Darren Sutherland

Description: Former boxer who won a bronze for Ireland and recently committed suicide to much sadness in the boxing world.

Newest Review: ... just 27 Darren Sutherland took his own life on 14th September 2009, regarded by many as the fighter with the most potential from Britain or Ireland that had gone to Olympics in Beijing and turned professional. His style seemed almost suited to the professional ranks despite his loss in the amateurs to DeGale in the Semi Finals of the Olympics. As an amateur he had a stellar record winning ... more

... the Olympic Bronze, 2 EU championship golds (including beating DeGale in the 2008 and 2007 competitions) and 3 All Ireland titles. After turning professional after the Olympics hopes were high for the affable Dublin born fighter who, he had ra...more

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Darren Sutherland: Just a shame (535 words)
by - written on 07/10/09 (Very useful, 16 readings)
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Recently the world of Boxing has had a handful of losses they say it comes in threes, sadly boxing seems to be having more than it's share. It started with the suicide of the "Explosive Thin Man" Alexis Arguello a great fighter and by all accounts a wonderful human being, then the death of Aturo Gatti (possibly suicide, possibly murder, I'm not sure we'll ever know for sure) then the murder of Vernon Forrest all inside the space of about 3 weeks. Then sadly just a month or two later boxing suffered a loss of a guy on the rise with the world at his feet and with no one saying a bad word about him, no guns involved, just his own struggles with loneliness and ... Read the complete review

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