Following an impressive start to his second Olympic campaign on Saturday, bantamweight John Joe Nevin returns to the ExCel this afternoon (2pm) to take on Kanal Abutalipov (Kazakhstan) for a place in Sunday night’s quarter finals.

Adam Nolan maintained the momentum at the ExCel last night when he outpointed Carlos Sanchez (Ecuador) 14-8 to get his Olympic experience off to a perfect start.