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A Dazzling Darkness: The Darren Barker Story
Darren Barker
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Description for A Dazzling Darkness: The Darren Barker Story
Hardcover. A Dazzling Darkness is the emotional autobiography of the brave and popular Darren Barker, who fought on after the tragic death of his hugely talented 19-year-old boxing brother Gary and realised a dream of winning the world middleweight title one hot August night in Atlantic City, a triumph he dedicated to the memory of Gary. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 page colour plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JM; BGSA; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 241 x 30. Weight in Grams: 598.
Darren and Gary Barker were the Fabulous Barker Boys. As amateurs, Darren won a Commonwealth Games gold medal while Gary, four years younger, won a Junior Olympic Games title.Then sadly, cruelly, Gary's life was cut short in a car accident when he was just 19, devastating the Barker family. Darren could not face boxing again.Inspired, however, by a brilliant therapist and mentored by a sympathetic trainer in Tony Sims, who had his own story of tragedy and loss, Darren got back into the ring and worked his way up to a world title shot. After first losing to the legendary ... Read more
Darren and Gary Barker were the Fabulous Barker Boys. As amateurs, Darren won a Commonwealth Games gold medal while Gary, four years younger, won a Junior Olympic Games title.Then sadly, cruelly, Gary's life was cut short in a car accident when he was just 19, devastating the Barker family. Darren could not face boxing again.Inspired, however, by a brilliant therapist and mentored by a sympathetic trainer in Tony Sims, who had his own story of tragedy and loss, Darren got back into the ring and worked his way up to a world title shot. After first losing to the legendary ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Floodlit Dreams Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
St Albans, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780992658533
SKU
V9780992658533
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About Darren Barker
DARREN BARKER was a Commonwealth Games gold medallist in Manchester in 2002 before turning professional and winning the IBF World Middleweight title. He is now a boxing pundit for Sky Sports. IAN RIDLEY has written 11 sports books and is a former Sports Journalist of the Year.
Reviews for A Dazzling Darkness: The Darren Barker Story
"Great boxer. Great man. Great story." JOE CALZAGHE, former undefeated World Super Middleweight Champion. "Deeply insightful account of Barker's long, gruelling but ultimately uplifting struggle to win a world title in memory of his younger brother... Profoundly moving." JEFF POWELL - DAILY MAIL. "Barker's story, seen through the prism of retirement, is a study of grief and redemption, inner strength ... Read more