article_snippet.sent: Paddy Barnes may have already been well known in Ireland prior to The pair achievements in London, but taking up Paddy Barnes part in a charming double act with Conlan only endeared Paddy Barnes further to a nation that unfortunately only flirts with the amateur version of the sport every four years before medallists appear on homecoming flights.
article_snippet.sent: Conlan lands a right jab on Matthew Martin during Conlan bantamweight bout in Glasgow in 2014 .
article_snippet.sent: Barnes and Conlan box for the Italia Thunder team, but the sights and sounds of Milan and Rome were not what drew the sights and sounds of Milan and Rome to the competition.
article_snippet.sent: the sights and sounds of Milan and Rome will have each fought seven fights in 13 weeks and, as of today, Barnes has boxed 29 rounds in 12 weeks to Conlan's 28.
article_snippet.sent: Michael Conlan (left) and Paddy Barnes sport their bronze medals following their success at London 2012 .
highlights_snippet.sent: Paddy Barnes and Michael Conlan are competing in Maiquetia, northern Venezuela on Saturday night .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Barnes and Conlan box for the Italia Thunder team .