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According to teampalle.dk, Darren Barker, who has been sparring with Kessler all week, quit his "job" yesterday because Kessler was "too rough". Darren has a tune-up fight next friday he doesn't want to miss, now Kessler has to train with a danish prospect instead on Saturday.
To make the story even worse Barker was being followed by a danish television crew, apparently the segment will air next Sunday :lol:
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T.C.W
09-28-2007, 05:34 AM
If the kid has a fight comming up, What use is it getting bashed in the Gym by one of the best guys in the world, You have to think of number 1 in this sport and if it is not working and it mite effect your performence In up comming fight, he has done the right thing. Remember this is all about the fight that matters in your career. The one that go's down in the record books not sparring.
SouthLondonsFinest
09-28-2007, 05:35 AM
according to palle, ok
Stickandmove
09-28-2007, 05:38 AM
Kessler looks in shape - what a fight we have in prospect.
Judging by his record on boxrec, Darren Barker is a promising, undefeated, up and coming super middleweight (14-0 with 9 KOs). Kessler will have a harder job making Joe Calzaghe quit.
Is it me or does the ring in your photo look tiny?
psychopath
09-28-2007, 05:44 AM
No big deal . . . the guy is just 14-0. Do you expect this guy to make Kesller surrender?
:lol: :rofl :yep
ThePlugInBabies
09-28-2007, 05:45 AM
NOT DARREN BARKER!!!!!!!!!
i change my prediction, calzaghe pussys out in the staredown and falls to the floor.
LOL at everybody getting defensive, I'm not saying this means anything, so relax...
rendog67
09-28-2007, 05:53 AM
dont know what to think it could be significant we will have to wait and see
psychopath
09-28-2007, 05:54 AM
LOL at everybody getting defensive, I'm not saying this means anything, so relax...
Hey dude . . . I'm just being real . . . not being defensive. Making a guy who has merely 14 PRO FIGHTS quit doesn't mean shit. :yep
I'm picking Kesller to beat Calzaghe . . . just for your info. :hey :bbb
ThePlugInBabies
09-28-2007, 05:56 AM
LOL at everybody getting defensive, I'm not saying this means anything, so relax...
nah don't take it that way mate, no one is getting at you. :good
bill poster
09-28-2007, 06:02 AM
JC is a tough nut to crack..but i think Kesslers youth will be key
Claypole
09-28-2007, 06:06 AM
According to teampalle.dk, Darren Barker, who has been sparring with Kessler all week, quit his "job" yesterday because Kessler was "too rough".
Barker looks to have a slightly limp handshake, so I'm sure JC will not be overly concerned.
achillesthegreat
09-28-2007, 06:13 AM
I like Mikkel. It is a shame someone has to lose.
rydersonthestorm
09-28-2007, 06:13 AM
This doesn't mean anything in terms of the calzaghe fight, darren barker isn't joe calzaghe and if kessler was being to rough he was being an ass, it's sparing not a fight.
achillesthegreat
09-28-2007, 06:18 AM
By the way Darren Barker is fucking awful. That is harsh but he isn't good enough to give Calzaghe a free blowjob.
A journeyman had him out with a good punch and some pressure. Kessler would FUCK HIM UP.
Kessler is good at having a brawl, ask Mundine.
Cruiser1
09-28-2007, 06:20 AM
I understand the decision to leave but what did he expect? Kessler's not preparing for some 3rd rate opponent. It's the fight of his life. He'd be doing himself no favors to take it easy on his sparring partners.
Zhaakal
09-28-2007, 06:33 AM
Kessler looks to be in great shape. That ring is very tiny
Decebal
09-28-2007, 06:42 AM
By the way Darren Barker is fucking awful. That is harsh but he isn't good enough to give Calzaghe a free blowjob.
:blood:lol:
China_hand_Joe
09-28-2007, 06:56 AM
Wasn't Mayweather claiming he made a SMW sparring partner quit?
