Darren Sutherland brought home a bronze medal in the middleweight boxing division for Ireland.

The twenty-six year old son of an Irish mother from Finglas and a father from the Caribbean has won the All-Ireland title three times, in 2005, 2006 and 2007.

His Olympic medal win was his last amateur match as Sutherland recently signed a contract with London-based promoter Frank Maloney and dove into his professional career.

Sutherland’s fans have high hopes for his professional career, especially when his first-round knockout of Georgi Iliev in his first match back in Dublin set the tone for a promising future.

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