Sky Sport.
“I'm pretty sore just at the moment, but give me a couple more days, and I'll be 100 per cent.”
Nyika, the no 4 seed, faced Gadzhimagomedov in the amateur world championships in 2019 but was beaten on points.
“I can tell you it's going to be a barn burner,” Nyika told
Sky Sport.
“We've met in the ring before. He edged me out in a close one. The ball is in my court.
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“I've got everything to prove.”
Nyika is the first Kiwi men’s boxer at an Olympics since 2004. David Tua was the last New Zealander to collect an Olympic boxing medal with bronze in Barcelona in 1992.