It's a worrying time Irish Boxing's Head Coach Billy Walsh with World Championship silver medalist Jason Quigley and 2 time Olympic medalist Paddy Barnes both indicating in recent weeks that they would consider a move to the professional ranks.
Olympic silver medalist John Joe Nevin has already left the High Performance Unit, while after failing to win a medal at this years World Championships Michael Conlan hinted that he too might be tempted by the pro game.
Billy Walsh told our reporter Nathan Murphy that he remains on good terms with Nevin and is confident that Conlan will stay in the amateur ranks You can hear the full interview with Billy Walsh on the Today FM Sports Review of 2013 which airs on December 26th and 27th at 6pm.