David Haye (20-1, 19KOs) is making his final appearance at Cruiserweight, and is hoping to make the step up to heavyweight as the undisputed champion of the 14'4" division with a win over Maccarinelli. A natural puncher who has to boil down to make the weight, Haye's best chance of victory will probably be in the earlier rounds when he is freshest, and will need to find the gaps in Maccarinelli's defence and land the big shots he is famed for. Haye is a longtime European titlist at cruiserweight who KO'd a WBC ranked heavyweight in his debut amongst the big boys in one round. However, his crowning glory so far was the enthralling manner of his victory over Jean Marc Mormeck last November when he rose from the floor, dazed and seemingly destined for defeat in the fourth round to dethrone the French champion in a seventh round KO. Haye will probably go into the fight a narrow favourite, and much could indeed depend on how much he has lost in terms of strength, stamina and endurance in making the cruiserweight limit. Haye's only defeat came at the hands of Carl Thompson early in his career in only his 11th fight, where Haye seemed to have Thompson in trouble early on, but gave too much too soon, and was eventually KOd in the fifth round.

Enzo Maccarinelli (28-1, 21KOs) will be bringing the third title to this particular party, having completed four defences of his WBO strap, and having improved greatly since joining Enzo Calzaghe's stable in 2006. Maccarinelli's experience of the later rounds could give him the edge if the fight goes to the second half, and has shown good defence and boxing skills as well as power in his points win over big-hitting former champ Wayne Braithwaite last summer. The sole blemish on his record was a KO defeat to journeyman Lee Swaby in only his fourth fight, which Maccarinelli claims to have learnt a lot from, and helped make him the fighter he is today.