R.I.P. Darren Sutherland {1982-2009}

Maybe we'll learn a bit more about his state of mind and what he had troubling him in the next few days when his family come to terms with it and speak out, or maybe we won't. Like you say, it just doesn't add up at all. The world was his oyster.

 

i was looking forward to sutherland v degale down the line, i know who my money was on as well. wasted potential, tragic..

 

Truly gutted, he was the only Olympian I was looking forward to see his career progress the most he looked quality in his 4 fights.

RIP Dazzler

 

:|Its a sad sad day for boxing.Darren Sutherland had great potential and would really have shook the super-middles in a year or two.

Condolances for his family

 

Gotta agree with everyone on here. It's really hurt the whole boxing community which shows what this guy had and was like that he's touched our lives in such a way. I'm actually feeling gutted and i don't even know Darren personally. Shows me a lot us as fans and what type of guy Darren was and fighter as well.

 

What truly awful news. It's such a shame, especially given his age and talent.

My condolences to Darrens family

 

Suicide is just so hard to get your head round,especially when,from the outside they seem to have so much to live for.
Widdy and me had a good friend commit suicide a couple of years ago,leaving a wife and 2 daughters behind. 3 days before,we were all together having a beer, taking the ****, just the same old Jonzy. Even making arrangements for my daughter to stay at his house later in the week. :-( You just never know. And we can never understand. The mind can **** you up.
Would like to listen to Frank Bruno's thoughts on this tradgedy and also Barry Mcguigan who's brother took his own life back in 94.

 

Sorry if someone's beaten me to it but Rawling's obit in Guardian online mentions a comment from Brian Lawrence about Darrens physical and mental wellbeing deteriorating over the last 2 weeks and depression and he was due to see a specialist.

(Sorry can't post link as on mobile.)

If that's true what a horrible horrible illness to have to bear, especially in the macho and ego world of boxing. Gutted you couldn't make it champ.

 

It's a tragic loss not just to the world of boxxing but the world in general. Good people don't come along of every day and by all accounts he was one of the good guys. You'll be missed but as imoprtantly, remembered.

R.I.P Big Man.

 

...............gutted for everyone around him,both in the business and his family.
this way to go is both tragic and profound and he will remain in peace with himself hopefully.
thanks for the great moments...R.IP
there is no more fitting way to remember than to bring the boxing community together.

 

just shows us were all human. everyone has flaws unfortunatly.

suicide is so hard to get your head round a girl in my class at school commited suicide and she had had it hard but she was always happy and cheery then one day my mate said she had commited suicide she was only 15. far too young even 27 is too young

 

Gutting, it just shows you how bad things can be, well its a small big reminder i guess. As many have said, he really WAS looking like the REAL deal and when i saw how ripped he was for the pro fight, i was like WTF...this is ON !!! Career-wise.

I posted up a tune, thought maybe ppl could add up a pic/tune or a clip of him, kinda a tribute thread.

Didnt realise there had been a cpl threads since this thread boys, my apologies atsch

 

So sad to hear this, couldn't believe it when I read it on the front page of the Irish News, a mecurial talent with the ability to go all the way!the boxing world has lost a future champion and a mother has lost her son.

condolences to Darren's family and friend.RIP so sad I will never get the opportunity to see him in the flesh!

 

Fine words Healy, the last part got me thinking back.

A guy i knew 23, he did the same, highly intelligent, beautiful girl, never short of cash etc and on the surface seemed to have no reason for such action.

Though he would never give himself a break, always could do more or expected more of himself, constantly torturing himself basically. Be it a better job, or car and the usual. His mam n dad never put stress on him from what we knew, nah they didnt.

Nicest guy you could meet, too nice infact, another thing that rang so true after he passed.....he always wanted to do more be it for himself or others and it just wasnt good enough for him.

 

well lads what a sad day, when i woke up this morning for work and found out darren had been found dead i couldnt believe it, im devastated tbh. When i found out darren took his life it just make things so much worse,for someone who always seemed so bubbly and cheerful for him to kill himself i wonder how sad he must of been inside and how lonely he must of felt the days leading up to last night. I wasnt gonna bother even come on here today because i been feeling **** all day, but i had to come on and fair pay to everyone showing their respects, my thoughts first go out to darren and at least he is at peace now with gatti and vernon, everyone around maynooth am club, dunboyne am club, your former school mates from dunboyne secondry school and people in palmerstown are gonna miss you dearly, everyone in irish and worldwide boxing will miss you man, secondly my thoughts go to his family when this happens its usually so hard for the family to deal with but i know how proud darrens dad was of him i hope they can all cope, RIP dar