s super flyweight, 19(11) – 0, will enter the ring as a challenger for the IBF world title on Saturday the 18 th of November 2017 at the SSE Odyssey Arena. Conlan, known as The Mexican, will be taking on the champion Jerwin Ancajas, 27(18) – 1(0) – 1, who hails from the Philippines, in what looks likely to be a tough test for the Irish fighter. The bout is set to come on the Carl Frampton homecoming card and will be broadcast live.