With characteristic good humour, Tony chatted about why he got into the sport ('well I wasn't born with a Financial Times in my mouth') and was keen to emphasise that between padding/helmet, the weight of gloves and the rules, amateur boxing is one of the safest sports around.
He enlightened us on the finer points of the sport, including the difference between a punch and a slap. Two of Tony's young protégés seemed to have mastered the technique just fine and, judging by their demonstrations of hooks and upper-cuts, the UK can expect some strong contenders at London 2012.
The scoring system in boxing is something that often causes controversy and it was interesting to hear how the rules now demand that three of the five judges must score a clean hit on their electronic system within a second of each other for that point to count, and that only the spectators and not the judges nor the boxers can see the total score until the end of the bout.
We also heard from London-based boxer George Groves who is hoping to secure his place at Beijing 2008 and told us how he loves the thrill of being a in boxing ring...and, more importantly, the thrill of the win.
Sav from the LOCOG Venues team showed us how the ExCel Centre is being prepared for 2012's Boxing competition – even down to what material will be used in the dividing walls. Whether they're building the venues, running the cultural events or paying the invoices, every person working for London 2012 is contributing to the delivery of the world’s greatest sporting event.
Another member of our venues team even had a small demonstration bout with Tony, showing just how far we at London 2012 will go to to understand the event we are staging.
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