By Nate Anderson: According to The Sun, Enzo Maccarinelli will be facing interim WBO cruiserweight champion Victor E Ramirez (14-1, 12 KOs) on March 14th on the undercard of Amir Khan vs. Marco Antonio Barrera for the vacant WBO cruiserweight title. Maccarinelli, 28, previously was going to face Jonathon Banks for the vacant WBO Cruiserweight title but Banks suffered an injury and had to cancel.
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Cunningham-Maccarinelli, Gomez-Klitschko, Margarito-Mosley – News
HBO Sports rings in the new year with a red-hot welterweight championship showdown between two world-class performers on WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: ANTONIO MARGARITO VS. SHANE MOSLEY, presented live SATURDAY, JAN. 24 (10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT) from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, exclusively on HBO. The WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING team will be ringside for the event, which will be presented in HDTV and in Spanish on HBO Latino.
2009 – A good year for British Boxing
By Mark Boyles – The new year brings some good news for British boxing fans.. Firstly there’s all the talk of Hatton and Pacquaio. As a fight, it should be one to watch, with arguably two of the best pound for pound fighters in the world. Pacquaio hasn’t been hit with anything close to the power that Hatton has, and hasn’t been tested at this weight. I’d not call the Oscar De La Hoya fight a test personally, given the way that fight played out, and the way Oscar went in to it. It should be an amazing fight. Given the pay per view figures for De La Hoya and Pac-man, I am left wondering if it will happen in Vegas though, as surely it would make more sense to hold the fight in London in front of 80,000 fans and many more on UK TV than it would to offer it up to a disinterested American public on Pay Per View. I’d say it’s a fight that could go either way too, which makes it a much more interesting affair than Hatton-Mayweather II would be.
Banks-Maccarinelli In February
By Chris Williams: Former WBO cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli (29-2, 22 KOs) is looking to recapture his WBO title against number #1 ranked Johnathon Banks (20-0, 14 KOs) in February. Maccarinelli, 28, lost his WBO cruiserweight title in July, getting stopped in the 2nd round by arguably the best fighter in the cruiserweight division David Haye. Maccarinelli never really had much of a chance to show what he can do to Haye, as the fight was over so quickly.
Maccarinelli Destroys Ellis – Boxing News
By Nate Anderson: Making his first appearance since being rudely stopped in the 2nd round by David Haye in March, former World Boxing Organization (WBO) cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli (29-2, 22 KOs) took apart heavyweight Mathew Ellis (20-6-1, 9 KOs) on Saturday night, knocking him down three times with huge body shots and ultimately stopping him in the 2nd round of a scheduled 10-round bout at the ExCel Arena, Dockland, in London.
British Fight Night Feast
By Simon Hirst: Whilst tonight is going to remember as the ‘dream match’ between Pac Man and the Golden Boy, for British fans, there are also a lot of good British fights. I know that we have been treated to fights from Britain’s big three throughout November, but for four big British fights to happen on the same night means a big night for British boxing.
In no particular order, I’ll start with Amir Khan’s fight. He takes on the Irish-American Oisin Fagan, who despite a couple of losses, is a decent fighter. Some of the losses on his record have been controversial, his most notable loss coming to Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, who Wayne McCullough felt he deserved at least a draw.
Boxing News – Andrade Defeats Marriot, Banks Injured, Fight Canceled With Maccarinelli
Light middleweight prospect Demetrius Andrade (2-0, 2 KOs) easily took care of a badly outclassed Eric Marriott (0-2) on Saturday night, stopping him in the 4th round of a scheduled 4-round bout at the Twin River Casino in Lincoln, RI. Andrade punished Marriot with huge shots in the early going, using his superior speed and combinations to riddle Marriott to pieces.
Maccarinelli vs. Banks on December 6th
By Jim Dower: Former World Boxing Organization cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli (28-2, 21 KOs) will try to get his career back on track against undefeated Johnathon Banks (20-0, 14 KOs) in a 12-round bout on December 6th for his old WBO title at the ExCel Arena, Dockland, in London.
Maccarinelli Returns to The Ring In June
By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBO cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli (28-2, 21 KOs) looks to return to the ring on June 28th against a still to be determined opponent. In his last fight, Maccarinelli, 27, suffered an embarrassing 2nd round TKO to David Haye at the O2 Arena, in Greenwich, London. To be sure, there’s no shame in losing to a fighter of Haye’s caliber, especially when you fight a faulty game plan going into the fight. However, the manner in which Maccarinelli lost – an utter blowout – no doubt let him feeling less than pleased with his performance on that night against Haye. It’s as if all Maccarinelli’s studious planning went completely out the window at the first sight of aggression from Haye in the first round of the fight.
Obviously, with a brutal knockout like the one that Maccarinelli experienced against Haye in which he took some very heavy shots to that head, he’ll likely want to take it easy in his first fight coming off the knockout. Indeed, instead of seeing Maccarinelli take on a top ten opponent like many of his fans would like to see him go up against, it would seem like the wiser choice for him would be a soft opponent, preferably one with next to zero power. Maccarinelli has said that he want to take on a top fighter, not wanting to go in against a soft opponent that he would feel no challenge in beating.
Has Maccarinelli Been Exposed?
By Christofer Ferris: After watching former WBO cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli (28-2, 21 KOs) get blasted out in two vicious rounds by David Haye last Saturday night, I came to the conclusion that Maccarinelli was not only a poor champion but also not a particularly good fighter as well. Based on what I saw of him against Haye, he looks no better than top 10 in the cruiserweight division, no better than that. He fought almost foolishly as he went directly at Haye, who has a reputation for being incredibly dangerous in the early rounds of his fights.
It’s unclear whether Maccarinelli felt that he had enough power to get to Haye before he unloaded one of his big right hands on him or whether he was sacrficing himself in some wild suicidal attack. Whatever it was, Maccarinelli didn’t look in any way shape or form against Haye. I’d seen a few of Maccarinelli’s other bouts, ones against Wayne Braithwaite, Mohamed Azzaoui and Bobby Gunn, bouts in which Maccarinelli looked like a decent fighter. However, in each one of those fights, Maccarinelli looked more like a slugger without much defense than a truly skilled fighter.