Showing posts with label Simone Rotolo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Simone Rotolo. Show all posts
Sunday, 10 March 2013
Friday, 8 March 2013
Darren Barker vs Simone Rotolo - Fight Preview
By James McKnight - @JamesMcKnight83.
'Dazzling' Darren Barker is only days away from headlining Betfair's 'London's Finest' show at Wembley arena. He faces 37-year-old Italian Simone Rotolo for the vacant IBF Inter-Continental middleweight title on Saturday, 9 March.
Barker, 24-1-0, 15 KO's, has held the British, Commonwealth and European middleweight titles in the past and has also fought on the World stage.
In October 2011, he took on WBC 'Diamond' middleweight champion Sergio 'Maravilla' Martinez in New Jersey, USA, and gave an excellent account of himself. Barker managed to break Martinez's nose in the contest, but in the 11th round was caught by a solid shot to the head and was unable to beat the count.
Due to injury, Barker was out of action for just over a year after the loss to Martinez, but returned to winning ways in style at London's Olympia last December. The 30-year-old proved a different class and showed real ferocity in his punches as he battered Wales' Kerry Hope in just 4 rounds. Hope's corner could only throw in the towel just moments after Barker had sent Hope to the canvas. With that win, Barker claimed the vacant IBF Inter-Continental super-middleweight title.
Saturday, 5 February 2011
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