Darren Sutherland to make professional debut

Darren Sutherland at today's press conference at the Helix

At a press conference in DCU today, Darren Sutherland, Olympic bronze medalist, announced his professional debut fight which will be held in DCU Sports Centre on 18th December 2008. He was accompanied by manager Frank Maloney and coach Brian Lawrence. His opponent will be Merdjitin Luseinov of Bulgaria.

The fight card is as follows:

12x3 Super Bantamweight Title: Rendall Munroe (Leicester) v Fabrizio Trotta (Italy)

12x3 Commonwealth Welterweight Title: Craig Watson (Manchester) v Adnan Amar (Sheffield)

12x3 Commonwealth Bantamweight Title: Jason Booth (Nottingham) v Sean Hughes (Pontefract)

8x3 Light Middleweight: Jamie Moore (Salford) v TBA

6x3 Bantamweight: Martin Power (Camden Town) v TBA

6x3 Super Flyweight: Chris Edwards (Stoke) v TBA

4x3 Bantamweight: Eugene Heagney (Huddersfield) v TBA

Tickets are available from ticketmaster. Box office number 0871 226 1508