How'd you have it? I had Sturm by 2. A lot of close rounds in there. Sturm can't/won't work for large portions of the rounds but he can sneak em. I think Macklin beat him, this was a close one. Barker would have a decent run at him. Johnny Nelson talks ****e.....Darren Barker doesn't.
Missed the fight but caught Darren Barker saying he wants to fight Cesar Chavez Jr. Barker has that nailed on all day for me. As for the Sturm/Murray fight I am going to watch the replay of the fight now.
Sorry for ruining it!! Chavez Jnr is maybe a bit better than he was ever given credit for. I'd still fancy Barker though TBH.
Barker in my opinion would win that fight, I have seen some of Chavezz Jnr's fights and I don’t think much of him to be honest, Darren was beating Martinez for most of their fight and he is technically very good, but he's coming off a loss so it all depends on his mental aspect. If he comes prepared and hungry to win then I think that he would beat Chavez Jnr.
I had Barker 4-2 up after 6 of the Martinez fight. he lost everything after that. He did well and I would pick him to beat Chavez Jnr. Chavez Jnr did look a lot better than he has in the past in his last outing against Manfredo Jnr. One swallow doesn't make a summer but it was a very good showing. I don't know where Andy Lee fits into this equation but I think he has the skills to beat them all.
I haven’t heard much of Andy Lee, is a young prospect? also I had similar scoring for the Barker vs. Martinez fight, it's a shame because I think he mentioned that he was caught in the 6th round and couldn’t recover after that
Andy Lee has been based in the US for much of his career. He suffered a stupid loss to Brian Vera in a fight he should have won and avenged that in style. He fights southpaw but is right handed, so his jab has a real dig. He's a Manny Steward fighter so is technically excellent. He's probably just on the tier beloew top level. Same as Macklin, Murray and Barker but he is maybe a bit closer than the rest.
