Maccarinelli v Ola Afolabi

[Old bones Ian]

Ok so this match is set for the March 14th bill. Don't know how anyone can argue against this fight.
Afolabi is a real dangerman in the cruiserweight division, he's beat Norris and unbeaten Fields.

[Autobarn]

Is he a dangerous fight, this guy? Not seen anything of him. Does it look like a good bout? He seems to have some form.

Winner v Ramirez sounds good. Adamek-Banks looks exciting as well.

Sadly one of our cruiser prospects - Dolan - didn't win last night. Cruiser isn't a bad division at the moment.

Troy Ross seems to be doing well in the cruiserweight Contender. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzMiAiLW0YA

[MightyWarrior]

Decent record, but Enzo is a firm favorite here. Only loss to the very useful Allan Green, and only notable win is Fields, as Norris must be about 100 years old now.

Born in London but now American...haven't seen him fight, I'm guessing that's an African name, Nigerian maybe?

[MightyWarrior]

Yeah one of the sites say he was born in Nigeria, and another refers to him as an Englishman...nickname, Mr Boxercise?? Doubt they'll be putting that on the poster. whatever - looks a very decent fight this

[bennie]

Big Welshman Enzo Maccarinelli takes on big American-based Nigerian Ola Afolabi for the vacant WBO cruiserweight title on the Khan-Barrera bill in Manchester on March 14.
This is a good-looking clash of boxer v puncher. Maccarinelli blew away full heavyweight Matthew Ellis in his last outing in December, after several cruiserweights seemingly ducked out of a showdown with the frightening Swansea man who has already held this title, losing it to new heavyweight sensation David Haye a year ago.
The flashy, sharp-boxing Afolabi brings less experience but raised his profile enormously last April when he outlasted previously unbeaten Eric Fields in 10 shock rounds in the States. Fields was coming off a first-round blastout of Kelvin “Koncrete” Davis but Afolabi proved slick in the early rounds and then picked his punches nicely, dropping Fields three times before the stoppage. Promoted by the Duvas, Afolabi has lost only to world class super-middleweight Allan “Sweetness”Green in 17 outings in their light-heavyweight days (on points in a four-rounder). Green later crushed New Yorker Jaidon Codrington in 18 seconds
Afolabi looks highly capable with a smooth, relaxed American approach and makes this return trip with confidence (he was born in London), but Maccarinelli has been given the runaround recently and looks all set to let the punches fly to regain the belt.

[TerribleTerry]

Credit to the match maker where it is due: Ola Afolabi is no Bobby Gunn.

[whicker]

Impressed, yeah, should be a great fight. If this goes ahead and the other fights go ahead as planned this will be a very impressive card indeed.