Irish Olympic medal-winning boxer Darren Sutherland was found hanged at his London home yesterday, his manager and police said, as the sport paid tribute to a "magnificent talent" and a "gentleman".
Irish Olympic medal-winning boxer Darren Sutherland was found hanged at his London home yesterday, his manager and police said, as the sport paid tribute to a "magnificent talent" and a "gentleman".
Sutherland and India boxing ace Vijender Kumar had shared the podium at the Beijing Games last year after clinching the bronze medal. Manager Frank Maloney said he had discovered the champion boxer's body in Bromley in south London, and described the 27-year-old's death "as a tragedy for Ireland and the world of boxing".
"It is very sad and unexpected," Maloney said in a statement. "At this sad time my thoughts are with Darren's family and I hope their privacy will be respected by the media.
"It is a tragedy for Ireland and the world of boxing."
Sutherland won bronze for Ireland in the middleweight division at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, losing to Great Britain's James DeGale in the semi-finals.
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