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Darren Barker vs Kerry Hope — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇬🇧MIDDLEWEIGHT

Darren Barker

🇬🇧UNITED KINGDOM

Kerry Hope

Darren Barker (26-2) and Kerry Hope (3-6 across 9 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Barker

26

Wins16 KO · 62%

2

Losses

0

Draws28 tracked bouts

Hope

Tracked record

3–6

counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Barker leads 1–0

Darren Barker and Kerry Hope have met 1 time; Barker leads 1–0.

Darren Barker and Kerry Hope have met 1 time; Barker leads 1–0.
Met2012Dec 8Series
Darren BarkerFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Kerry HopeFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Barker 7 · Hope 0 of 7 measurable rows
BarkerHope
Record†
26-2 (edge)3-6
Win %0–100%
92.9% (edge)
33.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 16
16 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
61.54%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
62% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 3
2 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 6
6 (edge)
1
Bouts per year§max 3
3 (edge)
1.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 28
28
9

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Darren Barker: 6′0″
Kerry Hope: No height on file
Reachnot held
Darren Barker: 73″
Kerry Hope: No reach on file
Age1 yr apart
Darren Barker: 44
Kerry Hope: 45
Stance
Darren Barker: Orthodox
Kerry Hope: Not recorded

Darren Barker left, Kerry Hope right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Darren Barker26 wins · from 28 tracked bouts

Darren Barker: 26 tracked wins — 16 by KO/TKO (62%) and 10 on the cards (38%). Counted from 28 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

16 by KO/TKO 62%10 on the cards 38%

Kerry Hope3 wins · from 9 tracked bouts

Kerry Hope: 3 tracked wins — 3 on the cards (100%). Counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

3 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Darren Barker 28, Kerry Hope 9 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Darren Barker last boxed on Dec 7, 2013 — 4,703 days ago. Barker had won three in a row before losing by stoppage to Felix Sturm.LWWWL

Martínez Oct 2011Hope Dec 2012Rotolo Mar 2013Geale Aug 2013Sturm Dec 20133 tracked bouts per year

Kerry Hope last boxed on Jul 16, 2016 — 3,751 days ago. Hope had won one in a row before losing a decision to Vijender Singh.LLLWL

Proksa Jul 2012Barker Dec 2012O'Kane Oct 2013Jackson Jun 2015Singh Jul 20161.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Darren Barker and Kerry Hope ever fought each other?
Yes. Darren Barker and Kerry Hope met once on December 8, 2012, and Darren Barker won by TKO in round 4.
The meeting

WDec 8, 2012 · Barker · TKO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Barker or Hope?
Darren Barker is 26-2 and Kerry Hope is 3-6 across the 9 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Darren Barker has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Barker26–292.9%

Hope3–633.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Barker or Hope?
Darren Barker has 16 knockout wins and Kerry Hope has 0. Darren Barker has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Barker1661.5%

Hope0

The Numbers ↓
Do Barker and Hope have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Darren Barker and Kerry Hope have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Barker and Hope?
This comparison is drawn from 28 bouts tracked for Darren Barker and 9 bouts tracked for Kerry Hope. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Barker28bouts

Hope9bouts

How They Win ↓

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