Darren Barker was born on 19 May 1982 and is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2013.
19 Facts About Darren Barker
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Darren Barker held multiple titles at middleweight, including the IBF title in 2013; the Commonwealth title from 2007 to 2009; the British title in 2009; and the European title from 2010 to 2011.
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Darren Barker started his boxing career at a young age, he trained at Finchley and District Amateur Boxing club in New Barnet where he was trained by Jimmy Oliver amongst others.
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Darren Barker's father, Terry, was a successful amateur boxer at Repton, winning the ABA Championships in 1981.
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In 2002 Darren Barker won the Commonwealth Games Gold medal at the championships held in Manchester.
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Darren Barker became a Multi nations Champion and Class C NABC Champion.
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Darren Barker next fought on 12 November 2004 at the Conference center in Wembley stopping David White in the 2nd round ensuring that his debut year as a professional was an unbeaten one.
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One notable contest during that year took place on 15 September 2006 and was for the Southern Area Middleweight title with Darren Barker beating Hussein Osman at the Alexandra Palace in Wood Green.
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On 14 November 2007 Darren Barker fought for his first major title, the vacant Commonwealth Middleweight belt.
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Darren Barker won the fight at the York Hall by unanimous decision over 12 rounds to lift the title.
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Darren Barker then travelled to Canada in August 2008 and beat local man Larry Sharpe, a former Canadian champion and Commonwealth challenger, in a non-title fight over 10 rounds.
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On 13 December 2008, Darren Barker defended his title for the second time against Northern Ireland's Jason McKay forcing him to retire at the end of round six.
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On 28 November 2009 Darren Barker defeated Danny Butler, at the Brentwood Centre in Brentwood to lift the vacant British Middleweight title with the fight doubling as a fourth defence of his Commonwealth crown.
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On 9 April 2010 Darren Barker claimed the European title with a unanimous points victory over Affif Belghecham of France.
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On 1 May 2011 Darren Barker regained the now vacant European middleweight title with a points win over Italy's Domenico Spada at the Olympia in London after over 12 months away from the ring.
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On 1 October 2011 Darren Barker fought Argentinian Sergio Martinez for the WBC Diamond Middleweight title at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.
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On 9 March 2013, Darren Barker began a comeback by facing off against Italy's Simone Rotolo for the vacant IBF Inter-Continental Middleweight Title in the Wembley Arena in London.
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Darren Barker scored a first round knockdown and went on to win the title as Rotolo retired with an injured hand in the fourth round.
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On 17 August 2013, Darren Barker challenged Australian Daniel Geale for Geale's IBF Middleweight world title.