Jan

Darren Barker retires after latest hip injury

Former IBF middleweight titleholder Darren Barker has been forced into retirement by his latest potentially-crippling hip injury, suffered during his second-round TKO loss to Felix Sturm last month. The British favorite announced his retirement on Wednesday.

Oct

Barker talks title defense against Sturm in Stuttgart

by Doug Fischer

For the third time in his career Darren Barker will travel outside of his country to engage in a world title bout when the British middleweight standout faces veteran Felix Sturm on Dec. 7 in Germany. Only this time Barker, who won the IBF belt in August, will be the defending titleholder.

Aug

Lem’s latest: Golovkin’s trainer breaks down 160-pound division

by Lem Satterfield

Abel Sanchez, the trainer of WBA middleweigiht beltholder Gennady Golovkin, gave RingTV.com’s Lem Satterfield his thoughts on the stacked middleweight division. A showdown between Golovkin and fellow puncher Curtis Stevens is close to being finalized for Nov. 2.

Aug

Q&A: Eddie Hearn part 1 – Barker and Burns

by Tom Gray

It has been one year since Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom aligned with Sky Sports as their principle boxing promoter, and the results speak for themselves.

Aug

Trainer: Martinez won’t face ‘animal like Golovkin’

by Lem Satterfield

Abel Sanchez doesn’t think his middleweight Gennady Golovkin will ever get a shot at RING champ Sergio Martinez: “I think that they’ve made a comment about fighting Gennady Golovkin in about September of 2014. That’s like saying that he doesn’t want to fight him.”

Aug

Barker talks Murray after Geale victory

by Doug Fischer

New IBF middleweight beltholder Darren Barker insists a title defense against fellow-Englishman Martin Murray is a distinct possibility following his bruising, battling split-decision victory over Australian Daniel Geale.

Aug

Barker would not be denied in hard-fought title win

by Doug Fischer

British middleweight standout Darren Barker did not box as effectively as he wanted to during his rousing title bout with Daniel Geale but he refused to wilt when the going got tough and lifted the Aussie’s IBF title.

Aug

Barker rallies to outpoint Geale, wins IBF middleweight belt

by The Ring

Former middleweight title challenger Darren Barker got up from a sixth round knockdown and outworked Daniel Geale down the stretch of an excellent give-and-take battle, winning a split decision to take the Aussie’s IBF title.

Aug

Geale-Barker round-by-round updates

by Lem Satterfield

RingTV will be posting round-by-round updates of Saturday night’s middleweight clash between IBF beltholder Daniel Geale and Darren Barker.

Aug

Lem’s latest: WBC allows V. Klitschko-Stiverne delay until March

by Lem Satterfield

Vitali Klitschko, who has been busy in politics and nursing a hand injury, has been given until March to make the mandatory defense of his WBC heavyweight title against Bermane Stiverne.