Darren Sutherland

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Darren Sutherland
Statistics
Real name Darren John Sutherland
Nickname(s) The Dazzler[1]
Rated at Super-middleweight
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Nationality Irish
Born (1982-04-18)18 April 1982
Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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Bromley, London, England
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights 4
Wins 4
Wins by KO 4
Losses 0
Draws 0
No contests 0
Darren Sutherland
Medal record
Representing  Ireland
Men’s Boxing
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Middleweight
EU Amateur Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Dublin Middleweight
Gold medal – first place 2008 Cetniewo Middleweight

Darren John Sutherland (18 April 1982 – 14 September 2009) was an Irish professional boxer from Mulhuddart, County Dublin, Ireland. His amateur career was crowned by a bronze medal for Ireland in the middleweight division at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China.

Career

Provincial and national titles

Sutherland represented the St Saviour's ABC in Dublin and won the Leinster senior title in 2005, 2006 and 2007. He faced Edward Healy in the 2006 and 2007 Final and Darren O'Neill in 2008 winning all three.[citation needed]

European and World championships

At the World Championships 2007 he was beaten by Alfonso Blanco who went on to win a silver medal in the competition. He was the third ranked European boxer in the middleweight division.[citation needed]

He lost at the first qualifier to English southpaw James DeGale 22:23 but qualified by winning a gold medal as the second Olympic qualifier for Europe. In the final he stopped Jean-Mickaël Raymond.[2][3]

World amateur championship results

2005

2007

Olympic Games

Sutherland reached the semi-finals of the boxing tournament in the 2008 Olympics and took a bronze medal. He lost his fight to James DeGale in the semi-finals 10-3.[4] Sutherland announced that it was his last ever amateur boxing match.[5]

Olympic results

2008

Professional career

Following the exposure gained at the Olympics, Sutherland was offered a number of contracts as a professional boxer. In October 2008 he signed terms with London-based promoter Frank Maloney.[6] On 18 December 2008, Sutherland made a winning start to his professional career with a first round knockout of Georgi Iliev in Dublin. After the bout, Sutherland's promoter Frank Maloney said "I think we've found a real superstar here tonight and this is just the start of a long journey". His next fight, against Siarhei Navarka on 6 March at Robin Park Arena in Wigan, ended with Sutherland winning by a third round stoppage.[7]

Sutherland won his third fight at the Fenton Manor Sports Complex in Stoke-on-Trent on 29 May against Vepkhia Tchilaia. Sutherland won his next fight against Gennadiy Rasalev in York Hall, London.

4 Wins (4 Knockouts), 0 Defeat, 0 Draws
Result Opponent Date Promoter Location Notes
Win Ukraine Gennadiy Rasalev 30/06/09 Frank Moloney York Hall, LondonUnited Kingdom Last ever fight
Win Georgia (country) Vepkhia Tchilaia 29/05/09 Frank Moloney Fenton Manor Sports Complex, Stoke-on-TrentUnited Kingdom
Win Belarus Siarhei Navarka 06/03/09 Frank Moloney Robin Park Arena, WiganUnited Kingdom First fight in UK
Win Bulgaria Georgi Iliev 18/12/08 Frank Moloney DCU Sports Complex, DublinRepublic of Ireland First professional fight

Death

On 14 September 2009, Sutherland was found dead with his wrists bound[8] at his apartment in Bromley by his promoter, Frank Maloney. He is alleged to have died by suicide by hanging himself. He suffered from depression. Olympic gold medalist, James Degale commented on the death stating: "It is very, very sad news - I just can't believe it, It is a tragedy. First and foremost, my heart goes out to his family. I just could not believe it; my heart went to the floor when I heard. He was a big part of my Olympic medal journey and it is just terrible. I just do not know what to say except that he was a brilliant fighter, in fact an excellent fighter, and he was a gentleman outside the ring as well. He had an Olympic bronze medal and his whole life to look forward to. He had a great future, and my heart goes out to everyone who knew him."[1][9][10][11] At the time, he was dating Irish model Hazel O'Sullivan.[12]

He was exhumed in September 2010 for a further private postmortem at the request of his family.[13]

References

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  5. ↑ "Sutherland announces his last match ever", breakingnews.ie; accessed 16 March 2015.
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