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In an outcome most fight fans expected, Darren Barker traveled all the way from London to Atlantic City boardwalk to suffer his first career defeat at the hands of Middleweight Champ Sergio Martinez by 11th round KO. Despite earning respect for sticking his neck out against a fighter that no one wants to face, the Brit spent most of the night behind his gloves, clipping Martinez with consistent but unsuccessful jabs and the rare power right – one of which did manage to break Martinez's nose in the fourth round.
Martinez kept busy by driving straight left hands squarely into his opponent's gloves, and as the fight wore on, more of the power started to seep through. In all, Martinez landed 138 power punches to his opponent's 76, and though the Argentinean wasn't quite as accurate as Barker with his jabs, Martinez outworked him enough to nearly catch up in total jabs landed.
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