Decebal
09-28-2007, 06:59 AM
Wasn't Mayweather claiming he made a SMW sparring partner quit?
Was that before or after they stepped into the ring?
China_hand_Joe
09-28-2007, 07:01 AM
During I assume.
Decebal
09-28-2007, 07:04 AM
During I assume.
He was close to making Hatton quit before they even stepped into the ring!
brooklyn1550
09-28-2007, 07:16 AM
Kessler is ready...
China_hand_Joe
09-28-2007, 07:18 AM
I think Kessler will win too.
Strangely Brown
09-28-2007, 07:18 AM
All this shite we hear now about boxers making sparring partners quit in the run up to fights is exactly that - shite.
It's all total rubbish, PR spin etc and means nothing come the fight itself.
I wish camps would stop trying to leak info like this, it's boring.
boxfan99
09-28-2007, 07:27 AM
This doesn't mean anything in terms of the calzaghe fight, darren barker isn't joe calzaghe and if kessler was being to rough he was being an ass, it's sparing not a fight.
It sounds like Barker "asked" for it, because on day one he apparently came out fighting like thunder and lightning and put pressure on Kessler, and Kessler was very impressed by him according to teampalles site. Perhaps Kessler thought two could play that game.
But I agree, this doesn't mean anything in terms of the Calzaghe fight, and I don't think anybody have said it did so lower the defenses a bit.;)
boxfan99
09-28-2007, 07:28 AM
By the way Darren Barker is fucking awful. That is harsh but he isn't good enough to give Calzaghe a free blowjob.
A journeyman had him out with a good punch and some pressure. Kessler would FUCK HIM UP.
Kessler is good at having a brawl, ask Mundine.
But I'm sure a lot of huggers on this forum is in line to fill the position.:yep
Decebal
09-28-2007, 07:29 AM
But I'm sure a lot of huggers on this forum is in line to fill the position.:yep
:lol: 40 candidates at least, for the one job! It's as competitive as it is to join the firefighters!
rydersonthestorm
09-28-2007, 07:34 AM
If barker was trying to fight kessler than he deserved what he got, like williams when he tried to wrestle lennox lewis in sparring and got the sack.
It means nothing, but the fact than Kessler is ready to kill, every time you hear from Kessler you can see he's ready.
If calzaghe win's he is f***king good
Decebal
09-28-2007, 08:37 AM
If calzaghe win's he is f***king good
:yep
To all you goy's from Wales I feel sorry, you will not only loose a world champion, but your god as well, sorry!
i read in some report calzaghe is training for the kessler fight in his garden shed gym.
not sure if calzaghe is still sparring with macranelli ?
i know it cannot be done as bute has a fight coming up ,but bute would be an ideal kessler sparring partner to prepare for calzaghe.
i do not know darren barker but i have seen kessler in sparring action before on you tube and while he mainly throws a jab, it is a ramrod of a jab and will discourage sparring partners big 16oz gloves or not.
macrannelli would be the perfect sparring partner for calzaghe in preparing for kessler , as his height and length , jab and right cross would mean calzaghe had ideal preperation.
David UK
09-28-2007, 12:00 PM
I hope Darren Barker isn't Kessler's main sparring partner otherwise Kessler is completely fucked if that's the 'top end' of his preparation
dumdane
09-28-2007, 12:05 PM
I hope Darren Barker isn't Kessler's main sparring partner otherwise Kessler is completely fucked if that's the 'top end' of his preparation
Obviously not with more than a month to go. Sparring with Barker was only planned to last till this saturday.
boxfan99
09-28-2007, 12:07 PM
I hope Darren Barker isn't Kessler's main sparring partner otherwise Kessler is completely fucked if that's the 'top end' of his preparation
:lol:
I agree, but Barker was only supposed to be Kesslers sparring partner for this week like Haymer was the sparring partner last week. Next week a new sparring partner will be used, don't ask me who.
