Amir Khan reacted to taunts about his personal life by throwing water over future opponent Phil Lo Greco as the pair clashed at the press conference ahead of their April 21 bout.

While May 2 heralded the end of boxing’s most notorious cold war inside the ring, it was the coming together of two prominent power brokers outside it which ultimately made the fight a reality.

Boxing’s world governing body AIBA has upheld a second appeal in the Olympic boxing tournament and reinstated American welterweight Errol Spence at the expense of India’s Krishan Vikas.

Adam Nolan has savoured it already, but this will be young Michael Conlan’s first taste of the unique Olympic atmosphere when he joins the Wexford man on tonight’s bill at the ExCel, with the Irish camp bidding to get back on the winning trail after yesterday’s first boxing loss.

With victory over Ecuador’s Carlos Sanchez under his belt and all the tension that goes with an Olympic debut out of the way, high performance coach Billy Walsh feels Adam Nolan can advance to greater things in London.