Hatton gone Calzaghe gone Enzo Maccarinelli and Amir Khan - his top assets but both seen as damaged goods. Who else? Anyone out of his current crop he could fill an MEN Arena with? I mean with all the hype, an undefeated Khan could only muster 8000 last night in Manchester. Is this the end of Warren being one of the big 3 promoters in Europe? I mean compared to Universum or Sauerland, Warren's stable now does not look so big at all.
Macca Is hardly damaged goods, he wasn't hyped up like Khan and making millions. He just lost to the best Cruiserweight In the world while Khan was sparked by a journeymen Columbian. I'd favour Mac over most of the top 10 still.
he's still got some reasonable prospects like kenny anderson but possibly no-one who could become a superstar. kev mitchells the closest and might be able to pull a good crowd at the 02 if the right opponent.
Hope to see him fighting soon then. Plenty of good fights to be made: -USS Cunningham who'll travel anywhere to fight -Adamek -The veterans Mormeck or Bell -The man with the best stamina in boxing, Firat Arslan -Russian banger Alexeev -Marco Huck and they're more.... It's a shame these names aren't that known in the UK. I say one warm-up fight for Enzo (he still hasn't fought since his defeat :-( ) then stick him in with these guys. No point waiting. The cruiserweight division is the division to be in. Shame there's so little money in it though :?
Macca should have been in two fights since then, an 8 rounder about two months after, then one any time now over ten rounds against a journeyman heavy from the UK Glenn McCrory produced the best assessment (as usual IMO) on Harrison - NO HE CAN'T!
Its time for Enzo Maccarenelli to step up now as the chief fighter of Sports Network. He will regain the WBO strap and then look to clean up the rest of the belts Haye has vacated and also chase down Cunnigham for the IBF. With Joe Calzaghes impending retirement party with Roy Jones looming - when Calzaghe goes - Enzo Maccarenelli will takes his place as the new "Prince Of Wales" Also if Haye can get the heavyweight belts Enzo can move up and drop Haye in a rematch so Sports Network could have a future undisputed heavyweight champion on their hands. Audley is ****. Khan exposed. Calzaghe gone. Enzo is the new chief fighter at sports network. Who would believe that - a fighter from Swansea - the main fighter of the biggest boxing promoter in Europe - only lives about 6 miles from me.
There is more chance of Enzo becoming lightheavy champ than heavy - he simply cannot take the big shots from genuine bangers
There is 0 chance of Enzo becoming a light heavyweight champion. Even if he made the weight comfortably its very difficult to adjust to the difference in speed when you've been fighting bigger men. See Chris Byrd recently.
It's not a great time for Frank Warren. Enzo KOed, Lockett KOed, Khan KOed, Rees KOed, Arthur loses, Audley looking ****, Calzaghe wins very controversial SD, Calzaghe leaves him. On top of all that he is being sued by Calzaghe and Setanta. I love it.
He has Prescott now doesn't he? Mitchell could step up too. It's not been great of late for Warren but he still has options.