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MICHAEL CONLAN expects the WBO super-bantamweight title to change hands this weekend.

Conlan, ranked No. 2 by the WBO at 122lbs, reckons Philadelphia slickster Stephen Fulton (18-0) has the beating of Angelo Leo (20-0) when the unbeatens clash in Uncasville, Connecticut on Saturday (January 23).

As is to be expected, Conlan believes he has the beating of both.

Leo-Fulton was originally set for last August

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