Takaloo...........Enzo Mac

Enzo Mac fought the better fighters. David Haye - cruiserweight champ. Braithwaite - ex champ. Ola and Lebedev look decent, potential wise anyway, they still have some way to go but you could imagine them turning out to be better than they appeared when Maccarinelli fought them.

Takloo fought many domestic and european class fighters.

 

Are you the artist formerly known as Aztec God?

 

Enzo had the better opposition (and mainly lost) as pointed out by Erik the Red, but I would much rather watch a Tak fight

 

Enzo fought at world level and won and defend his title a few times and also had a fight for unified titles against Haye and was also ranked as one of the top guys in his weight class. He headlined a itv bill and fought and won at a better level....so i go for Enzo. Takaloo's career was pretty good for a domestic fighter he did well imo and can hold head high but tonight Enzo is taking home that metal back home.

 

Wow strange comparison.

Almost Flint like.

I'd say

That Tak was p4p the better fighter

However his division was absolutely full of talent.

I'll never forgive the promoters for not giving us the big domestic fights we deserved.

They could have made thousands and perhaps a domestic/euro/world star instead they were greedy and foolish.

 

Enzo only fought at world level once and got his ass well and truly knocked out.

Braithwaite was his best win, but was faded, WBO level.

Azzaoui = fringe Euro level.

Afolabi = sparring partner.

Hobson = top end domestic level.

Lebedev = remains to be seen, IMO WBO/Euro level.

Tak fought some decent guys in a seriously strong division and underachieved..... I'd put them at a par.

 

Hearn would have done it. The problem was Warren. We had some fine light middles back then. What a ****ing waste.

 

I'd say Takaloo his division was stacked with so many good fighters even at british level.
If Enzo had fought Haye before they moved up in class i don't think this would be close. The only thing Enzo has over Takaloo is the WBO title

 

Just greedy ****ers.....

Look at this for a list.....

Arnie
Steve Roberts
Wayne Alexander
Richard Williams
Takaloo
Gary Lockett
Ryan Rhodes
Micheal Jones
Jamie Moore
Mathew Macklin
Scott Dixon
Paul Samuals

plus Geoff McCreesh, Adrian Stone, James Hare, Jawald Khaliq, Jimmy Vincent, Neil Sinclair, David Barnes and Micheal Carruth all hanging around at Welter achieving nothing internationally.

Its a ****ing travesty that this era was allowed to pass without much highlight. Sure a few of them fought but these guys should have been mixing it from area level all the way up to Euro level.

Greedy promoters.

 

:shock:

Makes Benn-Eubank-Collins look like a couple of drunks at closing time.

Lockett was a fraud though :deal

 

I remember ALL of them like yesterday. I can tell you who fought who and when. Every Friday night my spot was either infront of the TV or down at York Hall or Dagenham. Stone was the only one that really made it on a world level but he got found out. Hare was lets be frank quite overrated but by the time Barnes fought him it didnt matter. Jim Watt loved the kid for some reason!??! Jimmy had a massive pikey following but was a solid welter who always gave you a great domestic scrap. As for Khaliq i wish he'd done more in the sport than call out Forrest for a laugh and get knocked down multiple times vs a shot to **** Jan Bergman. Sinclair was a fearsome puncher but he too went the WBU route got disenfranchised with the whole game and bowed out unceremoniously with his only defining moment dropping Santos on his ass.

As for out light middles dont make me go there.. Its ****s me off to rememeber it all :-(