How good is Darren Barker?

twice in 1 round from being knocked down by a flash shot and was still hurt. came back to win by stoppage.

i cant think of other fighters that have got knocked down in there careers and gone onto do well.................Khan, Froch, Haye are only world champions!!!

 

The guy who hurt him and put him down had 6wins 16 losses what more do i have to say... elcock would have been a real good test for him .... until he beats someone worth talking about stop with the hype because he aint **** until hes tested.

 

Here comes Barry..

 

He's fundamentally solid and that's a great start. Nice jab and works the right hand well behind it, good timing and accurate punching. Needs to bring a little more variety into his arsenal in using the left hook and body-punching a bit more. And when Butler pressured him in round one, it got all very scrappy. He tries to tie up but usually ends up letting one hand go and getting hit round the side and back of the head until the ref splits them apart. Needs to move laterally more when getting pressured and then reset him so he can keep popping the jab and 1-2's.

 

I heard jaime moore moved up to middle let barker and moore battle it out then the winner takes on macklin. macklin is tied up until next year after next weeks fight then pirog as mandatory.

 

People who camp out on this forum and declare that "they see nothing special" about Barker have not got a clue what they are looking at.

Go buy some gloves, go try some sparring and learn about boxing.

cyber nerds.

 

Jaime moore, mattew macklin,john duddy, and even andy lee beat barker right now. and i only have 55 posts and i train 3 times a week not professional or amateur but i have experience yes.

 

I like Barker but if i was managing him i would want to see some more technical improvements and also a nice step up. There's no rush he needs some good international contests against Live opponents. He has a few nasty habits that i'm not keen on but there's also some sweet boxing at times. He can win a world title i think by time he's 29 i think he could be challenging with success at the moment he's far to green and untested. Very good head on shoulders though...seems the type to time his pursuit right.

 

Keeps a calm head, utilises his all his skills judging of distance taking centre ring etc and has a nice range of shots, looks very accomplished to me every time I see him.

Excellent boxer.

I personally think if he could weather the early Mackin power shot storm he'd outbox him

 

He's not world class until he proves it.
He's proved very good against his opponents so far though.

Last time I saw him on ITV against Darren McDermott they were saying he'd be a good domestic or European title prospect fighter but they had no idea whether he'd make it to world class. But tonight they were bigging him up well out of proportion. :huh
Blatant effort to hype him.

 

Very good boxer but I think he may lack that something special to move into true world class. Euro level/ maybe world top 10 for me.

 

If that was ITV's swansong in boxing, why bother hyping him?

 

We seem to be forgetting, this is a weak division. Euro level IS world level at MW at the moment. Pavlik is the only elite operator, and even he's lost something of late. Macklin has put himself right in the frame, and it wasn't long ago that he was around this sort of domestic level.

 

It might be weak in terms of proven names but Barker is just one of about a half dozen top quality prospects all of which are likely to move faster than him under Hennessy. Is he better than Golovkin, Pirog, Jacobs, N'dam or hell, Korobov will probably get to a world title before Barker !

I doubt it, as Gaz says he lacks a little something. Maybe power is that missing ingridient, if he was sparking people out as well as looking quite slick he'd look a bit special.

 

I dont know why. All I know is that they evaluated him a lot more modestly just one fight ago. Maybe they just had a change of heart. It seemed like an effort to hype him, but, as you say, they have no real motive.