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Thu 08 Aug 2008Darren dazzles and fans fancy a golden haul
NOT UNTIL 60 seconds were left on the clock did the nervous silence become celebratory screaming at Joxer Daly's pub on Dorset Street in Dublin city centre yesterday afternoon.
Betting slips were gleefully waved in the air (but held tightly) and over a dozen youth members of St Saviour's Amateur Boxing Club sang "Olé Olé Olé" and waved Tricolours as 26-year-old club member Darren "The Dazzler" Sutherland's 10-point win over Alfonso Blanco Parro guaranteed him a medal in the Olympic Games.
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