The great scoring debate - Darren Barker v. Affif Belghecham

[slapbangwhallop]

Another week another questionable decision - aint boxing great.

So how did you see this one go??

Here is my card - I scored Darren Barker first and then Affif Belghecham

R1 10-9
R2 9-10
R3 10-9
R4 10-9
R5 10-9
R6 10-9
R7 9-10
R8 9-10
R9 9-10
R10 9-10
R11 9-10
R12 10-9

I had it a draw - 116-116.

The only two rounds that were debatable in my mind were rounds 2 and 12. In round two Belgacham pressured and landed with a variety of flurries but at this stage Barker was landing with heavy authoritive shots and but Belghcham nicked it.

Then half way through the 12th round Barker landed a strong three punch combo and made Belgacham miss with more than he had in previous round, the Frenchman pressured all the way and landed some heavy shots with 40 seconds to go and chased him to the end of the round but I think Barker was just ahead in that round.

I could have scored either the 2nd or 12th either way which still would have made it a draw in my book. What say ye??

[Rixxy]

I scored it to Barker. I thought he dominated the early parts of the fight, but then seemed to let Belghecham back into it for what ever reason. It was a close fight but i agree with the result. But what judge scored the fight 118 - 110??

[DuranTheGreat]

If you didn't see that Barker won that you need a f****** eye test.

[RLewis]

How anyone could give the ninth to the French guy is beyond me. There was a big difference between the quality, hard shots that Barker landed through the middle of that round, compared to the punches the French guy landed near the end of the round when Barker got tired. But I suppose on TV you often don't get a true feel for the weight of the shots.
I thought Barker won by 4.

[Barry big balz]

I gave it to the frenchman by one round , some rounds were close but if the fight was on neutral ground then i think the judges would have given it to affif belghecham too because of his effective pressure from round 6 onwards was much more impressive for me and barker was in serious trouble at times in there everyone has to admit

[MrBoxingUK2]

116-112 barker didn't look great, fought the complete wrong fight, trying to bully the frog, he should have just used his boxing skills from the off. im pretty sure we only seen 50% of barker last night

[DuranTheGreat]

Barry, was you at the fight.... or did you even watch the fight for that matter? How can you POSSIBLY say that Barker was in serious trouble!! He wasn't hurt at any point, and even dominated the ninth round, and then was still on top in the last..... some of you on here need to open your eyes a bit and realise that theirs a modest British fighter that's just won the European title and has bundles of talent.....

[Finn]

Barker by 3 rounds, he dominated the first half and won some of the rounds later on when belghecham made a pretty impressive comeback.

[MrBoxingUK2]

Barry, was you at the fight.... or did you even watch the fight for that matter? How can you POSSIBLY say that Barker was in serious trouble!! He wasn't hurt at any point, and even dominated the ninth round, and then was still on top in the last..... some of you on here need to open your eyes a bit and realise that theirs a modest British fighter that's just won the European title and has bundles of talent.....

bundles of talent, yes but he fought the wrong fight. he was never in any trouble tho

[Barry big balz]

Barry, was you at the fight.... or did you even watch the fight for that matter? How can you POSSIBLY say that Barker was in serious trouble!! He wasn't hurt at any point, and even dominated the ninth round, and then was still on top in the last..... some of you on here need to open your eyes a bit and realise that theirs a modest British fighter that's just won the European title and has bundles of talent.....

I watched the fight live in HD barker was in trouble a couple of times if im honest. :!:

[slapbangwhallop]

Barry, was you at the fight.... or did you even watch the fight for that matter? How can you POSSIBLY say that Barker was in serious trouble!! He wasn't hurt at any point, and even dominated the ninth round, and then was still on top in the last..... some of you on here need to open your eyes a bit and realise that theirs a modest British fighter that's just won the European title and has bundles of talent.....

bundles of talent, yes but he fought the wrong fight. he was never in any trouble tho

in the 7th he was in as much if not more trouble than Lee was in in the last round of his fight. Although you will never admit it - but I'd say you have to feel a little embarrassed after all the shouting you did about Barker going to show Lee how to knockout Affif!

[Barry big balz]

Barry, was you at the fight.... or did you even watch the fight for that matter? How can you POSSIBLY say that Barker was in serious trouble!! He wasn't hurt at any point, and even dominated the ninth round, and then was still on top in the last..... some of you on here need to open your eyes a bit and realise that theirs a modest British fighter that's just won the European title and has bundles of talent.....

bundles of talent, yes but he fought the wrong fight. he was never in any trouble tho

Do me a favor sweetheart and sit down and rewatch lee vs belghecham and barker vs belghecham and tell me who had the most trouble........

