15 Facts About Darren Sutherland

Darren John Sutherland was an Irish professional boxer from Mulhuddart, Dublin.

The family lived in London until Darren Sutherland was seven and then in Saint Vincent for four years, before returning to Dublin and latterly Navan, County Meath.

Darren Sutherland represented the St Saviour's ABC in Dublin and won the Leinster senior title in 2005,2006 and 2007.

Darren Sutherland faced Edward Healy in the 2006 and 2007 Final and Darren O'Neill in 2008 winning all three.

At the 2007 EU Amateur Championships in Dublin, Darren Sutherland won gold at middleweight.

At the 2008 EU Amateur Championships in Cetniewo, Darren Sutherland won gold at middleweight.

At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Darren Sutherland won bronze at middleweight.

On 18 December 2008, Darren Sutherland made a winning start to his professional career with a first-round knockout of Georgi Iliev in Dublin.

Darren Sutherland won his next fight against Gennadiy Rasalev in York Hall, London.

On 14 September 2009, Darren Sutherland was found dead with his wrists bound at his apartment in Bromley by his promoter, Frank Maloney.

Darren Sutherland was a big part of my Olympic medal journey and it is just terrible.

Darren Sutherland had an Olympic bronze medal and his whole life to look forward to.

Darren Sutherland had a great future, and my heart goes out to everyone who knew him.

Darren Sutherland's corpse was exhumed in September 2010 for a private postmortem at his family's request.

When he won the IBF super middleweight world title against Andre Dirrell in 2015, he spoke post-fight of his relationship with Darren Sutherland and dedicated the victory to him.