Victory sees Sutherland stay on track for Beijing

DARREN SUTHERLAND moved another step closer to fulfilling his Olympic dream when he made it through to the quarter-finals of the qualifying tournament in Athens last evening with an emphatic 27-7 victory over the Norwegian southpaw, Eneste Glodi.

Still nursing a tender left hand, it was a remarkable performance and was as emphatic as the score suggests.

Bombarding Glodi with a succession of right hands to the head and body, he shared the first round 3-3, won the second 10-3 when he picked up points from six successive right hands to the head, won the third 8-1 and scored six points without reply in the fourth.