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Ummmmm - Jamie Moore against Darren Barker - now thats a fight I would like to see - I suspect Wood/Maloney would be happy to match that fight but will Meaty Mick run the risk on it??

I'm sure Matthew Macklin would be willing to avenge his loss to Moore sometime in near future. If his world title shot doesn't happen I reckon this fight is a real possibility. It is a mouth watering prospect.

Boys honestly ithink jamie is above this level now u now he's been fighting at British an europen sorry for spelling for five years now an althow the mackline fight would be a big draw I really would like jamie to fight a. Eliminator against somEone in the top five which I think he could win good luck matey an me for o. Want you to forfill your potensional

MachoMan09 wrote:

Spud wrote:Ummmmm - Jamie Moore against Darren Barker - now thats a fight I would like to see - I suspect Wood/Maloney would be happy to match that fight but will Meaty Mick run the risk on it??

Hopefully he would risk it. I would love that fight too. Both fellas are obviously great blokes and are exciting boxers to watch. ITV would be all over that match-up. Push for that fight, Jamie!

Here is my opinion on that one. Moore wins by atomic knockout in round 6. Barker is horribly overrated and I would choose Duddy and Lee to box the ears off him let alone Moore or Macklin.

Barker is a car crash waiting to happen.

Make the fight - watch him buckle. I'll buy that for a dollar!

its lovelly too match make on forums, it's normally known as dream matches DD

im sure barkers people would love moore as first defence

hurlock wrote:its lovelly too match make on forums, it's normally known as dream matches DD

im sure barkers people would love moore as first defence

Well done in highlighting one of the main things wrong with boxing today

boxing has allways been the same, people bang on about the old days, but if you go back to the 50's it was controlled by mafia you could have 80 wins & no shot. look how long it took archie moore to get a crack for instance, in his forty's.
would the famous four of fought one another if they could of made millions fighting lesser opponents... of course they wouldnt.

when you say struggling im taking you mean for talent... as there are plenty of wealthy fighters nowadays.

people have been saying throughout the ninetys & noughties it's dying etc.wasnt everything great in the 80's apart from the music??

proffessional boxing is a buisness first & foremost which can be a bitter pill to swallow, but every now & then you get a treat & you simply cant beat it.

if you go back to 70's & 80's most fighters held down jobs, even bruno done hod carrying, i know im right when there's plenty of full time pro's who aint even bagged titles domestically :!: .
i aint gonna start naming names but they are very luck to dedicate all there time to the sport.

MachoMan09 wrote:It depends what you call wealthy, I suppose. There are very few pro boxers in the UK or anywhere else for that matter, who earn the national average wage out of boxing per year. The average full-time UK wage is circa £31,000 p/a.

I shouldnt think there are many ordinary people on that or higher... the higher earners skew it up. Is the median wage listed anywhere?

MachoMan09 wrote:It depends what you call wealthy, I suppose. There are very few pro boxers in the UK or anywhere else for that matter, who earn the national average wage out of boxing per year. The average full-time UK wage is circa £31,000 p/a.

Is that really the national average? Almost everyone who I know is lucky if they take home more than 20k per year after tax.

After tax... !!!!

Gross, yeah, thats what I thought! Banjo said 20k per year after tax.

banjo wrote:Is that really the national average? Almost everyone who I know is lucky if they take home more than 20k per year after tax.

id say most are lucky to earn 2-3 g a fight & fight maybe a max of 5-6 top max your looking at grossing 12 -13g unless your with warren.
dont know where macho gets it from.

id say most are lucky to earn 2-3 g a fight & fight maybe a max of 5-6 top max your looking at grossing 12 -13g unless your with warren.
dont know where macho gets it from.

so why have you contradicted yourself DD

i was talking on fighters world champions not facing one another because they can earn decent fighting bums.& that you have some full time pro's who are full time with no title im not saying its clutterd.

whats your back ground do you have any expieriance

Barker would beat moore, and imo easily! He is world class and should hopefully be fighting for world titles this year. Duddy ran, Macklin ran and so will Moore. Why wont they fight him? Because they're not stupid and they know Barker will win. Lets try and get these fights on, great domestic fights and how good will it be for british boxing!!!! Good luck Moore. ;;-)

Barker has done nothing to prove his world class credentials - top lad and looks to be a very good boxer but to say he is world class is foolhardy at best.

MachoMan09 wrote:

Spud wrote:Ummmmm - Jamie Moore against Darren Barker - now thats a fight I would like to see - I suspect Wood/Maloney would be happy to match that fight but will Meaty Mick run the risk on it??

Hopefully he would risk it. I would love that fight too. Both fellas are obviously great blokes and are exciting boxers to watch. ITV would be all over that match-up. Push for that fight, Jamie!

if barker and hennessey were willing to fight macklin then im sure they wil take the moore fight

Im sure they will, but didnt moore say he didnt want the fight? sorry, Barker is approaching world class.

sligobhoy67 wrote:

MachoMan09 wrote:

Spud wrote:Ummmmm - Jamie Moore against Darren Barker - now thats a fight I would like to see - I suspect Wood/Maloney would be happy to match that fight but will Meaty Mick run the risk on it??

Hopefully he would risk it. I would love that fight too. Both fellas are obviously great blokes and are exciting boxers to watch. ITV would be all over that match-up. Push for that fight, Jamie!

Here is my opinion on that one. Moore wins by atomic knockout in round 6. Barker is horribly overrated and I would choose Duddy and Lee to box the ears off him let alone Moore or Macklin.

Barker is a car crash waiting to happen.

Make the fight - watch him buckle. I'll buy that for a dollar!

duddy to box barkers ears off?? funniest thing i have ever heard on this forum. the guy got outboxed by billey lyell and you expect him to box the ears off of barker barker is a classy boxer and would school john "dud" duddy in the most 1 sided bout since calzaghe vs lacy. duddy is terrible. andy lee is also an average fighter. baker would ko him. moore vs barker would be epic as they are both good fighters. lee and duddy are average