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Boxing Life Stories

#18 Enzo Maccarinelli

Boxing Life Stories

Tris Dixon

Sports

4.91.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2019

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

Former WBO cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli was one of the biggest British punchers of his era, if not of all time. The Swansea man was an integral part of the Enzo Calzaghe stable, a regular sparring partner of Joe Calzaghe but he had his own huge nights in the ring, against Wayne Braithwaite, Marcelo Fabian Dominguez, David Haye, Ola Afolabi, Denis Lebedev and Roy Jones. There were nearly contests with Johnny Nelson and others, too, and the popular Welshman is not ruling out one more fight, which would be his 50th. Candidly he talks about his battles in the ring and away from it, the trainers he boxed under, his fight to prove his innocence after failing a drug test, the loss of his father and much more in a truly compelling and insightful interview Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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So he locked an animal I remember and a third round I think it was a third round I threw a jab and

0:36.2

It was a faint jab and he was a faint jab and he can throw a jab back and as he threw that jab back

0:41.2

I leaned off and I'm heading with a pizza right and flush in the chin and he locked in me and he said good shot and I shit myself.

0:50.0

My dad, my dad was my hero. I know he was my biggest fan and he'd uh I don't think he's a I don't think he's missed a football match or rugby match.

1:05.0

I missed anything on mine.

1:07.0

So when I got in that ring and without seeing my dad,

1:11.0

that killed me.

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Nothing happened it was boring and a crowd pulled and I think

1:18.2

that's haunted me I've always wanted her entertain from that moment on so I think think when you've seen me in the gym, boxing,

1:24.8

inspiring up with my toes, I very slick, it was strange I think, every I'm very

1:29.0

slick. When I ring, when that bell goes, I try and I ring when that stories. I'm delighted this week to be in the kitchen of

1:56.0

Welsh puncher Enzo MacCrenelli. The hard-hitting cruiserweight, light heavyweight,

2:00.3

and former WBO champion has dished out his fair share of one-punch knockouts during a long

2:05.6

unbeaten run before his all British unification clash with David Hay.

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