John Joe Nevin fights for Olympic Gold later tonight. The Mullingar boxer takes on Britain’s Luke Campbell in the Bantamweight final at London 2012.
The pair have met in the ring recently, with Campbell emerging victorious over Nevin on a count-back in last year’s World Championships semi finals in Azerbaijan.
Ireland team captain Darren O’Neill says that an Olympic final is a fitting reward for all of his team-mate’s hard work…
Staying with the Olympics and
Coming up this evening, Olive Loughnane and Laura Reynolds go out in the Women’s 20km Race Walk at 5pm.
And lastly in Olympic news, Cork-based Polish paddler, Andrzej Jezierski has won the C1 B final in Canoeing.
The victory gives Jezierski 9th place overall.