Sutherland closes in on medal

[the_godslayer]

Dublin middleweight Darren Sutherland is now just one win away from an Olympic boxing medal after a thrilling fourth-round stoppage win over game Algerian Nabil Kassel on Saturday.
Sutherland started slowly and was forced to recover from an early 4-1 deficit but began to dominate in the third when a big right hand forced his opponent to take a standing count.
Starting the fourth round one point ahead, Sutherland briefly saw his lead wiped out but responded by pouring forward, re-establishing his advantage and decking Kassel with another big right.
The groggy Algerian gamely got to his feet but the fight was as good as over and when another right hand forced Kassel to take a third standing count with seconds remaining, the referee intervened.
Afterwards Sutherland, who had a bye in the first round, revealed his long wait in the Olympic Village had helped him get over the star-struck early days and get down to business.
Sutherland said: "It dragged and the aura of the Olympic Village died out. You had Tyson Gay or Rafael Nadal walking past you but you just thought, so what, I'm here to do a job.
"It was a tough and entertaining fight. I'm never in a dull fight. There was never a period where I was trying to protect my lead. I'm always going to fight right to the end."

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[goldenbhoy]

Kenny Egan was robbed in his final by dumb**** judges, scoring shots for the chinese lad for shots that kenny blocked and landed on his gloves. still disgusted.

[Rev's Bitch]

Kenny was the outstanding fighter of those games for me, he's got a big future in the pro's.

[goldenbhoy]

lumachenko was the top man but kenny wasnt far behind.got the heros welcome he deserves when he got back today.

he was landing clean shots and the judges were giving the chinese lads the points. ****ing crazy, still pissed off. when he was on the podium, he kissed the gold medal when it was already around the chinese lads neck. kenny is a class act. should of been his medal

[byrosemujib333]

Top boxing promoter Frank Maloney was today being treated for a suspected heart attack after finding his Olympic medal-winning protege hanged at home.

Irish fighter Darren Sutherland, 27, was pronounced dead just after 3pm yesterday at his flat in Bromley. Police said his death was not being treated as suspicious.

This morning Maloney, 55, was taken to the Princess Royal University Hospital in Bromley, where he was being kept under observation.

His spokesman said: 'Frank was in shock and taken for tests, which discovered he had had a heart attack. He is being kept in for observation but is sitting up in bed and being allowed to work on his laptop'.
Middleweight Sutherland turned pro and joined the Maloney camp after he won bronze for Ireland at last year's Olympics in Beijing.

Before going to hospital for treatment, Maloney said: 'Darren's death is very sad and unexpected. My thoughts are with his family, and I hope their privacy at this difficult time will be respected. It is a tragedy for Ireland and the boxing world'.
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[romeo999]

Darren Sutherland, who has been found by his manager Frank Maloney hanged in his flat in south-east London, was one of Irish boxing's brightest prospects in the professional sport, having joined the paid ranks after winning an Olympic middleweight bronze medal in Beijing last year. He was only 27, and many had predicted that he had the ability to go all the way to a world title.

Born in Dublin to an Irish mother and West Indian father, Sutherland moved to London as a child before relocating to the island of St Vincent. His accent still reflected the years he spent growing up in the Caribbean, although he would ultimately return to Navan, in County Meath, while training and boxing in Dublin, the city he regarded as home.

Nicknaming himself "The Dazzler", Sutherland was viewed as one of the outstanding performers in Beijing, where he lost in the semi-final to Britain's James DeGale, who went on to take the gold medal. While DeGale was snapped up by the English promoter Frank Warren, some shrewd judges suggested Warren's rival Maloney may have got the better deal when he persuaded the Irishman to commit his future to his management and promotional skills.
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