Darren Sutherland Withdraws From Sunderland Fight Card

By Terence Dooley

Darren Sutherland, 27, is off the forthcoming Sunderland Seaburn Centre bill after aggravating a cut under his right during Tuesday’s hard-fought win over Ukrainian Gennadiy Rasalev.

Sutherland struggled a little before stopping his foe in round four.  However, the injury to his eye means that Sutherland will be unable to fight on the 10th of this month.

Lee Haskins’ British super-flyweight title defence against Ross Burkinshaw tops the bill.   Local boy Tony Jeffries also features, and will bring a voracious Mackem following to the arena.

The initial inclusion of Jeffries and Sutherland on the bill had meant that fans could compare the early pro careers of both men; unfortunately, we will now have to wait until a few months down the line to evaluate the two boxers.

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