Barnes determined to make his point

Only five medallists from Beijing have survived as the Olympic boxing tournament in London reaches the semi-finals and two of those will face each other today (1.30pm) when the defending light flyweight champion Shiming Zou will face Ireland’s Paddy Barnes for a third time.

Shiming Zou, Zou Shiming — call him whichever you like — has been a major thorn in the side of Barnes since the World Championships in Chicago in 2007 when he knocked him out at the quarter-final stage 22-8.

Barnes was not too upset. After all, he had qualified for the Beijing Olympics by making the last eight and Zou was rated one of the best light flyweights of all time.