Author: HENNESSY SPORTS
Photo: HENNESSY SPORTS
Date: 11/26/2009
Unbeaten Middleweight “Dazzling” Darren Barker admits he’s
been casting an envious eye towards the Super Middleweight division and the
exciting new Super Six World Boxing Classic.
Barker’s stable mate and reigning W.B.C.
World Champ Carl Froch is one of the “Super Six” battling it out for Super
Middleweight superiority and Barker says it’s a tournament that excites him as a
boxer and a boxing fan.
Barker is the reigning Commonwealth
Middleweight title holder and he will attempt to add the British title to his
already impressive resume on Saturday when he clashes with former champ Wayne
Elcock at the Brentwood Centre.
The Hennessy Sports event is live on ITV4
from 7:30pm and Barker believes a win can set him on course to
follow in Froch’s footsteps in 2010. “This is a massive fight for me and when
you look at Wayne’s pedigree and
experience you’d have to say it’s my biggest test to date but I’m ready for it,”
said Barker.
“Winning a British title has been a dream of
mine since I started boxing but I have World title ambitions as well and
hopefully that’s something I can look at next
year.”
Barker has sparred countless rounds with
Froch as well as a stint sparring Mikkel Kessler, the Danish hero who also
features in the Super Six tournament. “I know from sparring top fighters like
Froch and Kessler that I can compete at the highest level, that’s where I want
to be and I feel I’m ready for anyone now.
The
Chelsea fanatic says he would relish
a Super Six tournament at Middleweight. “The Super Six has been terrific for
boxing and I think it will rejuvenate the sport in the same way the Champions
League did for football. I’d love if there was one at Middleweight that I could
be part of. It’s all about the best fighting the best and that’s what the fans
want to see and as a boxer they are exactly the kind of fights you want to be
involved in.”
Barker’s clash with Elcock on Saturday
headlines an action packed night of Championship boxing at the Brentwood Centre.
Colchester’s Lee Purdy makes the first defence of his
Southern Area Welterweight title against Mark Douglas while the undercard action
also includes the return of Waltham Abbey Super Middleweight Daniel Cadman
following a three year hiatus while exciting light middleweight Yassine El
Maachi also features alongside unbeaten prospects Bobby Ward, Phill Fury and
Steve Barnes.
Tickets for the bout priced £30 and £80 are
available from the Ticketline box office on 0844 888 4402 or via www.ticketline.co.uk.
(2) Votes 
Uruguay
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