Macklin vs other British & Irish Middleweights

After his good showing against Sturm on Saturday how do you see fights against the best of the British and Irish middleweights?

here's how i see them going

Darren Barker: i thought before Saturday that Barker would out box Macklin but now i am not so sure, if Macklin could keep that sort of pace up against Barker then i could see smothering Barker and coming away with a unanimous points decision.

Craig McEwan: Although i thought he did well when he fought Andy Lee i think once again Macklin's pressure fighting would be too Much for McEwan to handle and macklin would force a late stoppage.

Andy Lee: i think Andy is the only one that could beat Macklin, he has a very good southpaw jab and i think he could stop Macklin getting inside and therefore being unable to use the pressure tactics that worked well for most parts on Saturday. i also don't think he could beat Lee bu trying to out box him either.

Martin Murray: I don't think Martin Murray is really at the level to fight Macklin (or the others i have mentioned in the thread) for the reason i think he needs some fights at a slightly better level, i really have not been impressed with him and believe he will struggle when he does move. Macklin imo would stop Murray in the mid rounds.

This is my opinions on how fights against these fighters would be and i can see these being possible opponents if a rematch with Sturm does not happen in the near future. (also depends if Barker gets his fight with Martinez).

How would everyone else see these fights go if they were to happen.

 

To be honest, I think they could all beat each other on any given night. What I would say is that Lee has a very good leveler in that he probably has more punch power then the others....

 

I've always ranked him ahead of Lee and Barker, and judging from what people are saying about his performance on Saturday, I reckon it justifies my opinion. It would be interesting to see Andy Lee in a big big fight to really test how good he is, a lot of people say he's savage in the gym and seems to under perform in fights.

I agree that he's a level above Murray.

 

I have always said that he would KO Barker. I have seen nothing to have had a change my mind.

I thought technically and tactically a fight with him and Lee would be closer but after the weekend and seeing how Macklin coped with the Sturm jab I think that Macklin would take this one.

Macklin stops McEwan - no debate.

I like Murray but he hasnt been tested yet so he is the unknown of the quartet.

 

i think there is a difference when it is a southpaw jab. if a southpaw can use there jab properly then it is hard to beat them

 

agree with this. personally think Barker is the best of the bunch but you lot will say I am bias.

honestly i think allot of Macklins success on saturday was down to Sturms slow start. I think the german dominates a rematch.

 

i agree totally with that. maybe Sturm didn't expect Macklin to be such a threat

 

fair point. :good

 

I don't see where Sturm is going to pull some decent footwork from to 'dominate' Macklin.

 

did you watch the last 4 rounds. He figured Macklin out. If they fight again thats how it will be all fight.

 

He hadn't figured him out at all. Macklin was tiring and Sturm started to step it up. It's like when people used to say "all Abraham has to do is start quicker".

 

Sturm will always have trouble with fighters like Macklin. He's nowhere near as good as he's made out to be. It's all well and good looking great against the Ronald Hearns' of the world, but he was blessed by the decision against Gevor, and was fortunate to even get a draw against ****ing Randy Griffin.

His footwork is the epitome of like being stuck in quicksand, and anyone who tries to swarm him will give him trouble.

 

I guess we see it differently.

 

No suprise but I saw it the same way.

It was more a case of Macklin slowing down, the sharpness of his head movement wasnt the same and the sting of his punches had lessened as opposed to Sturm "figuring him out"

My view anyway.

 

I would certainly rate Macklin as the best of the bunch and his showing against Sturm was mighty impressive, I had him winning by a round and with a few tweaks I could see him winning a rematch.

Barker would be the best of the rest and I would find him beating all with ease. Lee is decent and so too is Murray but not sold on McEwan at all.