Michael Conlan: ‘Different animal’ Conor McGregor can defy logic against Floyd Mayweather

Michael Conlan had one of the most publicized debuts in professional boxing when his fellow Irishman Conor McGregor walked him to the ring at Madison Square Garden on St. Patrick’s Day earlier this year.

The first Irishman to win a world boxing championship in the amateur ranks in 2015, Conlan’s controversial exit from the Olympics and subsequent post-fight interview where he blasted the judges’ performance was one of the most talked about stories from the 2016 Summer Games.

The boxing community has openly dismissed McGregor’s chances in a boxing bout with Mayweather. Two weeks ago, the McGregor’s warm-up from his open media workout was met with mockery, as David Haye and Terence Crawford…