Not quite content with the career he's had so far, Michel Conlan is ready to continue fighting with an elusive world title belt still firmly on his mind.

Conlan (18-3, 9 KOs) turned professional in 2017 and made his debut at Madison Square Garden on St. Patrick's Day weekend.

The Irishman, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, had a storied amateur career and was tipped for big things in the pro game.

In the unpaid ranks, Conlan won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics in London before picking up a World Championship gold three years later in Doha.

Conlan also has European and Commonwealth gold medals at amateur level. Matching those achievements as a professional was always going to be difficult, but the talent was there.

After inking a deal with Bob Arum's Top Rank, Conlan found himself fighting on cards all over the United States, and he even competed on the Manny Pacquiao-Jeff Horn undercard in Australia.

After a slew of competitive wins over the likes of Jason Cunningham, TJ Doheny and Vladimir Nikitin, the latter of which controversially beat Conlan at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, Conlan put himself in a position to fight for world titles.

His fight with Leigh Wood (28-3, 17 KOs) for the WBA 'Regular' Featherweight title in 2022 won The Ring's Fight of the Year. Conlan scored a hard knockdown over his opponent in the first round and subsequently went on to win most of the fight.

But he was knocked down himself in the ninth and in the final round a right hand from Wood short-circuited Conlan and sent the Belfast man tumbling through the ropes and onto the arena floor.

Soon after, Wood was elevated to full world champion. Conlan went on to fight Luis Alberto Lopez (30-3, 17 KOs) for the IBF title and lost by stoppage again, this time in the fifth round.

Calls for retirement came after Conlan was beaten by Jordan Gill (28-3-1, 9 KOs) via seventh-round TKO in December 2023. But the hunger for world title honours is still there.

"I'm the type of person that when I set a goal, I have to finish it," Conlan told Boxing Social.

"This is my last hurrah, so to say. It's my last roll of the dice, no matter what. I still believe I have the ability to be a world champion.

"I don't want to be retired and think in 10 or 15 years 'f--k, I should've given it another go'. I'll do everything I can to achieve what I set out to achieve. If I don't, I don't. But if I do, then it'll pay off.

"I could have easily retired if I wanted to. But I'm a stubborn little s--t. I want to get to where I want to get to.

"I don't want that 'what if'. While I still have the option to carry on, I will. Every fight is a must-win or that's it now. I believe I'll get there. You know your body and you know what's left."

Since the Gill defeat, Conlan has left previous trainer Adam Booth and has since linked up with Grant Smith.

Father and trainer of promising contender Dalton Smith, the Sheffield cornerman also works with Junaid Bostan and previously had Sunny Edwards in his gym.

Conlan added: "I'm in a great place, the right place, I've been here since the end of September. I've been working with Grant, spending time with Grant, getting used to the ethos of the gym and the style of boxing.

"It's just tweaking little mistakes, not changing everything, just tweaking. It's been good, I've really enjoyed it there are some good people in the gym, good fighters."