Good effort Darren barker!

[Rantcatrat]

Great effort Barker. Really liked how you did every thing you could to get up after being dropped from a half blocked, open handed punch/slap that would of made Calzaghe proud. Even though you blocked it, it was no doubt still a monster punch

That punch gave him a perferated eardrum I heard. That was probably why he reacted the way he did from the partially blocked punch. I think he put up a good fight. Some people said Martinez could have got around his guard any time and finished the fight but I think he was one dimensional. When the drawing barker in move did not work he should have changed his tacktics. However he did not. I have not seen many of his fights, does he always fight like this or does he have other tactics.

Damage control. I seriously doubt his ear drum is busted

you're acting like Darren Barker didn't give a good account of himself. he came into the fight in some books as a 18-1 underdog and he left the fight with most people thinking he has a good shot against many of the top guys in the division. i agree that martinez dominated, but barker should get at least some credit here.