Michael Bolton<\/p>\n
Michael Conlan has retired from boxing after his shock defeat to Kevin Walsh in Belfast on Friday night.<\/p>\n
Conlan lost a split-decision to Walsh in the SSE Arena, with Walsh winning two scorecards 96-94.<\/p>\n
After the fight, Conlon confirmed his retirement from the sport, with a record of 20-4.<\/p>\n
The 2012 Olympic bronze medalist said: “I said that the next defeat, no matter the circumstances, would be me finished with boxing and it has come.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t think I lost, but I wasn\u2019t good enough and that\u2019s just a fact. For me to become a world champion, I need to be beating guys like that and beating them well. That was too close for comfort.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m 34 now, too long in the tooth, I thought I won but it is what it is. I don\u2019t want to do it anymore, so it\u2019s time to say goodbye to boxing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can never be bitter with the situation because it gives you so much and takes so much. I\u2019ve always said you can never love the sport as it will never love you back.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to walk away with my health intact and my family good. I\u2019ve done really well in boxing, have reached some serious heights and fought in some serious arenas around the world, done things many fighters don\u2019t get to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
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