Conlan ready to show his class

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.

High performance coach, Billy Walsh, was the first to admit last night that Nolan faces an enormous task against the world silver medallist, Andrey Zamkovoy (Russia), for a place in the quarter-finals.

“Adam is up against the former world silver medallist. He’s a complete underdog going in there and he’s looking forward to having a go.”