Where do you rank Barkley at Middleweight?

If he was around today he would be a multiple weight Champion! The Blade would easily win straps from Middleweight to Light-heavyweight possibly even Cruiserweight as well.
The Blade never got the respect or money he deserved!

 

If he got the right fights of course he would!

Barkley would beat Soliman for the IBF at middleweight. The Blade would be too big and strong for Cotto IMO.

He would beat Anthony Dirrell for the WBC at super-middleweight.

Barkley would have done well against Beibut Shumenov, Nathan Cleverly and even Chad Dawson and all of them had straps.

Barkley had a great heart, but he had some skills as well. Don't write him off with this lot guys.

 

Barclay vs recent middleweight champs ?
Barker wins ko 8
Sturm wins md
Soliman wins ko 9
Geale wins ud
Quinlan wins md
Martinez wins ko 9
Cotto wins ko 10
Chaves Jnr win ud
Taylor loses ud
Hopkins loses ud
Pavlic loses md


super middle
Froch losses sd
Bika wins ud
Abrahams wins/loses sd
Steilieg wins ud
Dirrell loses ud
Ward loses tko 7
Bute wins ko 9
Kessler loses ud

Light heavy
Kovolev loses ko 6
Stevenson loses ko 10
Cleverly loses md
Hopkins loses ud
Dawson loses ud
Breahmer wins ud
Shuminov wins ud
Campillo wins ud

fights against Froch,Chavez,stevenson and Kessler would be great specticles

 

Top 10 all time

A prime motivated Barkley beats anyone not named Duran

 

This is ridiculous, have you ever seen the guy fight or are you just a boxrec warrior. You're trying to tell me he beat Hearn's but he's going to loose to Floyd, Alvarez, Cotto ?

If you honestly believe that then there's no point in discussing this further. The Barkley that Duran fought would have beaten all three that night, of that I'm sure.

 

I think you should watch the fight and decide for yourself. Barkley fought a hell of a good fight that night. Both Gil Clancy and Al Bernstein were signing his praises.

Honestly the real answer to this question is simply. Watch the fight.
It was the fight of the year, so it's worth watching.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knjh-ucbrKg

 

I have a hard time ranking Barkley. In a discussion about great middleweights, he doesn't even come up in the conversation. He had Hearns number but that's just about it.

 

Most of those fights were at middleweight and super middleweight and he was well into his 40's. And at least one or two of those fights he just the short end of the judging.

No he wasn't the greatest fight in his mid 40's fighting 30lb over his best weight, but he started out at 118, and he was fighting at 160+

 

I don't think Barkley's an ATG at middleweight but the fight he had against Duran was a hell of a good performance. As Gil Clancy said, one you win the title you're immediately a 25% better fighter. Barkley fought his ass of in that fight. The fight against Hearn's was also a great effort. He had a very good punch was about the size of a light heavyweight and fought with a lot of heart, he got up off the floor to beat Hearns.