Enzo Maccarinelli

Enzo Maccarinelli ends career

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By Jeff Aranow: Former WBO cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli (41-8, 33 KOs) announced his retirement on his Twitter on Saturday, a day after suffering a 1st round knockout loss to #9 WBC, #12 WBO cruiserweight contender Dmytro Kucher (24-1, 18 KOs) at York Hall in London, UK. Maccarinelli was attempting to win the vacant European cruiserweight title last Friday night.

Maccarinelli had recently turned things around with his career in beating Roy Jones Jr. by a 4th round knockout last December. Macarinelli’s luck ran out last night against Kucher after getting hurt by a left hand from him late in the 1st round.

Kucher knocked Maccarinelli down with a follow up left to the head that put him down on all fours on the canvas. Maccarinelli did make it back to his feet in time to beat the count, but referee Giuseppe Quartarone stopped the fight at that point.

Dmytro Kucher vs. Enzo Maccarinelli results

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By Jim Dower: In what turned out to be a terrible mismatch, #9 WBC Dmytro Kucher (24-1, 18 KOs) quickly obliterated the 35-year-old former WBO cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli (41-8, 33 KOs) in the 1st round on Friday night to capture the vacant EBU cruiserweight title at the York Hall in London, England. The official time of the stoppage was 2:48 of round one.

Kucher caught Maccarinelli with a left hook to the head that staggered him late in the round. Kucher then followed up with a right-left combination that sent Maccarinelli down on the canvas. Maccarinelli took until the count of nine to get back to his feet. However, he was unable to stand withing swaying back and forth. The referee Giuseppe Quartarone halted the fight at that point. It was academic anyway because Maccarinelli’s corner had thrown in the towel, so the fight wasn’t going to go on even if the referee had let it.

Enzo Maccarinelli vs. Dmytro Kucher tonight in London, UK

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By Scott Gilfoid: Enzo Maccarinelli (41-7, 33 KOs) will be fighting tonight against Dmytro Kucher (23-1-1, 17 KOs) for the vacant EBU heavyweight title at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, UK. Maccarinelli needs a victory over #8 WBC Kucher to put himself in position for a potential title shot against WBC cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew this year or in 2017.

The 33-year-old Bellew will be fighting in September, and he needs an opponent for a voluntary defense if the World Boxing Council grants him one. Maccarinelli, 35, is probably at the last chance saloon in this fight. He cannot afford to lose to Kucher if he wants to get another world title shot.

Maccarinelli lost his WBO cruiserweight title eight years ago to Davi Haye in 2008 by a 2nd round knockout. Maccarinelli was given a world title shot against WBA World light heavyweight champion Juergen Braehmer two years ago in May 2015 in a 5th round stoppage.

Maccarinelli: I knew I would take Jones out

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jones4By Scott Gilfoid: Enzo Maccarinelli (41-7, 33 KOs) sounded like he was drunk off the success he had last night in stopping 46-year-old Russian citizen Roy Jones Jr. (62-9, 45 KOs) in the 4th round last Saturday night in front of a packed house of Jones fans at the VTB Arena in Moscow, Russia.

The win by Maccarinelli appears to have planted some ideas into his head, because he’s already jabbering about wanting to fight for a world title. I think someone needs to sit Maccarinelli down and remind him that he’s not ranked in the top 15 by any of the sanctioning bodies in the cruiserweight division, and he only just beat Jones, not a talent like #1 WBO Olesandr Usyk.

Maccarinelli KOs Jones Jr; Chudinov & Ustinov both win – results

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By Jim Dower: Roy Jones Jr. (62-9, 45 KOs) may have seen his great career end tonight with him getting knocked out cold in the 4th round by his bigger opponent Enzo Maccarinelli (41-7, 33 KOs) at the VTB Arena in Moscow, Russia. Maccarinelli landed a scorching right hand to the head of Jones in the 4th that knocked him unconscious in putting him down on his face. The referee stopped the contest immediately upon seeing how hurt Jones was.

Roy Jones Jr. vs. Enzo Maccarinelli tonight in Moscow

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jonesBy Scott Gilfoid: In a battle of aging cruiserweights, 46-year-old Roy Jones Jr. (62-8, 45 KOs) will test his eroding boxing skills and power tonight against the 35-year-old Brit Enzo Maccarinelli (40-7, 32 KOs) in a fight in Jones Jr’s new adopted country at the VTB Arena in Moscow, Russia. Jones Jr. still has an unfinished goal of wanting to capture a cruiserweight world title before he eventually retires from the sport.

With a ranking of #11 with the WBO, Jones Jr. can keep moving forward towards that goal if he can beat the 6’3” Maccarinelli tonight. If not, then Jones might need to consider hanging up the gloves and focusing on his career in broadcasting with HBO.

A lot of people would love to be in Jones’ shoes in working with HBO Boxing as a broadcaster, because it’s a nice-paying gig. However, Jones has his reasons for sticking it out in boxing despite the fact that he’s been mostly just spinning his wheels in the last 11 years of his career since 2004.

Weights: Jones Jr 198, Maccarinelli 193

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jonesBy Scott Gilfoid: A slightly flabby looking Roy Jones Jr. (62-8, 45 KOs) weighed in successfully on Friday in coming in at 198lbs for his scheduled 12 round bout against former WBO cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli (40-7, 32 KOs) for their fight on Saturday night in Jones Jr’s adopted country of Russia at the VTB Arena in Moscow, Russia. Maccarinelli weighed in at a skinny 193lbs.

It’s unclear what the end game is for the Jones-Maccarinelli fight. I can’t see Maccarinelli getting any more world title chances because he’s failed enough to last two careers.

As for Jones, he’s a fringe level guy with a #11 WBO ranking. Unless WBO cruiserweight champion Krzystof Glowaki wants to throw Jones Jr. a bone by giving him a shot with one of his voluntary defenses, I can’t see Jones ever working his way to a No.1 mandatory position with the WBO. But my guess is we’ll see Jones get a shot at Glowaki in the near future. I can’t say I’m looking forward to that. I think Glowaki will destroy Jones worse than Denis Lebedev did.

Maccarinelli wants to “smash up” Roy Jones Jr. on Saturday

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By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBO cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli (40-7, 32 KOs) will be looking to KO 46-year-old Roy Jones Jr. (62-8, 45 KOs) in their scheduled 12 round fight this Saturday night at the VTB Arena, in Moscow, Russia. The Jones-Maccarinelli fight will be televised by BoxNation in the UK.