David Allen is a British professional boxer. He has challenged twice for the

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title in 2017 and 2018. He holds a notable win over former world heavyweight champion Lucas Browne.

Professional career

Early career

Allen started his professional career with a six-round points win over Rolandas Cesna in 2012.

Allen vs. Whyte

After being undefeated in his first ten professional fights, he fought Dillian Whyte in July 2016 at short notice for the vacant

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International heavyweight title, losing by unanimous points decision over ten rounds.

Allen vs. Ortiz

In December 2016, he fought undefeated Luis Ortiz (26-0) on the undercard of

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, losing by seventh-round stoppage.

Allen vs. Thomas

He fought Lenroy Thomas in May 2017 for the vacant Commonwealth heavyweight title, losing a

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over twelve rounds.

Allen vs. Thomas II

Their rematch in March 2018 was declared a

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after Allen suffered a bad cut over the right eye in the first round.

Allen vs. Yoka

Two fights later, Allen travelled to Paris to face undefeated Olympic gold medalist

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(4-0), but was unsuccessful in a tenth-round technical knockout loss.

Allen vs. Browne

The biggest win of Allen's career came in a third-round knockout of former WBA (Regular) champion Lucas Browne in April 2019.

Allen vs. Price

Allen next fought David Price in July 2019, retiring in the tenth-round to suffer his fifth career loss. He rebounded from the loss with a third-round knockout victory over Dorian Darch on 8 February 2020 in

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Retirement

Allen announced his retirement from boxing on 15 November 2020, stating, "The reason for me calling it a day is simple. I don’t want to get punched anymore. Long gone are the days of the kid from

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who wants to fight. All I want now is a nice quiet life with a wife and some kids. Healthy and happy getting nice and fat." However, in April 2021, he revealed via social media that he plans to return to boxing, saying, ""I had a meeting today and what I wanted was, I wanted to come back and box, but I want to come back at a low level. I want to enjoy my boxing, I want to win titles, whatever titles they may be. I will be boxing again but I won't be coming back and boxing Alen Babic and

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for at least 12 months. I just want to come back and enjoy boxing."

Comeback

On 27 August, 2021, Allen returned from retirement to fight Andrea Pesce at the Ponds Forge Arena in Yorkshire. Allen comfortably won by technical knockout in the 2nd round.

Professional boxing record

References

External links

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