Darren Barker is going to shock you all.

[mushahadeen]

if darren barker were black, you would be saying how much of bum he is.....racist mfer

most sergiosexuals are.

[x3_bazooka_x3]

I hope your right, I hope he does, but i DOUBT IT,The only reason I hope your right is to kill a potential payday for Mayweather if he is really thinking about this fight

[Heru]

Barker looks pretty similar to Froch, stylistically. He doesn't seem to have the power though. If he is at the same level of intangibles Froch is, he could go 12 and do pretty good, but I don't see it. Sergio might lose a round or 2 along the way, but I see him dominating.

[Brockton Lip]

I also think that Barker is underrated and may give Martinez more than a few problems. A lot of peolpe never heard of Barker so they automatically assume hes no good. The odds are ridiculous for this fight and dont show the whole story.
I expect Martinez to win but I think Barker may surprise more than a few people.

[Sparked_1985]

We'll see. People have questioned Barker's chin in the past. He doesn't seem to punch hard, and the guys he has stopped he has tended to absolutely banjo them on the jaw about 3,000 times. He's the type of guy you wish had a little bit more power.

He's big news at Chelsea and they have been bigging him at Chelsea games - to get the footy fans on board. I just think he's a good European champ though.

I remember rating Jennings and thinking he might go the distance with Cotto and feeling like a fool afterwards. Barker has possible fought at a higher level than Jennings, and is a better technician but for some reason I see the fight turning out similar. Sergio will probably land a booming left-hand early and Barker will then have some of his ambition eradicated from his game. I heard Barker describing himself as a big middleweight - I've never felt that. I know he's over 6' but he always looks fairly frail to me.

Anyway, go Dazza. I'll be up at 3 in the morning to see you have a go!

[Spray_resistant]

he'll shock me if it goes past 5

Same here, I will be disappointed if 7 rounds go by at all here against what I consider just a decent fighter.

[mathed]

I can't believe how underrated this guy is but he's going to make a fan out of a lot of people.
I can't stand most British boxers but let me tell you this guys very talented.
I've followed this guy from day 1 and know a damn well good fighter when I see one, I don't jump on hypetrains like the rest do.

He's a spiteful puncher (not the most heavy handed in the world) that uses his height & reach well, very fast hands, lovely jab, timing & footwork.
This is a classic case of 1 fighter being hugely overrated & the other underrated.
You all said Macklin had no chance against Sturm & how wrong was you? Macklins no Darren Barker.

Lets be fair here Barker is an underdog for good reason but Sergio is very beatable & overrated in a lot of area's (punch power, timing & footwork)
Because of his great lateral movement & showboating, ONE perfectly timed corkscrew left against a guy who didn't see it coming - people think this guys better than he actually is. You need to remember - This guys struggled against a fair few Euro-bums as you call them.
The bookies are taking notice as well from a 10-1 underdog to a 6-1 now with weeks to go.

He stands in front of Barker, impersonating a drunken monkey, mark my words Barkers going to slap the **** out of him & be gone before he throws that predictable corkscrew left.

Win-lose-draw, I promise you Barkers going to surprise a lot of people. (This guys made a career of sparring, fighting & whipping southpaws)

Love how they give the robotic stiff Dzinziruk a chance but not Barker when reality is Barkers better in every department.
He has the height & reach, youth (Sergio's not getting any younger & once those reflexes even start to go ), timing, accuracy & I'd even go as far as saying he is as fast if not quicker than Sergio (remember I was a guy who said Wlad was probably as fast as Haye & the world laughed, I wasn't exactly wrong)
I said Arce will not just beat Wilfredo Vazquez Jr but likely K.O him late, the world laughed. They said Arce was done & this kid was going to KHTFO!

This is Barkers big chance, he's not like most of these bums that are there for a payday, he'll go to win & prove the world wrong because thats the type of fighter he is. Don't count this guy out, he's no scrub.

WAR BARKERRRRRR!

My 60 Million to your 10 Million that Martinez beats Barker then??

[revs1227]

ummm id be "SHOCKED" if he made it outta rd 2

[Born2Live]

Agreed, Darren Barker, who looked complete ****e against some european standard oppenent earlier this year is going to shock a top 3 P4P boxer in the world.

[Southpawology]

people were saying the same thing about dzinziruk and ryan rhodes...then both of them got dominated