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It was reported by Sky Sports News that super middleweight prospect Darren Sutherland (4-0, 4KOs) was found dead at his home in Bromley, South London at 3PM. Sutherland, 27, won bronze medal for Ireland in the middleweight division at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China.
Lee McAllister is ready to defend his Commonwealth title against compatriot Charlie Paul King at the Beach Ballroom, Aberdeen next month. The cocky McAllister is adamant that he has taken onboard the lessons learned in his January loss to John Murray and that King will not ascend to the throne come October the 17th.
Carl Dilks will be gunning for the Master’s title when he takes on Sheffield’s Billy Boyle at the Wigan Park Arena next Saturday. Dilks took part in the light-heavyweight version of Prizefighter in February and looked set to contest the final with Tony Oakey. Unfortunately, a miscalculation in the scoring of his semi-final with Darren Stubbs saw Dilks belatedly declared the loser of that match, much to his disgust and disappointment.
John Simpson is in buoyant mood after establishing his dominance over domestic rival Paul Truscott last Friday night. The man from Greenock stopped Truscott in ten exciting rounds in an early candidate for domestic scrap of the year.
Alex Arthur has been ruled out of a proposed fight in October after receiving the results of a recent blood test. Arthur also admitted that he could be out until early-2010. The Scot has only fought once this year – a one-round blowout of Mohamed Benbiou in July.
Hayemaker Promotions’ aborted TV deal with Setanta Sports has claimed its latest casualties; Derry Matthews and David Price have had to part company with David Haye’s promotion outfit due to an absence of regular TV days.
Birmingham’s Frankie Gavin is working hard in the gym ahead of his next fight, which will take place on the undercard of the British title showdown between Tony Quigley versus Paul Smith on the 30th of October. It will be Gavin’s first professional fight in Liverpool and the bubbly Brummie has told the BBC that he is looking forward to
Barry Morrison will bid to become a two-time British champion when he takes on Lenny Daws at the York Hall, Bethnal Green next Friday night.
Martin Rogan has revealed the extent of his disappointment over the postponement of his rematch with Sam Sexton. The Belfast heavyweight star had to withdraw from the original date due to a niggling back injury. Rogan told Belfastmedia.com that he was raring to but will now have to wait until November the 6th to take his revenge on Sexton – who defeated him controversially back in May.
Mike Tyson will make the draw for Prizefighter: The Heavyweights III in Las Vegas later tonight. The former two-time world champion insists that this tournament will provide the British boxing public with some much-needed heavyweight thrills and spills