Comments Thread For: Darren Barker in Top Form and Ready To Topple Sturm

oh lord please dont let sturm win and hold the belt hostage for 10 more years. please let barker win so he can be sacrificed to golovking. i know barker's not knocking out clottey i mean sturm but lets hope he wins for the sake of boxing. You better hope Barker wins because that's the only way he's going to get hold of that Lineage.

oh lord please dont let sturm win and hold the belt hostage for 10 more years. please let barker win so he can be sacrificed to golovking. i know barker's not knocking out clottey i mean sturm but lets hope he wins for the sake of boxing.

I expect this to be a close fight. There's a rematch clause in the contract for a fight in the UK should Barker lose.

and will most likely be robbed still. The sheer look of fury in Barker's eyes will convince the judges to give it to Barker even if it means robbing Sturm to do it. They will want to save themselves above all else. :boxing:

Barker smacks Sturm's face up and breaks his will. and will most likely be robbed still.

Barker smacks Sturm's face up and breaks his will.

Sturm used to get all the close calls at home (Macklin fight, for example). But he only got a draw vs Murray in a fight I thought he won and didn't get the decision against Soliman, another fight I thought he won. I think this one will end in a SD, but not sure who wins. Sturm will never fight GGG because he fears anyone with an above average punch since he got KO'd by ancient junior middleweight Javier Castillejo in 2006. That's why he never fought Abraham when Abraham offered him a fortune a few years back

Germany is notorious for crooked officiating and has a shocking track record, far worse than Britain or pretty much anywhere else.

Hopefully we get some fair judging for this one, I have my doubts. At least the ref won't stop the fight early. (I hope.)

So basically Barker is being paid an absolute mint to surrender his title to the Germans. No doubt this will be a bout Barker should win on work-rate but loses as a result of the bout being in Germany. Sturm is rock-solid so there will be no KO! Essentially selling his title for the dollar..... I'd do exactly the same Dazzler ;)

Strum fights always seem to go the distance, and are close fights..so it's a risk going over to Germany from Barker. I'd assume he's getting a good pay day and a rematch clause. I'm looking forward to the fight..i fancy Barker to get the win.

I think Darren is pretty gansta to take his strap to Germany to defend.

The way British judging has gone so far this year, I won't exactly be upset if Barker gets robbed seeing as he chose to fight in Germany. British judges are fine. British refs are awful, as are American judges. But it's a Sturm fight, so anything can happen in regards to the scores

The way British judging has gone so far this year, I won't exactly be upset if Barker gets robbed seeing as he chose to fight in Germany. Correct me if I'm wrong but it was the american judges who gave ricky burns his gift. Also I don't blame the fighters so yeah I would be upset for barker if he is jobbed out there. This fabled 'rematch' clause doesn't mean a thing either.

I hope Barker wins. He is a cool guy. Don't like Sturm for some reason lol.

Barker has plenty heart, but I don't rate him as a boxer. I give Sturm a good chance of turning him over.

This is a lose lose for boxing fans either the title stays with barker and the ****show that is matchroom and british boxing or it goes back to germany with sturm held captive again. Either way we won't see golovkin get a crack at it

Hopefully we get some fair judging for this one, I have my doubts. The way British judging has gone so far this year, I won't exactly be upset if Barker gets robbed seeing as he chose to fight in Germany.

Hopefully we get some fair judging for this one, I have my doubts.

barker is getting robbed unless he gets the ko