Irish trio within sight of Olympic qualification
Sutherland, who earned star billing yesterday in his punch-up Zoran Mitrovic (Serbia), now finds himself in the best position of all because if he loses tomorrow’s semi final to the Muldovian, Victor Cotiujanschii, he gets a second bite of the cherry in a box-off between the beaten semi-finalists for a third place available at middleweight.
In the case of the others they must make the final if they are to join Paddy Barnes and John Joe Nevin on the flight to Beijing next August.
