He needs to fight moore! if you think barker is ahead of lee right now you must be out of your tiny mind.
The Duddy fight would be so lop-sided on the scorecards it would be embarassing. Lee is over-rated aswell.
barker would beat duddy but lee knocks barker out every time barker - just another brit with a glass jaw
Not many people in ireland still believe in lee to tell you the truth and nobody outside ireland does. Duddy has decent power and jab its just he doesnt have any sort of defence. I think duddy eventually lands on barker and puts him to sleep.
Barker would absolutely toy with Duddy. What has Duddy actually done? He's nearly 31, hasn't won the British title (which he is eligible for), hasn't won the European...... just a ''bum of the month'' tour since he turned pro. Lee has a bit of potential but his career needs some direction. What are his aims? Where should he be in a year/two years time?
This is a thread i started about Darren barker not lee or duddy, What are darren barkers aims for future? aged 27 would want to get a move on.........
Well, he's British champion for a start. Macklin is currently awaiting a European shot vs Pirog, so that avenue is closed. Unless he changes promoter his situation is unlikely to improve in the short term future. It's probably a defence against someone like Elcock. I'm not sure Hennessy will want to put him in with Jamie Moore - too much risk. If he does change promoter a lot of potential avenues will be available, his list of potential opposition increases..... if I were his promoter I'd be looking at getting someone like Sturm or Sylvester over for a defence against him. Take a chance.
Couple of bits, yea darren's the british and commonwealth champ, macklins not awaiting a shot at pirog hes already the eu champ and pirog is the likely challenger. But yea i agree elcock is likely to be next for barker as he had to pull out of the vacant british title fight (darren subsequently stopping danny butler for the strap) its seems only fair that wayne gets the shot. You say the Macklin avenue is shut, im with u there in the short term but its a fight that barker NEEDS to land ths year. Not only would it be a british barn-stormer of a fight but macklins rated top 15 (top 10 in 3) of all 4 of the so-called big 4 organisations. Barker is not rated as highly in ANY of them despite his 2 titles which reaks of poor promotion of the lad. He's a skilled fighter very clever box-puncher who needs to step up in class soon coz that window of opportunity is so small in this game. A macklin or duddy fight would do that. Duddy's a limited fighter who's been given fights on some big cards. A barker win there might not be a massive step up in class but defo an improvement in exposure and world ranking position
Are you the guy from the other boxing site forum who said irelands only hope of a world title killed himself ?
In fairness I don't really count the Commonwealth any more. Until fighters from the other Commonwealth countries actually fight for it (other than **** Africans) it means little more than an area title. Perhaps less. I keep forgetting Macklin is the Euro champ, I was having a **** at the time, then went to get a beer from the fridge, by that time they were intro'ing the next fight. I'm not sure Macklin will look to fight Barker - if he beats Pirog (which is a 50-50 fight for me) he won't want to take a backward step to Barker, he'll be mando to Pavlik for the WBC and high in the IBF. If he loses, it's a more attractive fight, though he might look in Moore's direction, because let's face it, everyone would love to see Moore vs Macklin II.