Enzo Maccarinelli

[Charles Martel]

Here's a stream for Cook and Mac:

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[Blue Devils]

Cook lost his title via 4th round KO. He started well I thought he won the first 3 rounds until he was caught by a good shot.

 

[Blue Devils]

Same thing that happened to Cook happened to Mac

Enzo was dominating the fight until he was caught by a lucky shot in the 9th.

 

[Amren.com]

Same thing that happened to Cook happened to Mac

Enzo was dominating the fight until he was caught by a lucky shot in the 9th.

Oy Vey, it wasn't just luck. Enzo was exhausted. He punched himself out.

 

[Charles Martel]

On a positive note, on a Birmingham, UK boxing card, Matthew Macklin knocked out his black opponent Wayne Elc ock in the third round today, to win the British middleweight title!

Also on that card, age 20 heavyweight Tyson Fury won another stoppage. He improved his record to 4-0 when his opponent's corner stopped the fight after four of a scheduled six rounds.

 

[whiteathlete33]

I feel sorry for Enzo. That being said he has been overrated. He lost to an absolute bum yesterday. This guy he fought was an absolute joke. This should have been an easy win for Enzo and a chance to get his title back.

 

[Charles Martel]

I feel sorry for Enzo. That being said he has been overrated. He lost to an absolute bum yesterday. This guy he fought was an absolute joke. This should have been an easy win for Enzo and a chance to get his title back.

I agree Enzo has been overrated - the truth is, he really isn't that good.

But to make it worse, Enzo wasn't in top shape and didn't fight intelligently yesterday. According to the Setanta website, he hadn't sparred a single round in preparation for this fight.

And you're right, Afolabi isn't very good either. I think the winner of Ramirez-Ismailov will have little trouble defeating him.

What's amusing is that the wiggers on ESB and boxingscene are suddenly now nuthugging Afolabi - one fool even compared him to Muhammed Ali!

 

[whiteathlete33]

LOL, this Afolabi guy has 3 draws against some bums and also 1 loss.

 

[JD074]

He has talent, but he doesn't have a great chin and that will always be a problem for him. Better trainer, better training, better sparring. That would help. It's like I always say, these White fighters are too loyal for their own good. He's gone as far as he can with Enzo Calzaghe and it's time to move on.

 

[Blue Devils]

Enzo: If I fail to win on Saturday I will quit

 

[whiteathlete33]

Enzo should just retire right now. I wish him well for the future but this is one white fighter who just doesn't have the skills. His chin is just too fragile.

 

[Charles Martel]

Enzo Maccarinelli was stopped in the third round by undefeated Russian Denis Lebedev today.

Lebedev goes to 18-0. Maccarinelli will likely retire after suffering his fourth KO loss.

 

[Blue Devils]

David Haye's resume takes another hit.

Enzo should pack it in and retire before he gets seriously hurt. Edited by: Blue Devils

 

[The Hock]

David Haye's resume takes another hit.

Good point B. Devils.

Haye exposed Enzo's chin, and now Enzo's chin is exposing Haye.

 

[JD074]

He should've taken a soft touch after his last KO. Fighting a hard-hitting, undefeated southpaw after a brutal KO was not exactly a wise decision, at least for Macca. Warren promotes Macca and Lebedev, so the fight was a win-win for him. If he wants to continue his career, he and his team need to be a lot smarter. Obviously he doesn't have a great chin, but not everybody does. Look at Khan. He got blown out worse than Macca. He was staggered by a jab, and against a fighter who recently lost. Now he's a world champion. If he was handled as badly as Macca has been, he probably would've been KO'd a couple more times by now as well. Macca needs to do everything perfectly in order to have any chance at being a champ again. Great training, great sparring, and at least two fights to prepare for a big fight. But it may be too late for that.

 

[Maple Leaf]

I missed this. But I'm not surprised at all. Guys with long, thin necks rarely have great chins. The head snaps back easier as it is not as well braced. Guys with huge deltoids often can take quite a pounding.

Very good post by JD074, and very true. Macc. is completely lost at the moment. The difference between Khan and Macc. is Khan's handlers didn't let the confidence get destroyed. I'm sure Macc.'s confidence is ruined forever now.

 

[whiteathlete33]

I was a little shocked to see this myself but Enzo is still fighting. He defeated Krisztian Jaksi by TKO in round 1 on Dec 5. I would like to see Enzo retire at this point as he looks done to me.

 

[Blue Devils]

From Fightnews:

Former world cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli (31-4, 24 KOs) continued his comeback with the first-round stoppage of Hungarian import Zoltan Czekus (8-3-1, 4 KOs) on Friday night at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England.

 

[whiteathlete33]

I was hoping Big Mac would hang it up by now. He's suffered a few brutal knockouts and shouldn't be fighting anymore.

 

[Blue Devils]

Maccarinelli heading to Russia for European title shot

 

[Blue Devils]

Maccarinelli heading to Russia for European title shot

Boxrec now has Enzo facing Russian Alexander Kotlobay.

 

[Charles Martel]

Maccarinelli heading to Russia for European title shot

Boxrec now has Enzo facing Russian Alexander Kotlobay.

Alexander Frenkel has made a decision to step aside for now and face the winner.

 

[Blue Devils]

Weights: Maccarinelli 197.8 Kotlobay 193

This is a winnable fight for Enzo. Kotlobay isn't as skilled as the other top Russian cruiserweights like Alexeev,Drozd,Lebedev,Brudov and Tokarev.

 

[whiteathlete33]

I wish Enzo would just hang it up. I don't think he has anything left in the tank. I see Enzo losing by a KO just like in his past several fights.

 

[Charles Martel]

The fight will be streamed HERE, with Russian commentary.

Not certain of the exact time, but it starts at about 10:30 am Pacific time, 1:30 pm Eastern US time, 18:30 UK time, which is 21:30 St. Petersburg time.