Victory was wanted and delivered in emphatic trend by Michael Conlan as he scored three knockdowns on his strategy to a complete factors win (99-88, 99-88, 99-89) over Miguel Marriaga on the SSE Enviornment.
Having misplaced in his bid to alleviate Leigh Wooden of the WBA featherweight title in March, Conlan had zero room for error as a second loss on the trot would have spelt curtains for his ambitions.
He promised to be taught the teachings from that defeat and he did simply that, surviving a late rally from the customer. This time a slip to the ground was dominated simply that. Conlan picked himself as much as end on the entrance foot, making certain this homecoming was a wonderful one.
"I could not have finished it with out this implausible crowd," he mentioned after.
"I removed a number of demons tonight. Even within the final spherical, I slipped however he caught me with photographs and he compelled the tempo, buckled me a bit.
"To come back by means of that within the final spherical says loads - I am again and prepared for something."
Conlan opened at southpaw in what was a quiet opening spherical, pawing a prodding with little coming from the customer.
Marriaga did go down, however from a transparent slip when off steadiness that gave additional encouragement to the raucous crowd.
Marriaga had higher ambition within the second, however was tagged by a crisp left. He did land a strong right-hander as Conlan pivoted to his proper.
Each males appeared cautious of each other however Conlan had the higher success early on, luring Marriaga in and punishing him with a proper within the third.
The Colombian was bobbing, weaving and on the lookout for that excellent proper hand, however he was getting picked off with the jab as Conlan's head motion made him an elusive goal. Conlan compelled errors and he capitalised with the suitable to make it 4 rounds from 4.
The customer pawed the jab in an effort to attract a mistake from Conlan who remained poker-faced. There was a small glimmer of success within the fifth at shut quarters. It proved to be his finest second of the opening half, however the Belfast man was merely faster and crisper in his work. His moments have been extra plentiful in a battle that was struggling to catch hearth.
Given what had occurred in Nottingham, this was no dangerous factor because the Belfast man was not right here for an ethical victory - the cruel fact of the battle sport is a win was required in any respect prices.
Conlan popped out the suitable jab, went low with proper hooks to the midriff and continued to the boss because the customer adopted him across the ring, solely to style leather-based.
One puzzled simply when, if ever, the customer would gamble as he had made little to no impression. He did step on the accelerator in seven, but his advances have been crude and subsequently uncovered. As he rushed in, he was tagged with a left and proper that had him on the ground.
Conlan remained stoic within the aftermath, refusing to waste a shot or certainly, vitality – that was his downfall in March - remaining glad to bamboozle Marriaga and stay on the entrance foot.
Nonetheless, he wasn't shy in making his moments depend. Within the eighth, an advancing Marriaga was dropped beneath the burden of a proper to the ribs that underlined this elegant show.
A rapier-like left down the pipe in 9 had Marriaga buckled and his gloves grazing the canvas, as he fell for the third depend of the night. He turned away with a glance of dejection however this second quickly handed as he discovered a house for a heavy proper hand within the closing seconds.
Marriaga lastly went for it within the tenth and remaining spherical, touchdown some thudding photographs that clearly troubled Conlan, however he had been right here earlier than and was in no temper for a repeat of his earlier loss, spinning Marriaga and whipping residence some sickening photographs to the physique that seeped the ambition from the customer and ending on the entrance foot to complete on a excessive and put himself proper again on the planet title image.