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Fri 12 Dec 2008Sutherland makes quick work of debut
BOXING MIDDLEWEIGHT BOUT:IT MIGHT not have been the most important fight of the card in terms of titles but Darren Sutherland was the headline act last night after a stunning professional debut in Dublin City University's Sports Hall. The 26-year-old entered the ring to a chorus of approval from the home crowd and swiftly gave them a brief but impressive glimpse of the future when the referee stepped in to stop the fight after just two minutes and 44 seconds of the first round.
Wearing emerald green shorts with white trim, Sutherland faced the thickset Bulgarian, Georgi Iliev, whose only other visit to Ireland had resulted in the knockout of Castlebar's Keith Cresham.
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