Comments Thread For: Britain's Precocious Royston Barney-Smith Hoping To Enter Good Company

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Boxing fans will get their latest glimpse at the precocious talent of super featherweight Royston Barney-Smith when he makes his first appearance of the year on Friday at York Hall in London. Barney-Smith, who recently turned 20, is aiming at becoming Britain's youngest fully recognized world champion - which would put him in some truly elite company. The bantamweight world-title picture was in a state of flux when a 19-year-old Terry Baldock won a version of it back in 1927. More recently, "Prince" Naseem Hamed was just 21 when he put on a clinic to stop Steve Robinson and win a featherweight belt in 1995. Later, in 2009, Amir Khan became a world champion at 22 when he outpointed Andreas Kotelnik for a super lightweight title.
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[Mick Higgs]

Am I the only one who's fed up with these farcical youth title's? My understanding is that a youth is a person under the age of 18, yet we frequently see 22+ year olds contesting for it. Barney's a great talent who I'd love to see become English, British, Commonwealth & European (EBU) champion before thinking of World glory!!...