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Would like to see him and Bellew fight.

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Would like to see him and Bellew fight.

How can he make 175lbs & still be strong? He's like 6'4/5! I see panning out in a similar way to that what happened to Chris Byrd!

Macca made Cruiserweight comfortably, but LHW is some 25lbs below that!

To me it looks like Frankie wants Enzo Macc for Clev's first title defence in Wales. It's sick, IMO.

"Whos' fighting?" Enzo Maccarinelli once asked me in the bowels of the Newport Leisure Centre as two men duked it out in the ring early in the evening. "Nathan Cleverly," to which Enzo immediately dashed to the seating area to watch his novice of a stablemate outscoring Armenia's Varuzhan Davtyan in a four-rounder.
It was clear that Enzo held great affection for his young training partner but things have changed since that dark November night in 2006 as Maccarinelli, a Welsh fighing hero back then, finds himself desperately clinging on to the sport as Cleverly, the new Welsh hope, challenges for the WBO light-heavyweight title at Wembley Arena on May 21, although both fighters are still friends and stablemates, if trained by different men.
Maccarinelli suffered a brutal seven-round knockout at the hands of Germany's Alexander Frenkel in his last outing, after which there were inevitable calls for his retirement. The 30-year-old Swansea man, a pro since 1999, had already survived an early career knockout to unlikely Lincoln southpaw Lee Swaby to prove himself a world class cruiserweight and a world class puncher, and even after three losses in close proximity - many years later - to Denis Lebedev, Ola Afolabi and David Haye, big Enzo came back to win the European cruiserweight style with a stunning first-round knockout in Russia. However, the Frenkel knockout looked 'career over'.
Instead, after talks with his promoter F rank Warren, Maccarinelli drops down to light-heavyweight in a third attempt to resurrect his career after and already there is talk of him challenging the unbeaten 24-year-old Cleverly, if Cleverly comes through against Germany's dangerous Juergen Braehmer in that WBO title encounter in May, and there is no guarantee of that.
Of course, how strong will Maccarinelli be at his new weight? He was a giant of a cruiserweight at 6ft 4ins, a bit fleshy perhaps, yes, but to drop all the way down from 14st 4lbs to 12st 7lbs without weakening himself, without taking away his noted power, remain the moot questions and the crux of his future aspirations.
I like Maccarinelli: he comes to fight and, win or lose, he is fun to watch at 32-5 (25), your classic big puncher with a classic big puncher's chin. You know, for a moment there I remembered such men as Joe Louis and Floyd Patterson. What's not to like?

Bennie.

Did you put Enzo in the same entence as Joe Louis and Floyd Patterson. Crumbs.

I wish Enzo well, I just don't understand why he doesn't go for dometic level opponents to start with.

DavidPayne wrote:Bennie.

Did you put Enzo in the same entence as Joe Louis and Floyd Patterson. Crumbs.

I wish Enzo well, I just don't understand why he doesn't go for dometic level opponents to start with.

They are not in the same sentence.

Thank goodness:-)

Bennie,Enzo has never been a giant Cruiserweight.Tall,yes,but its well known he walks around at around the Cruiser limit.The old 13 8 limit would have been best for him.I would be suprised if he has to drain any more than Bellew to make Light-heavy.

mickey1975 wrote:Bennie,Enzo has never been a giant Cruiserweight.Tall,yes,but its well known he walks around at around the Cruiser limit.The old 13 8 limit would have been best for him.I would be suprised if he has to drain any more than Bellew to make Light-heavy.

Enzo vs Bellew would be the perfect fight, great to watch.
Would you go for it, if it was offered Bomber?

Presumably,Enzo can fight at 14 stone 3lbs,as that is still the light heavyweight limit, is it not? I hope that is what he does, as 12 stone 7 would be dangerous for him.

What happened to the ref that allowed him to get knocked out so badly last time out? Suspended, I hope.

Josh1111 wrote:

mickey1975 wrote:Bennie,Enzo has never been a giant Cruiserweight.Tall,yes,but its well known he walks around at around the Cruiser limit.The old 13 8 limit would have been best for him.I would be suprised if he has to drain any more than Bellew to make Light-heavy.

Enzo vs Bellew would be the perfect fight, great to watch.
Would you go for it, if it was offered Bomber?

I for one would like to see that fight...Just hope its not true what i read on here somewhere Cleverly-Macca if the German cant make it..

big lennox wrote:Presumably,Enzo can fight at 14 stone 3lbs,as that is still the light heavyweight limit, is it not? I hope that is what he does, as 12 stone 7 would be dangerous for him.

What happened to the ref that allowed him to get knocked out so badly last time out? Suspended, I hope.

12st 7 is the light heavy limit.Anything above that up to 14st 4 is cruiser.

Putting him in with a banger like Bellew would be bad news, even at a lower weight......he should retire IMO, but if he does insist on fighting at LHW then he should look at guys he can beat on the domestic scene rather than any talk of Clev.

Enzo should go slow and steady for a year or two, build up his confidence and pick the right fights, rather than going after big-hitting eastern Europeans who are not as good as him but have better chins and can punch.

That KO was horrific, he's a nice bloke and nobody wants to see him go through that again.

mickey1975 wrote:

big lennox wrote:Presumably,Enzo can fight at 14 stone 3lbs,as that is still the light heavyweight limit, is it not? I hope that is what he does, as 12 stone 7 would be dangerous for him.

What happened to the ref that allowed him to get knocked out so badly last time out? Suspended, I hope.

12st 7 is the light heavy limit.Anything above that up to 14st 4 is cruiser.

Thanks.I knew that, but completely forgot which shows just how tired I am today.

In a nutshell, I think Enzo should retire.He has been knocked out badly 4 times now, and for a time was a very good fighter, and is a lovely bloke by all accounts.

Captain Hook wrote:Putting him in with a banger like Bellew would be bad news, even at a lower weight......he should retire IMO, but if he does insist on fighting at LHW then he should look at guys he can beat on the domestic scene rather than any talk of Clev.

Enzo should go slow and steady for a year or two, build up his confidence and pick the right fights, rather than going after big-hitting eastern Europeans who are not as good as him but have better chins and can punch.

That KO was horrific, he's a nice bloke and nobody wants to see him go through that again.

I agree with most of your points but maybe Bellew wouldnt be a bad fight for either.Tony has been dropped a few times recently and Enzo can certainly whack,and from Bomber's point of view,Enzo would be a good name to have on the record.I dont know if these two have sparred or are friendly,though.Tony?

Tony Dodson v Enzo Maccarinelli

Cleverly isnt exactly a big puncher so i dont see him doing any serious dmage to Enzo if the fight did come to fruition. Would actually be quite entertaining and one thing is for sure, Enzo will catch him at some point with some meaty shots.

Enzo Macc sounded, quite frankly, deluded on the bunce show. I like him (whats not to like?) but he's a shell of his former self. An all-Welsh fight is just a cynical payday for both men and the promoter.

But i forecast we'll all tune in, and dare i say it, some will say "what if Macca lands??"

But we all know the outcome.