He may have recently won RTE's Sports Person of the Year award, but boxer Michael Conlan isn't above being taken down a peg or two.
And when it's the perennially-humble Katie Taylor doing the aforementioned taking-down, you know he must have deserved it.
The 24-year-old Belfast man posted a cocky tweet yesterday, showing off his array of medals:
Medal anyone? pic.twitter.com/qEyI8nmfrA
— Michael Conlan (@mickconlan11) December 23, 2015
... but his pal and fellow Olympian Taylor had the perfect response.
@mickconlan11 no thanks Mick, I have my own little haul here! #MerryChristmas pic.twitter.com/sj163w5NlZ
— Katie Taylor (@KatieTaylor) December 23, 2015
Ouch.
Impartial bystanders enjoyed the bout, anyway.
@KatieTaylor @mickconlan11 need some cream for that burn Mick!!?? Haha
— BOXING IRELAND (@LoveIrishBoxing) December 23, 2015
@KatieTaylor @mickconlan11 sit down Mick 😂😂
— Jason Quigley (@jay_quigley) December 23, 2015
@KatieTaylor @mickconlan11 Mick, you might want to...... pic.twitter.com/WyAJv8cVfc
— Mr. Hennessy (@Heno6941) December 23, 2015
@KatieTaylor @mickconlan11 that's a 10-8 round to KT
— Declan Connolly (@DeckyConnolly) December 23, 2015
@KatieTaylor @mickconlan11 a punch in the face would be nicer than getting destroyed like that!! 😅 😖
— Paul John McCrea (@paul_mccrea) December 23, 2015
Conlan, to be fair, took the ribbing in good humour:
@KatieTaylor don't make me take out my commonwealth medal 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/7PPqOtTr42
— Michael Conlan (@mickconlan11) December 23, 2015
.... But it wasn't quite enough to erase memories of that epic burn. Someone put a tub of Sudocrem in that man's Christmas stocking, for goodness' sake.
