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The 22-year-old Londoner recovered from a first round deficit to skate away to a 13-4 victory, with the Egyptian former world bronze medallist restricted to just a single point in the final six minutes.

Degale has often failed to deliver on the big occasion but the manner in which he worked out Hikal and ultimately landed shots of unerring accuracy will give him great confidence for his second round bout where he will face American Shawn Estrada with the likely prize a daunting quarter-final meeting against the Russian reigning world champion Matvey Korobov.

Afterwards he dedicated his victory to Frankie Gavin, who was forced to pull out of the Games after failing to make the weight and arrived home in Birmingham on Friday.

Degale said: "I've got the team off to a good start and the team should be buzzing now. We were all a bit down after what happened to Frankie then getting a bad draw.

"I was fighting a good fighter and in the last two rounds I got my rhythm but I still wasn't at my best. This is the biggest show on earth and I was a bit nervous. That pressure will be off me a bit in the second round."

Irish light-heavyweight Kenny Egan blazed through to the second round with a convincing 22-2 victory over Julius Jackson of the Virgin Islands.

Roared on by a loud band of travelling supporters, Egan blazed into a 6-0 lead at the end of the first round.

But he was wise to be wary of his opponent, the son of ferocious-punching former two-weight world professional champion Julian Jackson.

Although Egan hit the deck in the second round the referee ruled a slip and the eight-time national champion continued to extend his advantage throughout.