By Scott Gilfoid: Well, it looks like 46-year-old Roy Jones Jr. (62-8, 45 KOs) will be retiring after his December 12th fight against former WBO cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli (40-7, 32 KOs.
According to Fight News, Jones Jr. says he’ll be retiring after his December 12th fight against the 35-year-old Maccarinelli in Russia. On Wednesday, it was initially said that the WBA “Super” cruiserweight title would be on the line, but apparently that’s not going to be the case for now.
By Scott Gilfoid: In a real bizarre move, the World Boxing Association is going to let #11 WBO fringe contender Roy Jones Jr. (62-8, 45 KOs) fight 2nd tier [non-top 15 contender] Enzo Maccarinelli (40-7, 32 KOs) for their vacant WBA “super” cruiserweight title on December 12th at the VTB Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia. The WBA has given Jones Jr. a great chance of winning another world title.
***Update*** Jones Jr. vs. Maccarinelli will NOT be for the WBA cruiserweight title.
The reason this is such a strange move by the WBA would seem to be fairly obvious. First of all, the 35-year-old Maccarinelli isn’t ranked in the top 15 by any of the sanctioning bodies in the cruiserweight division. Maccarinelli was given a title shot last year by WBA “regular” light heavyweight champion Juergen Brahmer and stopped in 5 rounds in April of 2014.
Welsh star Enzo Maccarinelli will challenge American legend Roy Jones Jnr. for the Vacant WBA Super World Cruiserweight Championship on Saturday 12 December at the VTB Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia, televised exclusively live in the UK on BoxNation.
By Scott Gilfoid: #11 WBO cruiserweight contender Roy Jones Jr. (62-8, 45 KOs) is looking to get a title shot in the near future. Jones, 46, is hoping to get a fight against 35-year-old high level journeyman Ovill McKenzie (25-12, 13 KOs) if he defeats IBF cruiserweight champion Victor Ramirez (22-2, 17 KOs) in his gift title shot this Friday, on October 2nd at the Villa La Ñata Sporting Club, Benavídez, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Jones Jr. has won his last eight fights since being stopped in the 10th round by Denis Lebedev in their fight in May 2011 in Moscow, Russia. Jones specifically wants McKenzie for a title shot if he beats Ramirez.
By Scott Gilfoid: After getting a controversial draw last July in his failed attempt to capture the WBA “regular” lightweight title against champion Darleys Perez (32-1-1, 20 KOs), #11 WBA Anthony Crolla (29-4-3, 11 KOs) will be getting another chance to win the WBA title against Perez on November 21st at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, UK. This time Crolla expects to leave no doubt in the minds of the judges by looking to dominate Perez. Crolla took a lot of punishment in that fight from Perez, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Crolla comes into the rematch at 75% of what he was the first time around.
The World Boxing Association has ordered the rematch between Crolla and Perez to clear up the controversy from their last fight.
Crolla was quite fortunate to get a draw last time against Perez, because Crolla would have lost the fight if the referee hadn’t taken points off in the 11th and 12th rounds for Perez landing low blows. The referee literally saved Crolla from losing by taking those points away. The point deduction in the 12th came when Crolla pulled Perez’s head forward to the point where he was in a bent over position while he was in the process of throwing a punch.
Enzo Maccarinelli tops the bill when Warrior Promotions head back to Wales next month.
The ex-WBO cruiserweight boss will be matched at Newport Leisure Centre on Saturday, October 10.
By Scott Gilfoid: A rematch between WBA light heavyweight champion Juergen Braehmer (43-2, 32 KO’s) and British challenge Enzo Maccarinelli (38-7, 30 KO’s) is being talked about for June, according to the Argus. Braehmer stopped Maccarinelli earlier this month in a 5th round stoppage due to an eye injury that the 33-year-old Maccarinelli had suffered. The eye injury turned out to be just bad swelling, and not a serious injury to the eye or a fracture of the orbital bone as fans had first thought.
The Maccarinelli-Braehmer fight brought in huge ratings in Germany with over 3 million viewers watching it. This is perhaps the main reason why Braehmer’s promoters are interested in the rematch with Maccarinelli. With interest like that in their fight earlier this month, it would be crazy not to want to have a rematch between them, especially given the way the fight ended.
By Scott Gilfoid: #7 WBC Enzo Maccarinelli (38-7, 30 KO’s) is hoping that WBA World light heavyweight champion Jurgen Braehmer (43-2, 32 KO’s) will be a good one and give him a rematch after Maccarinelli suffered a horrific eye injury that caused his title challenge against the 35-year-old Braehmer to be halted prematurely before the start of the 6th round last night at the Stadthalle, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
Maccarinelli, 33, isn’t saying that he would have beaten Braehmer if he hadn’t been injured, but he still feels the fight outcome would have been different.
For Braehmer and his promoters to give Maccarinelli a rematch, they’d have to take at the past history of Maccarinelli to decide whether it would be worth the risk of subjecting their German fans to another less than pleasant looking fight against Maccarinelli if there’s a chance that one of his eyes will start to swell up the second that Braehmer starts nailing Macc with straight left hands to the head.
By Simon Allen: Jurgen Braehmer retained his WBA light heavyweight title after Enzo Maccarinelli forced to quit after suffering a nasty eye injury.
Enzo, hoping to become a two weight world champion entered the fight with a point to prove after being written off by most Boxing pundits.
In round one both fighters started quickly and willing trade as they felt each other out.
Braehmer showed his experience throwing one twos from range and moving out of distance. Maccarinelli however did have some success landing a few big punches of his own. Braehmer suffered a cut above his right eye midway through the round after an accidental clash of heads. Maccarinelli probably thought his luck was in and had something to exploit until Braehmer landed a right hand of his own ten seconds before the end of the round.
By Scott Gilfoid: WBA World light heavyweight champion Jurgen Braehmer (43-2, 32 KO’s) successfully defended his title on Saturday night in defeating the past his best Enzo Maccarinelli (38-7, 30 KO’s) in stopping him after the 5th round at the Stadthalle, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Maccarnielli’s right eye closed up after the 1st round from the left hands he was eating from Braehmer. Maccarinelli’s right cheek swelled up. It’s officially called a 6th round TKO despite the round not having started.
Maccarinelli wanted to keep fighting, but his trainer Gary Lockett cut off his gloves before the start of the 6th after telling him that he was too banged up to continue. Maccarinelli probably should have taken that moment to shove Lockett aside in order to keep fighting, but instead he passively let Lockett cut off his gloves. A more forceful fighter would have taken charge of the situation and read Lockett the riot act in order to keep the fight going, but Maccarinelli let let Lockett have his way. With his career on the line, Maccarinelli went out in less than assertive manner.