Dave Allen’s last outing saw the ‘Doncaster De La Hoya’ lose controversially to Johnny Fisher. Though Fisher was a favourite going into the fight, many believe Allen was the rightful winner.
Allen himself has spoken on the fight, suggesting that though he felt he won the fight, even dropping to the canvas in tears after the final bell, it would be unfair to call it a robbery as the fight was close.
Dave Allen now holds a record of 23-7, whilst Fisher advances to 13-0. The fight marked a potential opportunity for Allen to win his first title in boxing – the WBA Inter Continental title. Allen has shared the ring with the likes of Lucas Browne, Frazer Clarke, Tony Yoka and David Price, and in the build-up to the fight challenged the view that Fisher would breeze through him, as many had thought.
Dave Allen’s trainer, Jamie Moore, spoke to TalkSport regarding Dave Allen’s loss, stating, ‘It was a close fight and we definitely deserved to get the victory but when you scream robbery it takes away the power from the likes of big decisions at the level of Jack Catterall vs Josh Taylor’.
Jack Catterall was the victim of a very controversial decision in his first fight with Josh Taylor, with his trainers, Jamie Moore and Nigel Travis, outraged by the scorecards.
Moore continued, ‘The problem we’ve got is the way fights are scored. […] I don’t understand how you can have a ten-point scoring system and not use it, for instance if Dave Allen’s rounds that he won were way bigger than the rounds Fisher won, why not use the point system more effectively.’
Moore suggests boxing would benefit a great deal ‘if you score them in terms of the depth of the round, and how much they won the round by.’
There seems to be much interest in a rematch between ‘The Romford Bull’ and ‘The White Rhino’, which, due to the recent controversy, may land itself in London’s O2.
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