Maccarinelli v Bellew Prime for Prime

[Fenster]

Yes, Enzo is a multi defence Champion - FACT as you would say. 5 defences , opponents with combined career records of 124-13-4. Bellew is an unproven champ , who got his chance after fighting non CW's (Cleverley & others where he came in half a stone below the limit.) and has defended it once against a hand picked part time commentator - FACT.

Actually it was four defences, he wasn't given the WBO title until Nelson retired, which makes the combined opponents - 86-8-3.

Bellew won the WBC title - in the ring - against the no.1 ranked WBC fighter, the combined record of his title fight opponents is - 53-3-1. If you throw in his European title win, which immediately preceded those, it's 87-6-1.

So even if we ignore the actual substance of the fighters (which is obviously silly, as light-heavy Cleverly, or the "Commentator" alone, would easily beat everyone Enzo beat apart from Braithwaite), the numbers suggest Bellew's winning cruiserweight title fights matchup well with Enzo's.

To address another point - Enzo is the "natural" cruiserweight that dropped down to lightheavy. Bellew is a lightheavy that is about to fight at heavyweight. Enzo is an inch taller. They have the same reach.

(I love boxrec) Fact.