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Enzo Maccarinelli's dream of a domestic cruiserweight showdown with his big rival David Haye is over after promoter Frank Warren said he was forced to pull the plug on a projected April showdown.
Maccarinelli signed his portion of the contract for the fight on Saturday but less than 24 hours later Warren insisted it was "dead in the water" due to impossible last-minute demands made by Haye's team.
Warren said: "We got to the stage where all the contracts and *********s were agreed and exchanged, then they started making more ridiculous demands and negotiated themselves out of the fight.
"We had worked so hard to get this fight on and it has all been one big waste of time. It is clear to me that Haye never intended to go through with this fight in the first place."
Warren had planned to stage the explosive showdown on the undercard of Joe Calzaghe's WBO super-middleweight title defence against Peter Manfredo in Manchester on April 7.
Haye initially called out Maccarinelli by placing a full-page advert in the trade magazine Boxing News and warning his rival they must fight by April or not at all.
Neither Haye, his trainer Adam Booth nor promoter Frank Maloney was immediately available for comment.
Maccarinelli is still expected to defend his WBO title on the Manchester bill before turning his attention to a possible clash with the winner of O'Neil Bell's unification rematch with Jean-Marc Mormeck.
Enzo Maccarinelli's dream of a domestic cruiserweight showdown with his big rival David Haye is over after promoter Frank Warren said he was forced to pull the plug on a projected April showdown.
Maccarinelli signed his portion of the contract for the fight on Saturday but less than 24 hours later Warren insisted it was "dead in the water" due to impossible last-minute demands made by Haye's team.
Warren said: "We got to the stage where all the contracts and *********s were agreed and exchanged, then they started making more ridiculous demands and negotiated themselves out of the fight.
"We had worked so hard to get this fight on and it has all been one big waste of time. It is clear to me that Haye never intended to go through with this fight in the first place."
Warren had planned to stage the explosive showdown on the undercard of Joe Calzaghe's WBO super-middleweight title defence against Peter Manfredo in Manchester on April 7.
Haye initially called out Maccarinelli by placing a full-page advert in the trade magazine Boxing News and warning his rival they must fight by April or not at all.
Neither Haye, his trainer Adam Booth nor promoter Frank Maloney was immediately available for comment.
Maccarinelli is still expected to defend his WBO title on the Manchester bill before turning his attention to a possible clash with the winner of O'Neil Bell's unification rematch with Jean-Marc Mormeck.
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