Twenty seven year old Darren Sutherland, who represented Great Britain at the Beijing Olympics and won the bronze medal in boxing, was found dead in his apartment Monday morning by his manager.

The manager, Frank Maloney, was taken to the hospital in shock after finding Sutherland’s body, which British media reports say was found hanging.  Maloney was found to have suffered a heart attack.

Sutherland’s family members professed shock along with the obvious sadness, saying there was no indication that the boxer suffered from depression.  The death has not yet been ruled as suicide or accident, officially.

His next fight had been scheduled for October 16th,  Across the sport, tributes are coming in: sounds to us like a young man with a lot of potential and a lot of good will.

Sad story.