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Olympic bronze medallist to return to action on July 24

Last updated: 8th July 2009

Sutherland: Cut has delayed his return

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Darren Sutherland will have to wait two weeks before his next professional bout after pulling out of fighting in Sunderland on July 10.

The Olympic bronze medallist had been scheduled to appear on the undercard of the British super-flyweight tussle between Lee Haskins and Ross Burkinshaw.

However the 27-year-old Irishman suffered a cut to his right cheek during a stoppage win over Gennadiy Rasalev on June 30.

And as a result he will now appear on the undercard of Jamie Moore's European light-middleweight title defence against Frenchman Jimmy Colas at Leigh Indoor Sports Centre on July 24.

Promoter Frank Maloney said: "It was touch and go whether Darren boxed on Friday, but we decided not to take the risk.

"I have one other show this month and Darren can go on that before taking a well earned summer rest."

There had been reports that Sutherland took the decision to pull out immediately after his win over Rasalev - however Maloney has dismissed those rumours.

He said: "That is utter rubbish and those stories didn't come from Darren or any of his team.

"The decision was made on Monday when I returned from a business trip to Portugal and had there not been the show in Leigh, I may well have left Darren on in Sunderland."