Dave Allen secured a profession finest victory by knocking out Johnny Fisher in London of their eagerly-awaited rematch on Saturday evening.
Fisher was arguably 4 rounds up on the judges scorecard because the British rivals entered the fifth, till the Doncaster man had ‘The Romford Bull’ on crimson alert and flattened him simply earlier than the bell with a nasty left hook.
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Fisher had gained the primary assembly between the pair on the undercard of Oleksandr Usyk vs Tyson Fury 2 in December.
However the end result was lined in controversy as boxing followers query the cut up resolution that went in favour of ‘The Romford Bull’.
Allen, who went ten rounds for the primary time ever in Saudi Arabia, handed Fisher his first profession knockdown and seemed set to win.
Nonetheless, after Fisher survived till the tip of the bout – a choice that was labelled ‘disgraceful’ and ‘diabolical’ adopted – he was awarded the victory and prolonged his unbeaten file to 13-0.
Allen made certain there was no repeat on the Copper Field in London and will likely be set for an enormous homecoming in Doncaster after exacting revenge in devastating trend.
The battle was formally stopped at three minutes within the fifth spherical and Allen is now the the brand new WBA inter-continental heavyweight champion.
“I believed I’d win the battle,” Allen mentioned throughout his post-fight interview.
“The primary battle did me the world of excellent. I knew the time in between would go well with me.
“I put an additional little bit of weight on for the physique photographs, extra weight is normally good, and for Johnny Fisher I knew it could pay dividends.
“I put the additional weight on, took the danger and acquired [the belt]…
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“I’m the fattest, hardest man you’ll ever see.”
Allen then mentioned it was his ‘dream,’ and the win meant every little thing for him as he has been ‘written off so many instances.’
After an actionless first spherical, Fisher started to search out his toes, working Allen together with his jab whereas largely on the again foot.
Each males shared 36 wins between them, however it was Fisher who was little doubt below extra strain to get a convincing win.
Fisher troubled Allen within the third with a physique shot across the halfway level and continued smashing Allen, who weighed for the battle at a whopping 2665lbs, with heavy blows.
‘The Romford Bull’ was arguably three rounds clear and we headed into the fourth as his group informed him to proceed doing precisely what he was doing.
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Fisher took the recommendation on board and continued to combine it up, with Allen struggling to provide the 26-year-old something to consider.
Fisher was undoubtedly up within the judges scorecards on the midway stage, nevertheless, momentum swung dramatically when Allen got here out swinging in the identical spherical he dropped his British rival again in December in Saudi Arabia throughout their first bout.
Allen landed a giant proper hand with 50 seconds to go within the fifth, however ‘The Romford Bull’ appeared to shake it off and shook and stored going.
However, in what was nearly a mirror picture of the primary battle, Allen caught Fisher with vicious blows and the latter couldn’t shake it off this time round.
Fisher’s legs had gone after a proper hand from Allen, who proceeded to land deadly physique photographs earlier than exacting his revenge with an ideal left hook that despatched his opponent’s eyes proper to the again of his cranium.
Medics rushed to Fisher’s assist within the fast aftermath of the bout and he was noticed sporting an oxygen masks for a short second as soon as he had recovered.
Matchroom Boxing’s Eddie Hearn, who promotes Fisher, credited Allen’s efficiency when he acquired within the microphone.
“If anybody was going to interrupt your coronary heart, you’d need it to be Dave Allen,” he mentioned.
‘The story of Dave Allen is unbelievable, for years and years I believed he was carried out in boxing, and he got here again tonight and rolled again the punches for an amazing efficiency.”