Sutherland will now meet England’s James Degale tomorrow evening in a rematch of last Junes EU Championships 75Kg final at the National Stadium in Dublin which Sutherland won.
St Michael’s Athy light welterweight John Joe Joyce is also through to the quarter-finals following a well-deserved 20-12 victory over Moldovian Vasilii Belous.
But flyweight Conor Ahern and featherweight David Oliver Joyce bowed out of the tournament after losing their last-16 bouts to Slovakian and English opponents.
Ahern was beaten by Martin Parlagi 26-16, and Joyce was on the wrong end of a 27-19 verdict versus England’s Stephen Smith.
Ireland Squad:
51Kg: Connor Ahern (Baldoyle)
54Kg: John Joe Nevin (Cavan)
57Kg: David Oliver Joyce (St Michael’s Athy)
60Kg: Ross Hickey (Grangecon)
64Kg: John Joe Joyce (St Michael’s Athy)
69Kg: John Joe McDonagh (Brosna)
75Kg: Darren Sutherland (St Saviour’s OBA)
81Kg: Ken Egan (Neilstown)
91Kg: Con Sheehan (Clonmel)
91+Kg: Cathal McMonagle (Holy Trinity)