[MrBoxingUK2]

Barry, was you at the fight.... or did you even watch the fight for that matter? How can you POSSIBLY say that Barker was in serious trouble!! He wasn't hurt at any point, and even dominated the ninth round, and then was still on top in the last..... some of you on here need to open your eyes a bit and realise that theirs a modest British fighter that's just won the European title and has bundles of talent.....

bundles of talent, yes but he fought the wrong fight. he was never in any trouble tho

Do me a favor sweetheart and sit down and rewatch lee vs belghecham and barker vs belghecham and tell me who had the most trouble........

andy lee was out on his feet bro

[MrBoxingUK2]

Barry, was you at the fight.... or did you even watch the fight for that matter? How can you POSSIBLY say that Barker was in serious trouble!! He wasn't hurt at any point, and even dominated the ninth round, and then was still on top in the last..... some of you on here need to open your eyes a bit and realise that theirs a modest British fighter that's just won the European title and has bundles of talent.....

bundles of talent, yes but he fought the wrong fight. he was never in any trouble tho

in the 7th he was in as much if not more trouble than Lee was in in the last round of his fight. Although you will never admit it - but I'd say you have to feel a little embarrassed after all the shouting you did about Barker going to show Lee how to knockout Affif!

i always knew he wouldn't stop affif the guy is tough as nails. and why would i be embarassed, darren fought the totally wrong fight and could have made it a shut out if he had fought to a gameplan

[Barry big balz]

bundles of talent, yes but he fought the wrong fight. he was never in any trouble tho

Do me a favor sweetheart and sit down and rewatch lee vs belghecham and barker vs belghecham and tell me who had the most trouble........

andy lee was out on his feet bro

your an idiot and your opinion reeks of bias and means nothing to me.

[MrBoxingUK2]

Do me a favor sweetheart and sit down and rewatch lee vs belghecham and barker vs belghecham and tell me who had the most trouble........

andy lee was out on his feet bro

your an idiot and your opinion reeks of bias and means nothing to me.

gettin a bit touchy feely are we? you always get a bit emotional when talking about your boyfriend andy lee, go throw darts at your darren barker poster

[Barry big balz]

andy lee was out on his feet bro

your an idiot and your opinion reeks of bias and means nothing to me.

gettin a bit touchy feely are we? you always get a bit emotional when talking about your boyfriend andy lee, go throw darts at your darren barker poster

No emotion from me i had a great night watching barker get beat around the ring..... did you enjoy it as much as i did babes?

[MrBoxingUK2]

what you mean the undefeated european champion darren barker

[Barry big balz]

what you mean the undefeated european champion darren barker

I was right about barker wasnt i ? i think i might go watch it again......

[hurlock]

116-112 barker didn't look great, fought the complete wrong fight, trying to bully the frog, he should have just used his boxing skills from the off. im pretty sure we only seen 50% of barker last night

x2

barker was lucky the guy wasnt a big puncher although his punches did sap barkers strengh, & he looked like he was relieved to hear that bell :!:

[Deno1986]

I had Barker by 2 rounds, 116-114 I think.

Not impressed by him at all, that flick of the hand that he calls a jab is awful looking. World Level? Definitely not on that showing.

[DuranTheGreat]

Barker wasn't at his best, but he DID win the fight, and if you can't see that he didn't win the fight then you either have a hatred towards Barker or no nothing about boxing. Andy Lee boxed Belghecham over ten rounds and was hurt in the last; Barker boxed Belghecham over twelve rounds and was never hurt like Lee was. Now, this makes me question that if the Lee fight was twelve rounds maybe he would of been in real trouble over the last six minutes. Some of you on here need to realise that Barker is an up and coming modest BRITISH fighter who still has loads to offer.....

[simonsays]

And the new!!!! Who gives a sh&@t how he preformed he won and he's the champ I'm sure he is well bothered about the negative comments from the Irish! Undefeated British, commonwealth and european champ and regardless wot any of u say u can't take that away from him! Well done darren wot a fantastic career u have already had!

[15829]

116-112 barker didn't look great, fought the complete wrong fight, trying to bully the frog, he should have just used his boxing skills from the off. im pretty sure we only seen 50% of barker last night

thats how i had it aswell


Barry big balz how can you saya nything over bias you only post about andy lee, your on the verge of being the new flint

[Bomber 1]

Barker won that clearly for me.. The other guy was technically poor!! Just crude, Barker was the one landing the better and the more accurate shots... I really do believe Darren done well last night and deserves respect for that win.. I just wanna see Macklin Vs Barker...