Alvarez out of Macca fight-fails medical!!!!

Don't get me wrong,I hate FW every bit as much as you,but Enzo clearly wants to win back the WBO belt and that is almost a certainty if hes signed on with SN.

 

:huh

Because what? Fighters don't pull out for other promoters?

Frank Warren is one of the most professional promoters in the world. Not sure why he's blamed for this...:blood

 

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If you want a list of reasons, you'll hve to give me a few weeks to compile a definitive list.

In this case, he makes his fighter (Maccarinelli) look like a complete dick stood next to some fat, short Central American that nobody has heard of up until Wednesday for a world title. The same short, fat guy wasn't anywhere near the top 15 rankings on Tuesday. If Warren was to pull this stunt off, it would have to be crackless. The guy comes in, looks in shape, weighs in well and off you go. Instead, he comes in overweight, fails a medical and looks like he's been down the pub for the last few weeks. If Warren was so "professional", he'd have found this out in advance.

 

what a joke

 

In this case, he makes his fighter (Maccarinelli) look like a complete dick stood next to some fat, short Central American that nobody has heard of up until Wednesday for a world title. The same short, fat guy wasn't anywhere near the top 15 rankings on Tuesday. If Warren was to pull this stunt off, it would have to be crackless. The guy comes in, looks in shape, weighs in well and off you go. Instead, he comes in overweight, fails a medical and looks like he's been down the pub for the last few weeks. If Warren was so "professional", he'd have found this out in advance. If one of the most professional promoters in the world thinks that you can fly through 7 time zones, changing planes overnight and be ready for a genuine world title shot then I'd hate to see what everyone else is doing.

 

Alvarez was carrying the WBO belt! Priceless!

"I found this behind the fruit machine at the pub, want it?"
"Yes please!"

 

How do you 'professionally' find out that someone is going to fail a medical in advance of them taking it?

That's the point of a medical, isn't it?

 

We'll have to see what the actual medical reason is but I very much doubt that it's anything that couldn't have been found out in advance.

 

If Fwank couldn't get a better opponent in at such short notice, you can bet your arse that one wasn't available for anywhere close to the money on offer. Big blow for Macca....big disappointment...but let's not get carried away now....it wasn't Fwank's fault. You cannot plan for all eventualities when you promote so many other important fights on the same night.

 

What irks is that he'd tried to palm this off as a genuine challenge for the WBO title. I have no problem in Enzo fighting a last minute bum NOT for a supposedly meaningful championship or even pushing his fight back a few weeks.

 

Yeah...but that's Warren for you and we've known that since forever. His motto is: if you can get away with it, you should! Doesn't mean he's screwed up; on the contrary - he's a promoter that overachieves; they were just unlucky this time.

 

I guess we should celebrate his attempts then, no?

 

They say never judge a book by its cover but christ that looks a **** read.

 

Ha!

Enzo may still fight, and to be honest it would be a shame to waste all that training, but it won't be for the vacant WBO belt...in which case, while this whole situation is laughable, at least we and Enzo will be spared the farce of him knocking over this schlub to become a 'champion'.

Enzo should just get rid of whoever steps in ASAP, and do whatever he can to get either Banks or Hide in the ring for that vacant belt as soon as humanly possible. You could have that fight ready for the end of January or early Feb, even.