By Sean McDaniel: Former WBO cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli (32-5, 25 KO’s) refuses to give up and retire despite having been knocked out badly in four out of his last fight bouts. Maccarinelli isn’t just getting slightly knocked out. He’s getting badly hurt in there. Granted, he’s taken on some big sluggers in each case but the face that he can’t cut the mustard tells you something about him.

If he’s not interested in retiring, he might need to downsize his dreams about fighting for another world title. Sadly, Maccarinelli is now planning on moving down in weight to the light heavyweight division to try and capture a title at that weight. He’s young enough at 30 to win a title but you have to wonder whether his chin will hold him back in the 175 pound division the way it has as a cruiserweight.

Speaking to the sun.co.uk, Maccarinelli said “I’m good enough to have another world championship belt strapped around my waist.” For that to happen it would mean that Maccarinelli would have to beat guys like Tavoris Cloud, Beibut Shumenov, Jurgen Braehmer and Jean Pascal. I can’t see Maccarinelli beating any of those guys because they punch plenty hard and would be hitting him with shots hard enough to get him out of there if his chin hasn’t improved since his last knockout loss to Alexnader Frenkel in September last year. I doubt that it has. And Maccarinelli was fighting so defensively in that fight that he basically neutralized his own power. The only way he can be successful at any weight is if he can get to his opponents before they get to him. It’s a race against time.