Highly regarded Russian middleweight Dmitry Pirog (16-0, 13 KOs) continued his way up in the ranks with the sixth-round TKO of Estonian Sergey Melis (15-2, 6 KOs) in the only televised bout, which lasted longer than one round on Tuesday at the Yubileyniy Palace of Sports in St. Petersburg, Russia read more ...

Enzo Maccarinelli has been handed a title lifeline by promoter Frank Warren in the form of an EBU cruiserweight title tilt against Russia’s Alexander Kotlobay on April 27 at the Yubileiny Sports Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Enzo suffered a nightmare 2009, losing by stoppage to Ola Afolabi and Denis Lebedev read more ...

Enzo Maccarinelli has rubbished reports linking him with a premature retirement. The Welshman said he was 'done' in the immediate aftermath of his third-round loss to Denis Lebedev, only to then tell BBC Wales, and BoxingScene.com, that he is thinking about his next step, and that he will not rush into a hasty decision. “No, I'm not retiring,” claimed Enzo when speaking to the Beeb. Enzo also told BoxingScene that he had spoken in haste immediately after the Lebedev contest. read more ...

Former WBO cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli has announced his retirement from the sport of boxing. Macca has lost three of his last four fights by knockout. last Saturday night in Manchester, he was stopped in three rounds by undefeated Denis Lebedev. He was also stopped by Ola Afolabi in March and was crushed in two rounds by David Haye last year. Macca promised to retire if he tasted defeat last Saturday. He showed nothing and was battered for three rounds read more ...

In a clash of former Olympic silver medalists, Amir Khan (21-1, 15 KOs) won the WBA super lightweight championship by outboxing reigning titleholder Andreas Kotelnik (31-3-1, 13 KOs) on Saturday night at the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester, England. Khan, who moved up from lightweight, was busier in round one. Kotelnik upped the pressure in round two as Khan boxed from long range. That was pattern of the fight as the counter-puncher Kotelnik was forced to take more of an aggressor’s role against read more ...

Former WBO cruiserweight Enzo Maccarinelli and Johnathon Banks will meet in February for the vacant WBO cruiserweight title with site and date to be named. The fight was originally scheduled to take place earlier this month in London, but the Banks withdrew only a few days before, leaving Maccarinelli to face heavyweight Mathew Ellis instead - whom he blasted out in two rounds. read more ...

Enzo Maccarinelli will make his heavyweight debut when he takes on Matthew Ellis over ten rounds at heavyweight on Saturday night at the ExCeL London. "I'm really pissed off with everything that has happened so when I get in that ring I'm going to be an angry man throwing bombs," said Maccarinelli, who has seen, for one reason or another, Johnathon Banks, Herbie Hide and now Alvarez ruled out of the fight. read more ...

It took ten weeks, but 2008 finally has a high profile knockout. That same win provided the cruiserweight division with its first successful linear title defense in its near-30 year history. The man on the delivering end of both accomplishments was London’s David “Hayemaker” Haye, who blitzed through Enzo Maccarinelli in scoring a stunning 2nd round knockout read more ...

In one of the most eagerly awaited cruiserweight unification fights ever, WBA and WBC champion David Haye (21-1, 20 KOs) destroyed WBO champion Enzo Maccarinelli (28-2, 21 KOs) in two rounds on Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London. After an even first round, Haye began to land in round two, then he floored Maccarinelli with a brutal barrage of punches. A wobbly Macca beat the count but reeled around the ring and referee John Keane read more ...

In the most significant cruiserweight unification title bout in years, world champions Enzo Maccarinelli (World Boxing Organization) and David Haye (World Boxing Council/World Boxing Association) will collide this Saturday, March 8, live on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast). The fight will start at 2 a.m. local time at the O2 Arena in London read more ...