Newly crowned Commonwealth super-flyweight champion Jamie Conlan is eyeing a title-defence in Belfast following his victory on Saturday.
Conlan, brother of amateur world champion Michael, defeated Englishman Anthony Nelson at the weekend to claim the belt.
Speaking on RTÉ's Game On, the Belfast fighter said he hopes to defend the Commonwealth title "once or twice" before making the step up to a world title fight.
Conlan, who is undefeated in 16 professional fights, was made work for the victory as Nelson downed him in the third and seventh rounds, although he admitted he should have known better.
"The one thing we were told the whole camp was he has one good quality, his right hand, so keep moving to your right and avoid his right hand. The two times I moved to my left and on to his right he caught me.
"You kind of think to yourself 'get up', that's all you gotta think, no matter what."
The Englishman enjoyed a purple patch in the sixth and seventh rounds but Conlan admitted he did not lose faith.
"I think the sixth and the seventh rounds are when he had great rounds and was taking momentum from me. I just thought to myself get through this and I know I'll be able to come back and get him."
Conlan also believes that period of dominance may have been Nelson's downfall, saying he came out "over-confident" in the eight round.
"He threw a silly right hand, I touched in the body and I seen in his face his momentum changed. He did it again and gave me the perfect opening and I took it."
A left hook to the body sent Nelson to the canvas and secured the title for Conlan, a move that was not a spur of the moment one.
"We worked on it from the first day we went into camp, that was the shot.
"It didn’t really materialise earlier in the fight but it slowed down and I seen it, the gap was perfect. As soon as it landed, I didn’t even look at him, I knew it was over."
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Conlan also played down the black eyes he sports in post-fight photos, saying "they looked worse than they actually felt."
"I didn't feel like I was in a fight the next morning but it did look like it".
He added that they added to the sweet taste of victory, saying "when you have nights like that you cherish them a bit more."
