Katie Taylor will make her long awaited Olympic debut when she fights for a medal against Natasha Jonas of Great Britain in the quarter-final of the lightweight boxing division.

Ireland’s John Joe Nevin will add an Olympic medal to the two World Championship bronzes he has already won after beating Mexico’s Oscar Valdez Fierro 19-13 in their Olympic bantamweight quarter-final.

Team Ireland can win their first medal at the Olympic games tonight when John Joe Nevin fights Oscar Valdez Fierro of Mexico in their bantamweight quarter-final.