Wary Barnes faces familiar Indian foe in historic medal bid

Paddy Barnes hopes to become the first Irish boxer to win two Olympic medals and victory over newcomer, Devendro Singh (India), in tonight’s quarter-final the ExCel (8.45pm) would fulfil that ambition.

Singh has only emerged on the scene in the past year and High Performance coach Billy Walsh said they will be hoping to exploit his inexperience at this level.

“Do we know him? “We helped prepare him for these Games,” Walsh said.