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This is happening on the Fury undercard in December. Anybody else picking Dogboe? Conlan doesn't seem all that good.

Conlan wasn't proven on the higher level yet, but his team is sure in him, if they track him this way. Such matchups, when prospects step up, can bring some surprises.

Dogboe took bad beatings vs Navarrete. Conlan will have the size advantage but his management has kept him away from even mid-level opponents with a punch, so it will be a good fight if Dogboe brings it like he did when he was a beltholder at 122. If he's not shot I give Dogboe a chance, but I have to think Conlan's management thinks he is and is looking for a nice scalp on his belt

I think it is hard to make a prediction with this, knowing their past ventures.

Dogboe wins it. Better pro and superior pro experience. Still young. Bad pick by Conlan’s team if they’re looking for a sure win in a step up fight.

Conlan is 28 already so maybe they’re trying to fast track him to a few bigger money matchups before he gets too old by skipping decent and then mid-level fighters completely.

Michael Conlan: Injured Belfast fighter out of December world title eliminator against Isaac Dogboe

Belfast fighter Michael Conlan has been forced to pull out of his world title eliminator against Isaac Dogboe on 5 December because of an ankle injury.

Conlan was set to face the former WBO super-bantamweight champion in London and was hoping victory would land him a world title shot in March.

"Absolutely devastated to announce I will no longer be fighting December 5," said Conlan, 28, on Twitter.

Conlan said he "ruptured" his anterior talofibular ligament on Wednesday.

"Back home now recovering. Doc said I'll be out for 8-12 weeks but I'll be back sooner, just watch."

The 2012 Olympic bronze medallist said that he sustained the injury in training.

Conlan was moving down from featherweight for what would have been a super-bantamweight contest against the Ghanaian-British fighter and was hoping victory would land him a world title shot on St Patrick's Day in March.

The unbeaten 28-year-old secured his 14th consecutive career win by stopping Sofiane Takoucht in August.

Conlan said earlier this year that he would have expected to fight for a world title at Belfast's Falls Park in the summer if it had not been for the coronavirus pandemic.

Six of Conlan's 14 professional fights have been held in New York, with two bouts taking place in Belfast, including a sellout Falls Park show near his childhood home in the west of the city, in the summer of 2019.