Barker vs Geale FOTY

[ICB]

I haven't been following boxing for a few months, but out of the fights I've seen this year this is the best one I've seen. I just watched a replay this morning amazing fight never a dull round and a dramatic ROTY, congrats to Barker he's done Britain proud that was the best Middleweight fight I've seen since Pavlik/Taylor 1, and one of the most determined efforts I've seen from a British fighter in years.

[Tam Seddon]

No doubts it was one of the best fights I've seen this year...if not the best.

[IamInuit]

I cant recall any fighter ever getting up from a body shot like that and getting up to fight out of the round.

Ever.

Neither can I recall such a great weekend of quality punch ups from FNF through Saturday evening. Truly a weekend that justified the bandwidth.

[oakleyno1]

need to see this fight!

Here's my fight of the year to date.

[p4pking]

Incredible fight, but apparently 2 judges gave Barker the 12th round, which in turn gave him the fight. I didn't keep a scorecard prior to that, but a monkey could tell you Geale won the 12th. Kind of shady imo.

[IamInuit]

Incredible fight, but apparently 2 judges gave Barker the 12th round, which in turn gave him the fight. I didn't keep a scorecard prior to that, but a monkey could tell you Geale won the 12th. Kind of shady imo.

I had it even after 9 w/the 10/8 and made it a best out of 3. I leaned to Barker giving him 10 and 11 albeit close rds but thought Geale got the 12th. I wondered about the judges as Barker closed the round.

Here is the card

[p4pking]

Yeah that's what I just saw. I don't doubt Barker deserved the nod, but the fact remains that 2 judges giving him the 12th is absurd, and that's the only reason the cards went to him.

[IamInuit]

Yeah that's what I just saw. I don't doubt Barker deserved the nod, but the fact remains that 2 judges giving him the 12th is absurd, and that's the only reason the cards went to him.

I hear ya. I think the right guy won so that would mean they got it wrong before rd 12. I had Barker winning w/o round 12. Deep down I was expecting a draw.

[BIG H]

Yeah that's what I just saw. I don't doubt Barker deserved the nod, but the fact remains that 2 judges giving him the 12th is absurd, and that's the only reason the cards went to him.

If the judges had've given Barker some of the rounds he clearly one, then that would not be relevant. You can't pick one round's judging as being the deciding factor in a fight.

How Barker got up from that shot I have no idea. Divine Intervention is I can think of!

[IamInuit]

Btw HBO is replaying the fight in 10 minutes.

[THE THIRD MAN]

Incredible fight, but apparently 2 judges gave Barker the 12th round, which in turn gave him the fight. I didn't keep a scorecard prior to that, but a monkey could tell you Geale won the 12th. Kind of shady imo.

I had it even after 9 w/the 10/8 and made it a best out of 3. I leaned to Barker giving him 10 and 11 albeit close rds but thought Geale got the 12th. I wondered about the judges as Barker closed the round.

Here is the card

Barker's effort after the knockdown was outstanding, taking a body shot like that and continuing shows a lot of heart, he actually improved after the wind was taken out of him. But the judging of the final round is disgraceful.

[ryanman]

Incredible fight, but apparently 2 judges gave Barker the 12th round, which in turn gave him the fight. I didn't keep a scorecard prior to that, but a monkey could tell you Geale won the 12th. Kind of shady imo.

I had it even after 9 w/the 10/8 and made it a best out of 3. I leaned to Barker giving him 10 and 11 albeit close rds but thought Geale got the 12th. I wondered about the judges as Barker closed the round.

Here is the card

Barker's effort after the knockdown was outstanding, taking a body shot like that and continuing shows a lot of heart, he actually improved after the wind was taken out of him. But the judging of the final round is disgraceful.

But the right guy won, right?

[Memphis]

I cant recall any fighter ever getting up from a body shot like that and getting up to fight out of the round.

Ever.

Neither can I recall such a great weekend of quality punch ups from FNF through Saturday evening. Truly a weekend that justified the bandwidth.

I think Darren Barker was the only person looking at that who didn't think the fight was over right there. That almost ripped him in two. Great finish to that round.

Well done to both of them, a great advert.

[ykdadamaja]

I knew this was gonna happen... I thought this was a fight I could afford to miss, but it ended up like Gatti/Ward, huh??

[Memphis]

It wasnt quite Gatti Ward but it was a really good honest scrap between two really honest fighters. The body shot that Barker got up from and then fought back from was nothing short of heroic.

I think we all like a bit of 'show' but nothing warms the cockles more than a good honest dust up between two good blokes.