British Predictions For 2012

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Amir Khan - easily wins his rematch with Peterson, refusing to get involved in a tear-up but jabbing and moving well, winning every round. Bradley stops running, but Khan makes the same mistakes and gets frustrated with constant headbutts, loses his title(s), Bradley refuses rematch leaving Khan having to move up for 2013, where they'll probably matchmake him with an 82-year-old Shane Mosley before declaring him The Real Deal again.

Nathan Cleverley - his promoters lose the plot and stop molly-coddling him, sticking him in with Bernard Hopkins, where he's mercilessly bullied for nine rounds in the US before being pulled out. Fellow Brits admit that he's lower world-class at best.

Carl Froch - loses a point decision to Bute in Canada, more questions are asked about him having had too many wars. He answers the critics with a win over Bute in the rematch, admittedly via a slightly surprising points decision. News breaks late in the year of a rematch with Kessler, spring of 2013, somewhere in mainland Europe, which Kessler wins by relatively comfortable points decision. James DeGale, who's suffered another defeat by then himself, catches Froch on the wain, stopping Froch and ending his career in his final fight infront of his home crowd.

Darren Barker - goes to Germany and does what Macklin and Murray couldn't; stopping Sturm. He then goes to Texas and exposes Julio Cesar Chavez Jr's obvious weaknesses, coming back to the UK a hero, pre-Christmas announcement that he'll face the winner of Murray/Macklin in a domestic superbout in the spring of the following year.

Kell Brook - fights a borderline world-class opponent in the States, looks like an absolute world-beater. They stick him in with Mike Jones, who he slaps around for twelve rounds without breaking sweat after a first round knockdown.

Kevin Mitchell - agrees to fight Burns, but his hectic private life leads to him taking training lightly again, Burns toys with him and wins a wide point decision. Mitchell's very honest about his camp post-fight and gets another chance, a rematch with John Murray in Manchester, which he loses in another mid-rounds stoppage Fight of the Year contender.

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Amir Khan - easily wins his rematch with Peterson, refusing to get involved in a tear-up but jabbing and moving well, winning every round. Bradley stops running, but Khan makes the same mistakes and gets frustrated with constant headbutts, loses his title(s), Bradley refuses rematch leaving Khan having to move up for 2013, where they'll probably matchmake him with an 82-year-old Shane Mosley before declaring him The Real Deal again.

Nathan Cleverley - his promoters lose the plot and stop molly-coddling him, sticking him in with Bernard Hopkins, where he's mercilessly bullied for nine rounds in the US before being pulled out. Fellow Brits admit that he's lower world-class at best.

Carl Froch - loses a point decision to Bute in Canada, more questions are asked about him having had too many wars. He answers the critics with a win over Bute in the rematch, admittedly via a slightly surprising points decision. News breaks late in the year of a rematch with Kessler, spring of 2013, somewhere in mainland Europe, which Kessler wins by relatively comfortable points decision. James DeGale, who's suffered another defeat by then himself, catches Froch on the wain, stopping Froch and ending his career in his final fight infront of his home crowd.

Darren Barker - goes to Germany and does what Macklin and Murray couldn't; stopping Sturm. He then goes to Texas and exposes Julio Cesar Chavez Jr's obvious weaknesses, coming back to the UK a hero, pre-Christmas announcement that he'll face the winner of Murray/Macklin in a domestic superbout in the spring of the following year.

Kell Brook - fights a borderline world-class opponent in the States, looks like an absolute world-beater. They stick him in with Mike Jones, who he slaps around for twelve rounds without breaking sweat after a first round knockdown.

Kevin Mitchell - agrees to fight Burns, but his hectic private life leads to him taking training lightly again, Burns toys with him and wins a wide point decision. Mitchell's very honest about his camp post-fight and gets another chance, a rematch with John Murray in Manchester, which he loses in another mid-rounds stoppage Fight of the Year contender.

How horrible would it be to have to deal with Degale giving it the big one after catching Froch on the way down? I have to disagree with you on Cleverly he may not be a big hitter but he has great potential. He WILL improve and surprise a few people in 2012. Barker has more than enough in his arsenal to frustrate Sturm and may well stop him but I think a WIDE points decision more likely, even in Germany.