Maccaranelli last chance?

julianfoster88 · Jul 21, 2009

his career is over now 3 knockout losses in his last 4 matchups at this point in his career after being a champion I doubt that he has another chance unless he works his way up from the bottom moving up in weight wont do him any good because essentially, if he cant take any punches at cruiser by most of these men who are natural heavyweights, then he can't take any punches from men who are gonna be much heavier than him so I think its over for him

2ironmt · Jul 21, 2009

emanuel_augustus said: ↑

I don't know, Odo, I think you have a tough case to make here. Enzo was no doubt a world class fighter, but that time is past.

I really believe that there is this certain intangible "it" that fighters have. "It" is really tough to define, it could be a physiological thing, mental, timing, no one really knows, but when it's gone, it's gone. You could have made a case for a comeback after the Haye fight. Getting knocked out once is not a career death sentence.

But, with the Afolabi fight, it was pretty evident, that certain something was gone. Enzo was doing ok in that fight but you got the sense the Afolabi was in control of the psychological geography of that fight, that is too say, he was dominating the landscape even in the rounds he was losing. Something about Enzo's timing was gone and then came the steep drop off in the late rounds and the knockout.

The Lebedev fight is the sort of fight I hate to watch. A guy who doesn't have "it" but still has the heart to step in there taking a beating with no ammo to keep the other guy off. Enzo looked two steps slow, no timing, no punch, and really no way to take shots. "It" had departed. And once that happens, you're never the same fighter.

One word to those who say stuff like "he's ****" or call the guy a bum, you people make me sick. Without guys like this that are willing to dedicate their lives toward training and pouring their energy into the sport of boxing, you have no sport of boxing. Not everyone is Ray Robinson, obviously, but guys like Enzo that bleed the sport and are willing to sacrafice their young years to give it a go deserve respect if for nothing else, keeping boxing alive in a time when it's a back burner sport.
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Who'd he beat to make him "world class"? I think Odo's right. Good fighter (capable of pulling an upset ala vs Braithwaite), but not great and the loss to Lebedev probably due to a bad matchup so soon after loosing to Afalobi.

Lionel Rose · Jul 22, 2009

Lionel Rose said: ↑

I'm mystified as to why Frank Warren has seemingly 'abandoned' big Enzo.

After letting David Haye **** him up, he put him in with the vastly underrated Ola Afolabi, before unleashing the hard punching Lebedev on him.

Warren, who is well known to wrap his starlets in cotton wool, either didn't do his homework on these opponents (highly unlikely) or simply wants Enzo to move on (to cage fighting?!)

Really strange scenario if you ask me, truly baffling.

I'd like to wish the big guy all the best for the future though - he comes across as a genuinely nice fella..
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/8162213.stm

Calzaghe pretty much endorses this post.

Why the **** didn't Warren put Enzo Maccarinelli in with a 'confidence boost' fighter, instead of straight back in with a serious operator like Lebedov.

**** poor matchmaking, in my opinion....

Kid Cuba · Jul 22, 2009

I didnt know this but I guess Enzo fought Denis Lebedev on the 18th and got TKO'd in 3. Stick a fork in him he's done.

JMMisking · Jul 22, 2009

The best thing Enzo did was that funny dance after being chinned by Haye. That`s on a par with Judah`s chicken dance after Tszyu tagged him

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