Irish Boxing

Some of the tributes being paid to Sutherland.


Former world champion Barry McGuigan said: "It is an absolute tragedy. I would describe Darren as a phenomenal talent."
He added: "I believe he would have become a world champion in the professional ranks one day."
Michael Carruth, who won welterweight gold for Ireland at the 1992 Olympics, said: "He had the power, he had the charisma, everything that goes into making a top-class pro, he had the ingredients there.

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He was an excellent fighter and he was a gentleman outside the ring as well

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James DeGale


"Unfortunately we are never going to get to see this now."
Pat Hickey, President of the Olympic Council of Ireland, said Sutherland was a superb individual with a terrific personality.
"In Beijing he was the life and soul of the Irish Olympic squad," he said.
"His Olympic colleagues enjoyed his irrepressible good humour and his keen interest in all of the various sports that Ireland participated in."
Britain's Olympic middleweight champion James DeGale, who beat Sutherland in Beijing, spoke of his shock at the Irishman's death.

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"It is very, very sad news - I just can't believe it," he said.
"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. I just do not know what to say except he was a brilliant fighter, in fact an excellent fighter. He was a gentleman outside the ring as well."
Irish Sports Minister Martin Cullen said: "Ireland has lost a sportsman of wonderful ability, a clever and popular man with a future of real potential.
"His early death deprives us of a magnificent talent."
Dominic O'Rourke, president of the Irish Amateur Boxing Association, said that Sutherland's death had devastated the fighters with whom he came through the domestic ranks.
"They're all in desperate shock," he said.
"He was such a popular young lad within the association. He talked to all the kids and they all loved him."

 

I've typed message after message since last night, and have deleted everyone so far because I just did not know what to say. There is no rational explanation for this tragedy - I don't want to speculate, but the human mind is a complicated thing.

Depression is a horrible, horrible affliction.

Darren Sutherland looked like a man with the world at his feet. An excellent athlete who could have become a great one. And by all accounts, an even better man. That is what I will think about today - I will celebrate his accomplishments, laud his nature and think of the moments he gave me. And then I will mourn.

It's perhaps too soon to be saying things like this, but if there is anything positive that can be taken from this tragedy, is that we all must look out for each other a bit more.

I rang my buddy today who is a bit down on himself, and I'm glad I did. I hadn't checked in with him for a while, and I know he felt a little better when I did. I thank Darren Sutherland for making me do that.

His passing, his legacy, perhaps someday will lead to a world where young men talk to each other a bit more, where there is a semblance of hope to cling on to, where days like this can become a relic of the past.

"For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal." - Jack Kennedy

 

Well put podge, I did not know him personally but I feel as if I have lost a close friend in his passing.

 

I found this on the British forum


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI0E8Yuv5lo&feature=player_embedded#t=151

 

http://irish-boxing.com/stories/september09/sept09_sutherland_blog.html

Mark Doyle's tribute

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpcsJrc8sdc&feature=player_embedded#t=43

 

so sad ....could of been champion of the world r.i.p darren sutherland

 

Nice tribute Cormac

 

Very well said Podge.

 

R.I.P Daz. u will be missed.....:-(



on another note luis garcia is fitin on a dolphil card

 

What can one say that has not been said already. Poor fella R I P Dazzler


Darren Sutherland


Tuesday, 15 September 2009

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Like everyone in the boxing community all of us at Brian Peters Promotions are deeply shocked and saddened at the tragic passing of Darren Sutherland.

Darren had already achieved so much in his short life and looked destined to achieve so much more in his professional career. Ireland and the sport of boxing has lost a wonderful ambassador.

Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this time. May he Rest in Peace.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam

 

sad day...r.i.p darren

 

sky have mccloskey v mbaye scheduled in belfast on nov 9th as well

 

Sky have McCloskey v mbaye on nov 6th in Belfast, same date that Rogie is meat to be fighting. Anyone know what is going on?

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12947,00.html

 

yeah I meant the 9th sorry. They both cant be on the same night