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What Sergio Martinez was missing in that Barker-fight was what e.g Lucian Bute really has : horrific uppercut body punches when Barker was keeping his hands high to cover his head. The arsenal of Martinez punches is indeed limited.

What Darren Barker really needs is something more than european style "technic" boxing and steady defense. His jabs and hooks were too slow. But worst thing for him is he can't take hard punches at all. That's perhaps the reason for his style of defending. He ain't a killer.
No Barker aint a killer but his range of punches started to damage Martinez and the idea that holding your guard high is a european technic is somewhat bizarre. As for Lucian Bute having horrific uppercut body punches i think his own limitations will be exposed if he ever meets a truely world class super middleweight. Froch would finish him and even the ageing Glen Johnson may soon expose the flimsy house of cards on which his reputation is built.
I agree that Johnson will be a test and looking forward to seeing how Bute reacts.