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Haye: I'll knockout Maccarinelli

29/12/2007

Boxing promoter Frank Warren has confirmed that an all-British clash between Enzo Maccarinelli and David Haye will take place in March.

The fight has been on the cards for some time but has now been given the official go-ahead for March 8th.

Maccarinelli is the current WBO cruiserweight world champion and Haye is the WBC/WBA world champion in the same weight division.

All titles will be on the line at the as-yet undecided venue and the clash has been billed as the biggest fight between UK boxers since Nigel Benn faced Chris Eubank in the early 1990s.

"I'm delighted that Haye has finally put pen to paper and the fight is happening. There is nothing like a big fight between the top two British fighters in the division to get the public excited," Maccarinelli said after the fight was announced today.

"I believe that this will rival, if not better, the Nigel Benn-Chris Eubank epics. We are both big punchers but I believe that I am the hardest hitter out of the two of us. Once I drop Haye he won't be getting up."

Warren echoed those sentiments, calling the meeting a "real fight for the boxing fans and media".

"If there is one fight I would buy a ticket to watch it would be Maccarinelli-Haye," he said.

Both fighters are renowned for being big hitters and picking themselves up from the canvas.

Haye needed to come back from the brink in November when he stopped Jean-Marc Mormeck in the seventh round of their title fight.

"It has all the ingredients for a potentially thrilling fight: two big names, both huge punchers, both have been put down but got up to win and plenty of pride at stake," Warren added.

Welshman Maccarinelli has beaten 21 of his 29 opponents within the distance while Londoner Haye has stopped 19 of the 21 fighters he has faced.