Maccarinelli joined the Calzaghe team in 2006, the year in which he claimed the world title. Warren, who has this year been involved in a high-profile court battle with the Calzaghes, criticised Maccarinelli's preparation after the Afolabi defeat. Warren said at the time: "He [Maccarinelli] has told me he didn't have one round of sparring before the fight and I find that amazing preparation or lack of preparation - for a fight. I'm stunned by it." Enzo Calzaghe countered: "He did as much sparring as he has before. "Joe Calzaghe never sparred - and he was a world champion for 11 years. "And all the sparring in the world cannot change the fact that Enzo has not fought for 12 months apart from some Mickey Mouse fight with Matthew Ellis at heavyweight. Why hasn't he boxed for 12 months? "Enzo didn't have a tape of the guy until fight night so we didn't see who we were up against until two hours before the fight. "A fighter should know who he is up against six weeks before the fight." -ends- Also people seem to be avoiding the fact that Maccarinelli is a terrible athlete, has sloppy technique and is a product of the Warren hype machine.
Calzeghe is a bad trainer with a son that was a great boxer. Good for Macc, he has the power to make some more money and maybe even win his title back. I'll root him on his comeback.
Even if he is a product of the Warren fight machine I think he had to split with Enzo after the Afolabi fight. Not taking anything away from Ola but Enzo didn't prepare him for the fight.
Maccarinelli is a Glass Jawed joke. He could have sparred 200 rounds and it would not have done a damn thing for that Glass Jaw of his. This is Warren making excuses for another of his Glass Jawed fighters.
I thought Maccarinelli wanted to jump ship to the UFC anyway, as even he realises he is complete garbage.
I'm not a fan of Enzo Mac but I feel a bit sorry for him as I think he was used as a bit of a pawn in the Calzaghe/Warren fallout.
