Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I tata atu a Michael Conlan ki te whakamutu i tana tukinga me wikitoria i te World Series of Boxing i mua i tana whiringa ki te whawhai me te kii i tetahi wikitoria nui ki te tuhi i tana waahi i nga Taakaro Orimipia o Rio 2016 i te taha o tana hoa kapa a Paddy Barnes. Ko nga kaiwhawhai Belfast e rua (nga kaitautoko parahi i Ranana 2012), i mahi mo te raihana Italia Thunder i Venezuela i te po o te Rahoroi, me te hiahia o te tokorua ki te wikitoria ki te tono rerenga ki Rio. I tukuna a Barnes i runga i te taera, i whakarahi i tana rekoata WSB kaore i hinga i tenei waa ki te 7-0 me te wikitoria i nga tohu wehewehe i runga i a Yoel Finol. Kua tohua e Michael Conlan tana wāhi o te Opepika i muri i ngā hua i haere ki a ia i Venezuela i te pō o te Rāhoroi. Ko te toa toa a te Olympic e rua nga wa i hinga i tana hoa whawhai i te rauna tuatahi i te huarahi ki te kii i te wikitoria 49-45 i runga i nga kaari e rua o nga kaiwhakawa, i te mea ko te kaiwhakawa e toe ana i whakatau i te whawhai 48-47 i roto i te painga o Finol. Ko te wikitoria whakatau-whakarite he nui ki te awhina i a Barnes ki te eke ki runga i te rarangi 49kg WSB, me te tangata whenua o Ardoyne e peke ana i a Uzbekistan's Hasanboy Dusmatov ki te kii i te waahi tohu Olympic anake i whakaekea ma te whakataetae. Heoi, he nui ake te uaua o te mahi a Conlan. Ehara i te mea me wikitoria te kaiwhawhai o Falls Road <unk> i mahia e ia, i te wikitoria 49-46 tohu kotahi i runga i te hoa whawhai o Venezuela a José Vicente Azocar <unk> engari me whakawhirinaki ano ia ki tetahi hua ohorere i etahi atu waahi. I eke te 23-tau-tau ki te Nama 2 i roto i te raarangi taumaha taumaha WSB, e kii ana i te waahi tuarua 56kg Olympic i tukuna na tana wikitoria me te mea i hinga a Azerbaijan's Magomed Gurbanov ki a Luis Mora Hector Garcia i Puerto Rico. I hinga a Garcia i a Gurbanov i te rauna tuarima me te whakamutunga o ta raatau whawhai i te wa i riro ai te Puerto Rican hei toa karakia mo te mekemeke Irish, he rite ki te kaitakaro whutupaoro Scottish a Gary Mackay nana nei i tuhi he waahi ki Euro 88 mo te taha o Jack Charlton mo Ireland na te whaainga ki a Bulgaria. Na te pānga o te pānga, i ohorere ai a Conlan. Ko te taumaha taumaha o Belfast e tata ana ki te whakamutu i roto i te pouri i tana tohu tohu, a kua oti katoa i a ia te whakaaro ki te huri...
Ka toa a Michael Conlan rāua ko Paddy Barnes kia eke ki ngā kēmu Rio 2016. I wikitoria a Conlan i tana whawhai engari i whakawhirinaki ia ki ētahi atu hua kia puta ai. I whakatapua e te Irishman tana wikitoria ki tana hoa wahine i muri i tana whawhai ahakoa te mate.