Ireland's boxers are off to a flyer in Tokyo courtesy of Kurt Walker.
And the Lisburn featherweight says he is ready for Wednesday's last 16 bout with the hotly-tipped Ukbek fighter Mirazizbek Mirzakhalilov.
"He has two arms and two legs like myself, it doesn’t bother me," declared Walker.
"If you want to be the best you have to beat the best.
"It's tough enough but sure it’s the Olympic Games and I’m in good form and I’ve good coaching staff with me.
"We’ll find a game plan and I’ll beat him. I just know he’s been about. Obviously he’s a good boxer.
"I have won a fight in the Olympics more than I thought I would do a year ago so I’m happy and I will keep going."
The 26-year-old qualified for the Games through his status in the world rankings after losing his Olympic qualifier in March 2019.
He got the confident start he wanted with a victory by unanimous decision to reach the last 16 by seeing off the less experienced Jose Brotons at the Kokugikan Arena.
Despite suffering a neck over his right eye after a rough and ready final round, Walker will be pleased with how he changed gears halfway through the bout.
He will have to step it up again on Wednesday, however, for a place in the quarter-finals.
He remarked: "I have started to mature a bit - like tactics, do it and it will work, don’t be going off track sometimes go in for a fight or try and move too much.
"I’ve confidence in my boxing ability as well.
"It helps what I'm fighting for and I know she (his baby daughter Layla) is going to be proud of me when she's older.
"I have done European gold twice so an Olympic medal would be brilliant."
In the first round Walker had to deal with one flurry of punches from the Spaniard, but overall he was on top, though in the second he found himself on the back foot as the Spaniard really came forward - catching Walker with several big punches.
Walker recovered towards the end of the round but only one of the judges called it in his favour, forcing him to take the initiative again at the start of the third round.
Brotos - whose nickname is 'Crazy Horse' refused to give up and both fighters threw everything into the last minute and a half, with Walker suffering the cut.
He was awarded the victory 5-0 by the judges.
"It was just a head clash, felt it in the head," he recalled. "I was tired and getting scrappy and I was trying to win.
"We were both kind of meeting in the middle. It was just one of those things.
"I thought I dominated the first and third.
"The second he gave it his all but he had nothing left in the third.
"But he is very good and I had to dig deep it was a great first fight for me.
"When ever he had a good second round the corners were telling me he has given his all, go out and go back to your boxing. I got a bit nervous.
"It was a wee bit different. I knew what I had from experience."
