Darren Barker

Put it this way he'd spark the man in your avatar.

 

or put another way.....no he wouldnt



neither of these guys is ever really going to be world class. ****, barker has skills and speed to burn but up at world level im not so sure about his staying power and toughness. i watched the miranda v pavlik elim fight last night and both those guys at that stage or even a couple fights previous would DESTROY barker and lee



i think for lee, duddy, mcewan, barker, macklin the best thing they could do would be for one to get a strap to go along with macklins euro, create a big domestic rivalry and get about 4/5 fights of that combination over yr and half. everyone would make a bita money and go home with the senses intact

 

He should take two easy keep busy fights with the dod awful Duddy then hype job Lee.

 

Pretty harsh lads. Truth is we just don't know how good he is until he steps up in class. I have a feeling Barker and Macklin can do very well at world level but time will tell. I take the point that Barker does need moving on a bit quicker though. He should be fighting decent Europeans by now

 

I agree he will get knocked out when he steps up but he definetly has enough class to beat guys like Lee and Duddy.

 

I can tell you one thing Barker would never lose to Duddy and if you think otherwise you are only kidding yourself.

Duddy is just a hype job with very limited skill.

 

You live in a £20 tent? Can't see anyone wanting to risk more on Fuddy Duddy.

 

Fighting Lee or Duddy aint stepping it up.

Barker beats them both.

 

The fact is that Brker is a far better boxer than Lee and Duddy and would beat them both. Barker probably needs to move on from that level now.

 

Barker is too clever for Duddy. If BArker and Duddy fought even 10 fights Barker would win each one.