{"id":178755,"date":"2026-03-23T11:28:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T17:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/walsh-conquisto-titulo-internacional-wbc\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T11:41:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T17:41:39","slug":"walsh-captures-wbc-international-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/walsh-captures-wbc-international-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Walsh Captures WBC International Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Walsh Captures WBC International Title<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In a tension-filled night at the SSE Arena, former Olympic medalist Michael Conlan suffered a painful split-decision loss to the undefeated Kevin Walsh, in what could be the final chapter of his professional career.<\/p>\n<p>From the outset, something was not right with Conlan. His classic technical boxing, based on jab control and distance, looked tense, insecure, leaky and even fragile.<\/p>\n<p>An early clash of heads opened a deep wound on his forehead, causing constant bleeding for nearly the entire fight. Later, another cut on his right eyelid further complicated the situation.<\/p>\n<p>The Irishman, a medalist at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, fought under the pressure of being the local favorite, knowing that one more defeat could mean the end.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Walsh fought like a man with nothing to lose. The 33-year-old American was more aggressive, consistent, and determined. Although the bout lacked sustained action\u2014with many feints and few clear punches\u2014Walsh did enough to convince the judges.<\/p>\n<p>The judges&#8217; scorecards were 97-93 for Conlan, while two judges saw Walsh winning 96-94, sparking boos in Belfast&#8230; and celebrations in the visiting corner.<\/p>\n<p>With the victory, Walsh not only maintains his undefeated record (20-0, 10 KOs) but also captured the WBC International Featherweight title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walsh Captures WBC International Title In a tension-filled night at the SSE Arena, former Olympic medalist Michael Conlan suffered a painful split-decision loss to the undefeated<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":178753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[121,120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-news","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}