Double disappointment for Irish boxers

There was double disappointment for Irish boxers in the early hours of this morning after Darren Sutherland and John Sweeney bowed out of the 2007 AIBA World Championships and Olympic qualifiers at the last 16 stage at the University of Chicago in Illinois.

Middleweight Sutherland, who was boxing for a place at next years Olympics, was beaten 20-13 by Alfonso Blanco from Venezuela.