Last Saturday night at the SSE Arena in Belfast, Olympian Michael Conlan blew away Karim Guerfi in a single round.

The win was a big return after he suffered a shocking knockout loss to WBA "regular" featherweight champion Leigh Wood earlier this year.

Conlan and Lopez are stablemates under Top Rank.

There is also the possibility of facing Isaac Dogboe for a vacant world title. Dogboe is also promoted by Top Rank.

Whatever is it, Conlan is only interested in taking part in a major fight during St Patrick’s Day either in Ireland or New York City.

“That (Dogboe) could be the fight and fantastic but whatever, it’s got to be a fight that warrants a world title. On St Patrick’s Day, it needs to be a huge fight no matter who it is," Conlan told the Belfast Telegraph. “Hopefully next year I’m a world champion, but I’ve been saying that for three years! I’ll keep going and keep rolling the dice.

“I just want to win and fight for a world title as soon as possible. I was happy to win in that fashion. If I were to go nine or 10 rounds with Karim Guerfi, people would ask if I was worthy of a world title fight, but I got that out of the way and people might now think if I can do it against a better opponent.

“March was a massive learning curve. I had a world title in my grasp and let it slip away with a minute and-a-half to go but it’s made me a much better fighter. People wanted a better opponent than Guerfi and I wanted better but there was nobody who wanted it who was available. It was still a test and I handled it well.”