Rather beacuse of his style and abilities. Proksa's manager once offered a fight to Andy Lee about two years ago and Manny Steward said 'no way'.
It's a good fight for Barker imo. This guy looks a dangerous opponent with the style and power to test him more then he has been lately. I feel he will win but it's good bridging the gap fight before he steps up to european level. He's not really beat any huge names...beat Jamie Coyle which isn't a bad win...stopped him...where as Rhodes couldn't...so he's decent...dunno how he will look against a champion and prospect though.
Do you have a link or reliable source for this? did you know andys team offered barker a fight and he turned down, andy even went to one of his fights to try make it happen....
I dont have a link, why would I. There is something like real world out there. Belghecham just backed up from Proksa fight and vacated his title to fight Lee who is overrated joke.
Link or it didnt happen. belghecham didnt vacate his title to fight lee they fought at super middle so belghecham could keep his crappy title lee just wanted to use him as a stepping stone to boost his world and european rankings.
Nope, he vacated this title. Link or it didnt happen. Real world is better than internet, believe me. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv2vrYBgM3o[/ame]