The Irish Amateur Boxing Association (IABA) are hoping to celebrate their centenary year by staging the 2011 World Senior Championships in Dublin.

DARREN SUTHERLAND insisted yesterday he is well on the road to a complete recovery following a career-threatening eye injury sustained during an international contest against Russia at the National Stadium earlier this year.

Ireland will be represented by five boxers at the XIII World Senior Boxing Championships that will be staged in 11 Olympic Weight Classes (48 kgs - + 91 kgs) in Mianyang City, China, beginning today.