Classy Conlan looks like the real deal

Michael Conlan has been singled out as a possible Olympic medallist since he qualified at the world championships last year and he got his Olympic campaign off to a flyer with a very impressive and well executed 19-8 victory over Duke Mikah (Ghana) in a lively last 16 flyweight bout at the ExCel last night.

Unfortunately his team-mate, Adam Nolan, bowed out of the tournament on the wrong side of an 18-9 decision.

Nolan now faces a familiar opponent, Frenchman Nordine Oubaali, for a bronze medal on Tuesday night (9pm). The 20 year old Belfast man beat Oubaali at the world championships in Baku last year to qualify for the Olympics and beat him again in a four nations tournament Berck-sur-Mer in May. Last night Oubaali beat three-time Olympian Rahsee Warren (USA), 19-8. Warren was the first of three Americans to lose last night which means they will have no boxer in the quarter-finals.