They call this 29 year old from the outer edge of London “Dazzling Darren” Barker.
He’s 23-0 with 14 knockouts and he’s won every British, Commonwealth and European middleweight that is not locked down. He was an impressive 55-13 as an amatuer.
“I’ve got the pedigree in boxing,” Barker said on Monday afternoon.
I mean, it could be worse as they could call awsome 160 pound champ Sergio Gabriel Martinez’s Saturday night challenger “Carnival Barker.”
I met and spoke with the British invader on a typically warm Indian Summer afternoon Monday at Mendez Gym.
For me, the British lad was “Disappointing Darren” and I mean that in a good way.
You see, Barker is no mealy-mouthed, just happy to be here type fighter from overseas. He does not look at his boxing boots when he speaks. There’s no false modesty or cocky braying
