Comments Thread For: Darren Barker: A Requiem For a Hard Career

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

I was with a bunch of boxing cronies when the news of Darren Barker’s hip problem and subsequent operation broke in 2010. To a man we said: “That’s his career over, then” and wrote him off. That he even made it back at all is remarkable, hip operations are no joke, but the fact that he made it all the way to the IBF middleweight world title following his injuries, not to mention the aftereffects of a gang attack in June 2010, is a minor boxing miracle.

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[ragingbull1]

Very good article. Darren Barker we salute you!! He reached the heights of boxing despite his injuries. I have no doubt he only went through all of this to secure his families future, not for a ****** belt! A proper man.... and a job well done!!

[bojangles1987]

That's a real shame for any fighter to have to go out not because of their ability, but because their body couldn't hold up. To lose a belt that way is just gut-wrenching.

Best of luck to Barker post-boxing if he can't keep going.

[Sancho Puncho]

Thank you for this nice and very well-researched article.

[dblaze9]

Great article! I always thought Darren Barker had a pretty high Ring IQ and could have been a true threat if it weren't for all the injuries and other issues outside of the ring.