Edit: Sorry dumdane.
Decebal
09-28-2007, 12:58 PM
Go for it Kessler
Good first post!:D
Danny
09-28-2007, 01:03 PM
No big deal . . . the guy is just 14-0. Do you expect this guy to make Kesller surrender?
:lol: :rofl :yep
Exactly, it's no big deal at all. In fact, I think it's quite sad a fighter who is much more experienced making a sparring partner quit. What has Kesller learned or gained from doing such a thing?
Barker is an up-coming boxer, Kessler could have shown class & tried to help him, rather than making him quit. All the physical advantages are with Kessler, so it doesn't prove anything to me.
Why don't Kessler go sparring with someone like Klitzscho. I'm pretty sure he wouldn't make him quit, probably be the other way around.
Shows a lack of class & is disrespectful to Barker in my view. Saprring is meant to be learning curve.
Decebal
09-28-2007, 01:05 PM
:yep:good:good:good,I am just warming up
Oh, dear!:shock:
anderslundgaard
09-28-2007, 01:27 PM
Exactly, it's no big deal at all. In fact, I think it's quite sad a fighter who is much more experienced making a sparring partner quit. What has Kesller learned or gained from doing such a thing?
Barker is an up-coming boxer, Kessler could have shown class & tried to help him, rather than making him quit. All the physical advantages are with Kessler, so it doesn't prove anything to me.
Why don't Kessler go sparring with someone like Klitzscho. I'm pretty sure he wouldn't make him quit, probably be the other way around.
Shows a lack of class & is disrespectful to Barker in my view. Saprring is meant to be learning curve.
It says in the article on teampalle.dk that Barker quit because he has a fight in a week or so, so he didn't want himself get more busted up in training. It's not like Kessler knocked him out, more that Barker didn't want to spar that rough when he has a fight so soon.
And imo, it isn't Kessler's job to try to help his sparring partners - they're being paid to help Kessler in his preparations, not the other way around.
Who cares about Darren Barker, the thing is that you have never seen Kessler
like that, he's on fire, wacth out Calzaghe he's after you!!!
Current Barker beats Kessler. He gave Martinez fits.
CHAL_DIESEL
12-25-2011, 04:57 PM
Current Barker beats Kessler. He gave Martinez fits.
Current Kessler beats Froch
Jordan_Davies
12-25-2011, 05:01 PM
Current Barker beats Kessler. He gave Martinez fits.
So by giving a small middleweight a little bit of trouble until he got knocked out by a love tap he is going to beat a fully fledged super middleweight in Kessler? :nut
wallworkjake123
12-25-2011, 05:10 PM
So by giving a small middleweight a little bit of trouble until he got knocked out by a love tap he is going to beat a fully fledged super middleweight in Kessler? :nut
What a fucking coward you are! It's easy to say it was a tap when you are typing on your computer. Why don't you step into the ring if you think you could stay up from those type of punches.
And btw you are such an idiot - he gave p4p no.3 and the best Middleweight in the world big problems in the early-middle rounds. F*cking idiot.
Jordan_Davies
12-25-2011, 05:15 PM
What a fucking coward you are! It's easy to say it was a tap when you are typing on your computer. Why don't you step into the ring if you think you could stay up from those type of punches.
And btw you are such an idiot - he gave p4p no.3 and the best Middleweight in the world big problems in the early-middle rounds. F*cking idiot.
Um i do box mate, but you only have to look at the shot and compare it to the left hand Martinez knocked williams out cold with to see that it wasnt a full power shot
How does judging the force put into a punch make me a coward?
