Veteran Dave Allen (24-7-2, 19 CO’s) previously unbeaten domestic level British heavyweight Johnny Fisher (13-1, 11 COs) knocked out his first career defeat in their Rematch and knocked him out in the fifth round Saturday night at the Copper Box Arena in London, England.
(Credit: Mark Robinson/Matchroom)
Calculated calm, then chaos
Allen, 33, played it cool for the first four rounds, threw a few blows and did not sit on his shots against Fisher. In fifth place, Allen exploded and hurt Fisher with a left to the body, followed by a right to the head that brought him to flee.
Moments later, Allen connected to a left and right hook that Fisher put down. It seems the right Fisher bends on the back of the head, but it still looked clean. When Fisher, 26, got up again, you could see that his legs were gone. He hurt when he shuffled around the ring and tried to escape, but it was no use.
Allen closed the distance and landed a left and right to the body, causing Fisher to drop his guard. Allen then labeled Fisher with a perfectly placed left hook to the jaw that threw his head. When Fisher fell, Allen nailed him to the head with a right hand. He was so out of it that he probably never felt the punch.
Referee Marcus McDonnell renounced it at the same time as Fisher’s corner of the towel threw in. The time of the downtime was at 3:00 of round five.
In rounds 1 to 4, Fisher was in charge of the action, to use and clinch his brand illegal tight arm when Allen was able to land. It was ugly to look at. There were many low blows of Fisher. Third, he was warned that he had hit the break. He threw the rule book at the window and tried everything to win. However, you can even say that he was on his way to problems because he uses a lot of energy, and looked scared when Allen would throw.
Lessons from last December
There were some big real hands Allen ended up in the first four rounds that let you know that he was going to catch Fisher with something big to strike him or drop him. In their previous battle in December last year, Allen Fisher dropped in fifth place, but couldn’t finish him. Fisher then worked the rest of the way and took great punishment to win a very controversial 10-round decision. Tonight Allen would not have the judges robbed again.
Last updated on 05/17/2025
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