Ireland's Katie Taylor added Olympic Games gold to her four World Championships titles today - but she was made to work hard for her 10-8 win over Russia's Sofya Ochigava amid an extraordinary atmosphere at ExCeL.
Nicola Adams sealed her golden moment with an Ali shuffle as she overwhelmed China's double world champion Ren Cancan 16-7 to be crowned the first-ever Olympic women's Boxing champion at ExCeL.
Reigning Olympic champion Zou Shiming of China set up a fight for gold again on Day 12, while there was a historic moment as the first women's Olympic Boxing medals were won.
Michael Conlan said some timely words of advice from Head Coach Billy Walsh drove him on to pull away in the final round and beat Frenchman Nordine Oubaali to guarantee a third Olympic Boxing medal for Ireland on an action-packed Day 11 in the ring.
Anthony Ogogo admitted shedding tears over Mo Farah's epic 10,000m triumph on Saturday night and said the exploits of his fellow Great Britain Olympians inspired him to guarantee a medal of his own at ExCeL.
Russia's Elena Savelyeva and Hye Song Kim of DPR Korea will become the first female boxers to compete at an Olympic Games when they meet in the ring at 1.30pm today.