Jordan_Davies
12-25-2011, 05:20 PM
Truth is I dont believe Barker was hurt badly by that punch but he just didnt want to take any more and looked for a way out of the fight and took it
wallworkjake123
12-25-2011, 05:23 PM
Truth is I dont believe Barker was hurt badly by that punch but he just didnt want to take any more and looked for a way out of the fight and took it
No ofc he wasn't badly hurt - he went down to the canvas screaming in pain for nothing, and he tried getting back up but he had wobbly legs and got counted out. Stop being so negative. And saying "I do box mate" doesn't mean I actually believe you box.
Truth is I dont believe Barker was hurt badly by that punch but he just didnt want to take any more and looked for a way out of the fight and took it
That punch severely perforated his eardrum.
FistsOfFury
12-25-2011, 05:29 PM
Current Barker beats Kessler. He gave Martinez fits.
:lol: You spastic. He was a bit competitive. He won three rounds and got knocked out. And he'd beat the guy who is arguably number 2 in the stronger division above him? Barker hasn't beaten a top 20 middleweight. :lol:
Jordan_Davies
12-25-2011, 05:33 PM
No ofc he wasn't badly hurt - he went down to the canvas screaming in pain for nothing, and he tried getting back up but he had wobbly legs and got counted out. Stop being so negative. And saying "I do box mate" doesn't mean I actually believe you box.
well i could show you pictures but im not that insecure to have to prove it to someone
That punch severely perforated his eardrum.
im not denying he had a perforated eardrum but youd need some sort of advanced tecnhology to say the punch that put him down did that, was he hurt? yes but the punch that ended the fight wasnt a devastating knockout punch. im allowed to have an opinion, its not my fault you dont agree
People go on about how Ortiz quit against maidana but i support him on that because he went back into the corner and said he didnt want to continue to take the punishment, Barker on the other hand looked like he just plain quit in the round and went down, him quitting against Kessler in sparring goes onto prove my point dont you think?
richard mossley
12-25-2011, 05:40 PM
Current Barker beats Kessler. He gave Martinez fits.
So JN43, you join this site in March 11 and decide on Xmas day to spend your day searching for the perfect thread to re-start a debate on, so you look back on all the threads until you came across this one from 4 years ago!
God help you.
Jordan_Davies
12-25-2011, 05:42 PM
So JN43, you join this site in March 11 and decide on Xmas day to spend your day searching for the perfect thread to re-start a debate on, so you look back on all the threads until you came across this one from 4 years ago!
God help you.
:lol:
It is an interesting read, to be honest i didnt know Barker was Kesslers sparring partner until now but to go onto try and make Barker out to be a force at Supermiddleweight is laughable
So JN43, you join this site in March 11 and decide on Xmas day to spend your day searching for the perfect thread to re-start a debate on, so you look back on all the threads until you came across this one from 4 years ago!
God help you.
Im actually bored so have been going backwards from the last page on this forum currently on page 3295. Really funny to see people predictions and general feelings about fights.
richard mossley
12-25-2011, 05:45 PM
Im actually bored so have been going backwards from the last page on this forum currently on page 3295. Really funny to see people predictions and general feelings about fights.
Youre bored then watch Sky Atlantic Game of Thrones re-runs are on.
DOM5153
12-25-2011, 05:46 PM
So by giving a small middleweight a little bit of trouble until he got knocked out by a love tap he is going to beat a fully fledged super middleweight in Kessler? :nut
Well we all know that blow was not a love tap but still Barker isnt beating a bigger, badder, meaner version of himself:smoke
Jordan_Davies
12-25-2011, 05:50 PM
Well we all know that blow was not a love tap but still Barker isnt beating a bigger, badder, meaner version of himself:smoke
Slight over exaggeration :lol: still he was landing a lot harder shots and the punch didnt look as hard as the previous ones and didnt land cleanly
Also Martinez is more like Calzaghe style wise, Hands down southpaw
Youre bored then watch Sky Atlantic Game of Thrones re-runs are on.
This is more fun Im learning about boxing. some things Ive learned
Barker sparred Kessler.
Rafael Marquez was p4p rated.
Bhop was in the top 4 or 5 P4p rated going into the fight with Calzaghe.
