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Enzo Mac is going to fight Cunningham on the Calzaghe-Hopkins undercard in America. David Haye is again letting words speak louder than actions, by ducking Enzo. Pigs will also fly.
Yeah right, you lying piece of valley excretion.Boxing: Macca’s American dream
Nov 18 2007 by Peter Shuttleworth, Wales On Sunday
ENZO MACCARINELLI hopes Wales’ two boxing warriors can break America together, writes PETER SHUTTLEWORTH.
The cruiserweight king wants to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with stablemate Joe Calzaghe and go toe-to-toe with the States superstars in their own backyard.
Big Macc is targeting IBF cruiserweight champ Steve Cunningham and would love to take on the 31-year-old giant as chief support if Calzaghe’s highly-anticipated super-fight with Bernard Hopkins is done.
WBO champ Maccarinelli said: “Me against Cunningham would be a perfect support for Calzaghe v Hopkins.
“Both Cunningham and Hopkins were born and raised on the streets of Philadelphia and Joe and I are proud Welsh boys who want to take on the best they’ve got to offer.
“We’ll double-team them. Cunningham will fight where the money is and I’ll fight anyone, anywhere, anytime. My dream is to have a title-fight in America – I’m more than ready. It’s one of the fights out there that really excite me. Cunningham’s good but I don’t fear him.”
Motormouth cockney David Haye, the new unified WBA and WBC cruiserweight champ, has called Macca out for a potential explosive ‘Battle of Britain’ – but only if the pair move up to heavyweight.
The ‘Hayemaker’ has a history of letting his words speak louder than his actions. The 27-year-old star previously verbally agreed to fight Maccarinelli but did not seal the deal.
Haye seems to be running scared again; he likes the idea of taking on Macca but not that much.
Haye’s defeat of Jean-Marc Mormeck last week for the WBA and WBC crown was his last at cruiserweight as he admits himself he ‘struggles to make weight.’
So if Macca took the fight, he’d give almost three stone advantage to Haye. But the Welshman’s promoter allegedly is working hard to persuade Haye to stay at cruiserweight and fight the Swansea showman in a big-money unification clash.
In fact, Warren revealed: “I offered him (Haye) a no-strings attached deal to fight the Welshman on the undercard to Calzaghe v Kessler.
“It was more money than he got for Mormeck but he said he wanted the bigger fight. What could have been bigger than a Battle of Britain with Maccarinelli...in front of 50,000 people and screened live on HBO in the United States?
“Haye knows in his heart of hearts that Maccarinelli has the beating of him at or around cruiserweight.”
Macca remains coy on a potential match with Haye but he did admit: “Me against Haye is the biggest, most exciting and potentially attractive fight in Britain today bar none.”