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This will be brutal. Barker will get beaten down in a manner of unspeakable proportions if it happens. You don't struggle with the likes of Domenico Spada & Affif Belghecham & then beat one of best fighters in the world. If he does, this would imo be among the biggest upsets in the history of the sport, certainly by a Brit. The only one that would compare imo is Randy Turpin over Ray Robinson & that's only because of just how brilliant Sugar Ray was.

I can't believe people are comparing Sergio Martinez to Ray Robinson

It wouldn't be as big a win as that.

Honeyghan's win over Don Curry and Kirkland Laing's win over Duran are both bigger wins than this would be.

Martinez right now is easily the most overated fighter in the sport.
Fuck's sake

In no way do I think Martinez is near Robinson, I think the gulf in class between him & Barker is equivalent to that between Turpin & Robinson. I consider Turpin quite some way better than Martinez so in no way is he compared to Robinson.

That said I'd consider this a bigger upset than Honeyghan. He'd convincingly beaten everyone in front of him & much better opp on the domestic & European scene. I believe he was ranked in the top 5 ww's in the world.

Laing is a decent shout, Duran was coming off a loss, but you'd have to think he was a similar heavy favourite. I overlooked that one.

I know you think Martinez is overrated, so do I to a point, but he's so much better than Barker.