Alot of people thought Kasidis would have beaten Pacquiao when they were at 135 and 130 respectively.
and lots more :good
DOM5153
12-25-2011, 05:59 PM
Slight over exaggeration :lol: still he was landing a lot harder shots and the punch didnt look as hard as the previous ones and didnt land cleanly
Also Martinez is more like Calzaghe style wise, Hands down southpaw
Sorry i was describing Barker as a smaller less aggresive version of Kessler (still not a great comparison). I suppose all it takes is a punch landing in the right place, im prepared to give Darren the benifit of the doubt.
Jordan_Davies
12-25-2011, 06:11 PM
Sorry i was describing Barker as a smaller less aggresive version of Kessler (still not a great comparison). I suppose all it takes is a punch landing in the right place, im prepared to give Darren the benifit of the doubt.
Ah i see i read it a little bit wrong, still you gave me a good idea for a thread :lol: and yeah your entitled to your opinion, just dont think the shot that landed was a Williams type scenario, just looked like Barker crumbled and didnt want to continue
Post Box
12-25-2011, 06:21 PM
Holy fuck good bump didn't even know this had happened and thought it was recent
Zacker
12-26-2011, 04:22 AM
This is more fun Im learning about boxing. some things Ive learned
Barker sparred Kessler.
Rafael Marquez was p4p rated.
Bhop was in the top 4 or 5 P4p rated going into the fight with Calzaghe.
Alot of people thought Kasidis would have beaten Pacquiao when they were at 135 and 130 respectively.
and lots more :good
Interesting. Keep it up! :good
iceman71
12-26-2011, 04:32 AM
is this the same kessler that was roughed up, beat up and quit the tourney because of the little ol golden boy from the oympics?
Serenata
12-26-2011, 04:42 AM
No, thist was the Kessler that was headbutted multiple times by the son of a goat!
paddymickey
12-26-2011, 03:28 PM
Truth is I dont believe Barker was hurt badly by that punch but he just didnt want to take any more and looked for a way out of the fight and took it
I'm guessing from this comment you have never been in the ring.
If I'm wrong please tell me how many, hard, flush shots you have taken on the ear and what it felt like :patsch
timeout
12-26-2011, 03:30 PM
Hey dude . . . I'm just being real . . . not being defensive. Making a guy who has merely 14 PRO FIGHTS quit doesn't mean shit. :yep
I'm picking Kesller to beat Calzaghe . . . just for your info. :hey :bbb
winners don't quit.
timeout
12-26-2011, 03:31 PM
:goodis this the same kessler that was roughed up, beat up and quit the tourney because of the little ol golden boy from the oympics?
Yeah that one, where the fight took place in jokeland with about 20 head-butts that would of gotten you disq anywhere else in the known world. :good
U got it!:good
DOM5153
12-26-2011, 04:13 PM
Ah i see i read it a little bit wrong, still you gave me a good idea for a thread :lol: and yeah your entitled to your opinion, just dont think the shot that landed was a Williams type scenario, just looked like Barker crumbled and didnt want to continue
fair enough:good
If the kid has a fight comming up, What use is it getting bashed in the Gym by one of the best guys in the world, You have to think of number 1 in this sport and if it is not working and it mite effect your performence In up comming fight, he has done the right thing. Remember this is all about the fight that matters in your career. The one that go's down in the record books not sparring.
Agreed..
If the sparring match become to ruff, the fighter could leave all of his fight in the Gym instead of the fight, or even risk getting injured before the fight..
Most likely a good decision on his part .
iceman71
12-26-2011, 08:15 PM
:good
Yeah that one, where the fight took place in jokeland with about 20 head-butts that would of gotten you disq anywhere else in the known world. :good
U got it!:good
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iceman71
12-26-2011, 08:15 PM
No, thist was the Kessler that was headbutted multiple times by the son of a goat!
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