Atmosphere for a Belfast bout will be special: promoter Arum

“We believe that we can deliver a title fight for Carl against WBO super-featherweight champion Jamel Herring in Belfast. Whenever the indoor arena over there is ready we can go ahead and do it,” said Arum, who confirmed April is a realistic option.

“Herring would be getting very well paid so I don’t believe that it will be a problem to bring him to Belfast. It would have been easy to make the fight in the States but we really feel we have an obligation to give Carl a big fight in Belfast and I love it over there.

“I think they’ve made me an honorary Irishman because of the work we’ve done with Carl and Michael Conlan.

“Herring, naturally, wants to make sure there would be neutral officials for the fight and that’s not a problem. It would be another huge fight for Belfast and we know the fans there would love it.”

Arum was particularly impressed with the atmosphere at Conlan’s bout in the summer at Falls Park, which came a couple of weeks before he arrived in London for Vasyl Lomachenko’s world lightweight title clash with Luke Campbell.

On both occasions Arum and his Top Rank colleagues were blown away by the passion of the supporters.

“When I went back to Belfast for the first time in 30 years I was keen to see what it was like because I knew what I had experienced before was special and it was great to that same enthusiasm and passion so I can’t wait to go back,” he added.

“We also had a great time with Lomachenko in London and what we’re seeing is that the TV figures for fights being shown in the States in the afternoon are tremendous. We don’t lose anything by doing fights in the UK which because of the time difference are going out in the afternoon in the States and ESPN love it because the atmosphere is so good.”