Darren Barker is going to shock you all.

[hugh grant]

Based on what Sergio has done i also think he is overated. So Barker does have a better chance than some make out, even though ive never seen Barker fight.

What i hear about Barker is enough for me to believe it.

[SCEN3RY]

A lot of people thought Dzinziruk would be a competitive fight at least. The way Martinez won was very impressive.

don't get me wrong, I agree the way he did it was impressive. My first and only prediction of the fight below...and even so, I enjoyed his performance because he won in empathic fashion...I just didn't buy into the reactions afterwards.

03-12-2011 - before the fight

I’ve only seen Dzinziruk’s last 3 fights (or so), and did so only to make a prediction. I came away thinking, Sergio will have a fairly easy nights work. My opinion, is just that, mine and only based on 3 or so fights: (vs Dawson, vs Julio, and some rounds vs Konecny, and a few rounds vs Santos) I think Dzinziruk is a very standard fighter, almost perfectly standard – he has a fairly tight guard. I do like that he uses his jab, but I’m not overly impressed with it; I’ve read and heard other posters rave of how stiff his jab is, I just don’t see it – I think it’s actually a misconception because he uses it so often. It does appear to have some pop on it, but not like I expected after hearing predictors. Other things to note, via boxrec, he has a 62% KO ratio by 37-(23)-0. He’s gone the distance 6 out of his last 9 fights (The other 3 were stoppages at or past the 10th round). He’s a calculating boxer; he stands straight up, throws the jab out there quite often and might follow it up with a short combination. He does use lateral movement, but his footwork won’t give Sergio any sort of problems, atleast I don’t expect it to. He’ll circle you at a decent pace, if his opponent comes in aggressively, he’ll back step, avoiding the contact or counter with a check hook. I wouldn’t consider him a great counter puncher though. He enjoys standing in the middle of the ring and picking you with his jab, and if you let him then you’re just giving away rounds. He’s a fundamentally sound fighter, and that is as far as I would take it – Even with those pluses, I still think this is going to be an easy nights work for Sergio. Sergio’s movement and combination punching should off-set Dzinziruk before going off on him ala vs Pavlik.

I’m looking forward to this fight (might have to catch it tomorrow) because I enjoy watching good boxers like Sergio Martinez, I’m not too thrilled at the opponent, but hopefully I’ve underestimated him.

BTW, I’m expecting Martinez to win by 9th Round TKO, I don’t think Martinez will show any respect to Dzinziruk’s power shots, it’ll just be a slow, but effective breakdown over the course of about 9 rounds, and I’m very hesitant of even giving it that much distance.

And if I’m wrong about ALL this, then damn, I’m sorry you even bothered reading this much.

Enjoy the fights

[bojangles1987]

don't get me wrong, I agree the way he did it was impressive. My first and only prediction of the fight below...and even so, I enjoyed his performance because he won in empathic fashion...I just didn't buy into the reactions afterwards.

03-12-2011 - before the fight

Damn, you pretty much called it.

[SCEN3RY]

Damn, you pretty much called it.

I got a little lucky that day. boxing is so unpredictable, you can never be sure.

[southpaw_07]

I will be impressed if Barker lasts longer than Dzinziruk (past the 8th RD) and if he can win at least 1 RD then I'll be even more impressed, apart from that, I can't see Barker pulling the upset unless Martinez is sick or something

[dan_cov]

Bumpety bump bump!


Not bad for a bum hey?


Barkers made me proud no matter what happens. Like I said - Very good underrated fighter & far far from a bum!

[Born2Live]

Doing very well, walking him down nice, keeping his hands up at the right time distrupting Sergio's rhythem.

1 thing that's on show here is that Sergio is not diverse what so ever.

Suprised.

[Nonitard]

BAKER should be more active

[Born2Live]

I gave Barker 3 rounds, wasn't active enough & wasn't throwing anything effective much after the earlier rounds.

[Avenue]

Only thing he showed me is that he can defend
besides that barker didnt show me much. hes pretty good tho