David Haye vs. Enzo Maccarinelli, billed as Bombs Away, was a professional boxing match contested on 8 March 2008, for the WBA, WBC, WBO and The Ring cruiserweight championship.

[1] After his stoppage victory over Jean-Marc Mormeck in November 2007 to win the WBA, WBC, The Ring and lineal[2] cruiserweight championship, David Haye had planned to move up full time to heavyweight (having had a one off bout against Tomasz Bonin at the weight in April 2007), however promoter Frank Warren had been pushing for him to face his WBO champion Enzo Maccarinelli in an unification bout.

[3] After either a heavyweight or catchweight bout was mooted Haye would tell BBC Sport he was "bending over backwards" to make the cruiserweight for the bout, saying "People keep telling me to fight Maccarinelli and I say I'm not a cruiserweight [any more], but it's being said so much that I told my manager Adam Booth to do what he can to make it happen.

I've trained every day since I beat Jean-Marc Mormeck to make sure that my weight doesn't go up in the slim chance that the Maccarinelli fight could happen.

"[4] During a stall in the negotiations Haye's promoter Frank Maloney held talks with Top Rank to potentially arrange a bout with former two time heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman for March 2008.

The match up drew immediate comparison to the Benn Eubank rematch 15 years earlier, with the event's promoter Warren saying "This is the biggest since Benn-Eubank, without a doubt.

Maccarinelli rose but he appeared very unsteady on his feet prompting referee John Keane to stop the bout.

[23] Maccarinelli was set to face unbeaten IBO titleholder Johnathon Banks for the now vacant WBO belt in July, then September[24] before being moved to December.

[25] However Banks pulled out with an ankle injury, then late replacement Francisco Álvarez failed his pre-fight medical due to high blood pressure, so Maccarinelli fought Matthew Ellis in a 10-round heavyweight bout.