Warren slams Enzo preparation

Worst thing you can do with a guy like Ola's style is to become preoccupied with hitting him, when you miss, because that is what that style is based upon. James Toney has done it for years. His opponent misses one shot so they try and follow up with another shot, and they end up standing in punching range swinging away and missing whilst simultaneously getting countered. The way to fight that style is to keep the range/distance and use the jab. Jones jr/ Oquendo/Rahman executed perfectly by pecking away at Toney from the outside. Even though Rahman did not get the decision, he did win the fight imo. I know Jones did not use the jab, but he kept that distance.

Great stuff GreatJoe :fing02: I guess Macca doesn't have the desire to be a pro boxer any longer. I hope he has made some good coin. I can see an MMA move happening soon. Enzo said he nearly done it before the Haye fight because he had a big offer and he didn't have any big fights coming up, he said then he was getting bored with boxing. It will be hard to make a comeback in boxing now, very difficult indeed.

Great stuff GreatJoe :fing02: I guess Macca doesn't have the desire to be a pro boxer any longer. I hope he has made some good coin.

Not doing any sparring b4 a bout sounds like an amateur move. If my trainer was not training me, I'd train my self or train with another trainer in the meantime. Is the guy a professional or a little kid who needs his to be told what to do? I'm sure he knew that he was supposed to train before a major fight.

I think someone in this thread said Enzo Mac would beat Adamek.

So basically, if someone had shot Warren a few weeks ago, meaning that the court case had to be cancelled, then Big Mac would've had a better chance of winning? Interesting. Man youre avatar is cool. Trap Door was so great ... Really looks like Enzos preparation wasnt the best. In the buildup they showed him training his new conditioning stuff, but there wasnt any boxing at all. He also said something about sparring in the post fight interview, but I understood almost nothing...

Interesting comment on the setanta page... 'What I want to know is this! At 530pm last night Enzo Mac was running around outside the MEN arena trying to get his Nephews mother in to MEN arena to Watch his nephew Tobias Webb who unfortunatly was Fighting at 5.30pm on the undercard he looked stressed out and more concerned about that than the actual fight,,, He should have explained to his nephew that altough it was his first pro fight he had an important title fight and he would see him at the arena later that night! He was running around like an abosolute and idiot an looked streesed out to the Max, Also the comments by Mr Warren are totally true regarding the sparring! Two weeks ago I was approached by a representitive of Enzo's to book a Hotel room for eitier Derek Chisora or Matthew Ellis in Swansea so that they could come down and Spar Enzo this never materialised its Nuts!'

theres no excuse that i would ever take why mecca lost to that dude ... was really pitiful but it did make me :rofl:

you dont spar you dont watch video you underestimate your opponent interesting to read about a 'pro' boxer hahahahhaah i know its sickkkk no sparing??? unbelievable

Enzo Calzaghe is responsible for gettin' his fighters prepared to fight......last night his fighters didn't look prepared......he makes the trainer of the year award seem like a overrated plaque......his LUCKY STREAK is over and now we see the real quality of this trainer.

I find it very hard to believe that any pro, especially one who is near to the top of the division would get in the ring without a single round of sparring under his belt. If true its completely unproffesional and it has cost him his career. At least on the big stage anyway.

Interesting stuff man, and does make sense. Enzo Calzaghe is a good trainer in terms of bringing the best out of people. If he's not around then he can't even do that. Plus he's a poor defensive trainer too imo. All these things do show in all Enzo's guys losing. I find it amazing at this level, that Enzo Calzaghe could be so out of tune with what his fighters up to leading up to a fight. Did he even know Enzo Mac had not sparred hardly at all? If so that's criminal. Furthermore, surely even Frank Warren has enough to do with his fighters that he drops round once and a while, see's how they're getting on. It looks terrible and very un professional for all involved. One thing though, as much as Warren has a point, it's rich him going on about the court case when he's largely caused that and that will effect the trainer and the gym. Warren should think about that.

No sparring ahead of a bro bout? Especially with his recognition? What the f*ck were they playing at?! I know Enzo Calzaghe might have been tied up with the court case or whatever but that is no excuse he should have given him a sparring partner, and if Enzo Macc. didn't speak up about it then he should of because sparring at his level is extremely important. F*ck even Charlie Zellenoff has managed to do a bit of sparring prior to his fight, I am not just going to blame Calzaghe Sr. or Enzo Macc... because I dunno who is to blame, but all I am going to say is sparring ahead of a professional bout is extremely important especially at his level.

I think it was a mixture of things for Macc. - Enzo not properly training him. - Not watching a tape of his opponent until the day before the fight. - Greatly underestimating his opponent. - Wrong tactics for the fight, If he had seen the fields fight, his fight turned out pretty much the same. Afolabi's style is something you have to train for, you can't just go in and blast him out, he has to be outboxed.

That was unfortunate..