Olympics-Boxing-Conlan revives flagging Irish hopes (Reuters)
By Alan Baldwin RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 14 (Reuters) – Belfast bantamweight Michael Conlan boosted Ireland’s battered Olympic boxing hopes with a solid 3-0 points win over Armenian Aram Avagyan on Sunday that put the world champion one fight away from a medal. Conlan, a flyweight bronze medallist four years ago, and reigning Olympic women’s lightweight champion Katie Taylor are the only two Irish boxers left in the competition out of eight who started. Ireland won four medals in boxing at London 2012.