Walsh has high hopes of more medals

With two medals secured in the camp, high performance coach Billy Walsh said light flyweight Paddy Barnes and flyweight Michael Conlan are champing at the bit for their quarter-final bouts.

Tonight (9pm) Michael Conlan fights for Ireland’s third bronze medal when he takes on Nordine Oubaali of France.

Ever since qualifying at the World Championships in Baku, the 20-year-old Belfast man has been singled out as a “dark horse” for a medal here. Coached by his older brother Jaimie, a former international, he had developed into a classy performer long before he was inducted into the high performance squad.