Steven Donnelly: I can go all the way

If Steven Donnelly reflects the opinion of the rest of Ireland’s Olympic boxers, the Michael O’Reilly affair has had no more impact than the punches of the Algerian he beat yesterday.

Donnelly won a unanimous points decision over a wild-swinging Algerian, Zohir Kedache, winning all three rounds and the second round 10-8 on one judge’s card.

If there was a problem in the camp caused by the positive doping test that team-mate O’Reilly gave before leaving Dublin, Donnelly disguised it with the cool control in the ring and his excitement in the mixed zone after it.