Maccarinelli-Sellers apparently not going to happen

[OumaFan]

from fightnews

looks like the boxing commission in Wales has nixed the idea of the fight even though the WBO approved it. It was an absolute joke of a fight.

fightnews apparently has talked to a "seasoned veteran" who Warren contacted but apparently it was low money and had promotional options so he, whoever he is, didn't take it.

Darnell Wilson would be an interesting fight but the risk/reward probably means it won't happen.

[Preme]

spoke top him a few hours ago, there seemed to be no problem with the fight then. As for the seasoned veteran, isn't out yet who he was? Had fuck all to do with the money.

[ono]

Might aswell do what they do on gameshows where they shine a light down onto the audience and randomly pick a piss head to fight him.

Would be just as competitive as Sellers fight.

[skel1983]

Warren is a fucking joke, remember when this card was announced, and the talk was about Cunningham? That was never the case i would be suprised if Sellers is being paid more than 10-15k for this fight, all the money is obviously for the Kessler Calzaghe fight.

There are so many opponents that would of been better Wilson, Frogemeni or even Herbie Hide. But i suppose they are not willing to be paid slave wages to come over and fight Enzo.

[donnydarkoIRL]

I'd add to that and say there may not be an awful lot of guys below the best willing to fight Enzo.

[SEANIE]

Warren is a fucking joke, remember when this card was announced, and the talk was about Cunningham? That was never the case i would be suprised if Sellers is being paid more than 10-15k for this fight, all the money is obviously for the Kessler Calzaghe fight.

There are so many opponents that would of been better Wilson, Frogemeni or even Herbie Hide. But i suppose they are not willing to be paid slave wages to come over and fight Enzo.

Lets be honest though outside wales Enzo is unknown. So you cant expect to much money for boxing him.

[superheavyrhun]

The problem for journeymen boxers and getting offered a fight with Enzo is that they've all seen what he's done to the "dubiously talented" Bobby Gunn, and they're all going to want some serious money to get in with him, in case he does the same again. If it's not an unification fight, then it puts a whole lot of second tier fighters into demanding big bucks to be what could be a bit of a punching bag.

[donnydarkoIRL]

CC superheavy.
Great minds and all that....

[SEANIE]

The problem for journeymen boxers and getting offered a fight with Enzo is that they've all seen what he's done to the "dubiously talented" Bobby Gunn, and they're all going to want some serious money to get in with him, in case he does the same again. If it's not an unification fight, then it puts a whole lot of second tier fighters into demanding big bucks to be what could be a bit of a punching bag.

The real problem is theres too many fucking titles and if we could get rid of the WBO, IBF, WBC and WBA and get one real title then we wouldnt have these situations were third and 4th rate boxers get to call themselves world champions or get to box for world titles.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Ummm...are you implying that Enzo is second rate?

[Fenster]

Journeymen boxers? Come again?

Enzo is the WBO "world" champ. He's meant to be passed the journeymen stage and he shouldn't be in with anymore journeymen untill he's been sparked out and is on the comeback.

[superheavyrhun]

Journeymen boxers? Come again?

Enzo is the WBO "world" champ. He's meant to be passed the journeymen stage and he shouldn't be in with anymore journeymen untill he's been sparked out and is on the comeback.

With a top tier of only six or seven fighters, that rules out the vast majority of cruiserweights there are available, and with Mormeck v Haye and Adamek v Cunningham, that only leaves one or two fighters left if he fought the guys you wanted.

[Fenster]

WBO rankings
1 Marco Huck GER
2 David Haye GB
3 Johnathon Banks (NABO) USA
4 Vincenzo Cantatore ITA
5 Gregory Drozd (Asia-Pacific) RUS
6 Giacobbe Fragomeni ITA
7 Darnell Wilson USA
8 Herbie Hide GB
9 O'Neil Bell USA
10 Alexander Alexeev (Int-Cont) RUS
11 Alexander Gurov UKR
12 Rudolf Kraj CZE
13 Rob Calloway USA
14 Wayne Braithwaite GUY
15 Vadim Tokarev RUS


David Haye's leftovers would be fine by me. Certainly better than dragging old men out of retirement to get butchered inside 3 minutes.

[superheavyrhun]

WBO rankings
1 Marco Huck GER
2 David Haye GB
3 Johnathon Banks (NABO) USA
4 Vincenzo Cantatore ITA
5 Gregory Drozd (Asia-Pacific) RUS
6 Giacobbe Fragomeni ITA
7 Darnell Wilson USA
8 Herbie Hide GB
9 O'Neil Bell USA
10 Alexander Alexeev (Int-Cont) RUS
11 Alexander Gurov UKR
12 Rudolf Kraj CZE
13 Rob Calloway USA
14 Wayne Braithwaite GUY
15 Vadim Tokarev RUS


David Haye's leftovers would be fine by me. Certainly better than dragging old men out of retirement to get butchered inside 3 minutes.

Surely Gurov would fall into the bracket of "old man to get butchered inside 3 minutes?" As for Fragomeni, I would think that he has thoughts of angling for a bout with Vincenzo Cantatore for the European title at the moment. After that we only really have boxers out of Germany, who wouldn't fight over here, and Americans, who will think they deserve big bucks cause they have the stars and stripes after their name on boxrec.

[Fenster]

Gurov can bang, has been in with the best, and is still active. There's a HUGE difference between the likes of Gurov and Ezra Sellers.. who was forced into retirement through a thousand injuries.

Who would you settle for then, Rhun? Cause I don't believe you'd be happy with more journeymen like Bobby Gunn or ancient fossils like Sellers.. all these guys do is continue to make Enzo a laughing stock.