David Allen | |
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Born | Doncaster, England |
Other names | The White Rhino [1] Doncaster De La Hoya [1] |
Statistics | |
Weight(s) | Heavyweight |
Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) |
Reach | 75 in (191 cm) |
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 31 |
Wins | 23 |
Wins by KO | 18 |
Losses | 6 |
Draws | 2 |
David Allen is a British professional boxer. He has challenged twice for the Commonwealth heavyweight title in 2017 and 2018. He holds a notable win over former WBA regular title holder Lucas Browne.
Allen started his professional career with a six-round points win over Rolandas Cesna in 2012. [2]
After being undefeated in his first ten professional fights, he fought Dillian Whyte in July 2016 at short notice for the vacant WBC International heavyweight title, losing by unanimous points decision over ten rounds. [3] [4]
In December 2016, he fought undefeated Luis Ortiz (26-0) on the undercard of Anthony Joshua vs. Éric Molina, losing by seventh-round stoppage. [5]
He fought Lenroy Thomas in May 2017 for the vacant Commonwealth heavyweight title, losing a split decision over twelve rounds. [6]
Their rematch in March 2018 was declared a technical draw after Allen suffered a bad cut over the right eye in the first round. [7]
Two fights later, Allen travelled to Paris to face undefeated Olympic gold medalist Tony Yoka (4-0), but was unsuccessful in a tenth-round technical knockout loss. [8]
The biggest win of Allen's career came in a third-round knockout of former WBA (Regular) champion Lucas Browne in April 2019. [9] [10]
Allen next fought David Price in July 2019, retiring in the tenth-round to suffer his fifth career loss. [11] [12]
He rebounded from the loss with a third-round knockout victory over Dorian Darch on 8 February 2020 in Sheffield.
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 Donny 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." [13] 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 Fabio Wardley for at least 12 months. I just want to come back and enjoy boxing." [14] [15]
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. [16]
31 fights | 23 wins | 6 losses |
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By knockout | 18 | 4 |
By decision | 5 | 2 |
Draws | 2 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Note |
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31 | Win | 23–6–2 | Amine Boucetta | PTS | 4 | 13 Jul 2024 | Skate Central, Sheffield, England | |
30 | Win | 22–6–2 | Jake Darnell | PTS | 4 | 6 Apr 2024 | Skate Central, Sheffield, England | |
29 | Loss | 21–6–2 | Frazer Clarke | RTD | 6 (10), 3:00 | 2 Sep 2023 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | |
28 | Win | 21–5–2 | Michael Bassett | TKO | 1 (6), 1:39 | 25 Feb 2023 | Hilton Hotel Portomaso, St Julian's, Malta | |
27 | Win | 20–5–2 | Milen Paunov | TKO | 2 (4), 1:33 | 19 Mar 2022 | Hilton Hotel, Newcastle, England | |
26 | Win | 19–5–2 | Andrea Pesce | TKO | 2 (4), 2:10 | 27 Aug 2021 | Ponds Forge Arena, Sheffield, England | |
25 | Win | 18–5–2 | Dorian Darch | KO | 3 (6), 0:53 | 8 Feb 2020 | FlyDSA Arena, Sheffield, England | |
24 | Loss | 17–5–2 | David Price | RTD | 10 (12), 3:00 | 20 Jul 2019 | The O2 Arena, London, England | For vacant WBA Continental heavyweight title |
23 | Win | 17–4–2 | Lucas Browne | KO | 3 (12), 0:58 | 20 Apr 2019 | The O2 Arena, London, England | |
22 | Win | 16–4–2 | Ariel Bracamonte | RTD | 7 (10), 3:00 | 10 Nov 2018 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | |
21 | Win | 15–4–2 | Samir Nebo | KO | 1 (10), 1:05 | 13 Oct 2018 | Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, England | |
20 | Win | 14–4–2 | Nick Webb | KO | 4 (10), 2:59 | 28 Jul 2018 | The O2 Arena, London, England | |
19 | Loss | 13–4–2 | Tony Yoka | TKO | 10 (10), 0:43 | 23 Jun 2018 | Palais des Sports, Paris, France | |
18 | Win | 13–3–2 | David Howe | TKO | 4 (4), 2:40 | 4 May 2018 | Town Hall, Walsall, England | |
17 | Draw | 12–3–2 | Lenroy Thomas | TD | 1 (12), 2:18 | 3 Mar 2018 | FlyDSA Arena, Sheffield, England | For Commonwealth heavyweight title; Fight stopped after Allen suffered an accidental cut. |
16 | Win | 12–3–1 | Tom Dallas | TKO | 3 (4), 0:37 | 22 Jul 2017 | Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England | |
15 | Loss | 11–3–1 | Lenroy Thomas | SD | 12 | 27 May 2017 | Bramall Lane, Sheffield, England | For vacant Commonwealth heavyweight title |
14 | Win | 11–2–1 | David Howe | KO | 2 (6), 2:24 | 4 Mar 2017 | The O2 Arena, London, England | |
13 | Win | 10–2–1 | Lukasz Rusiewicz | TKO | 1 (6), 0:31 | 25 Feb 2017 | Hull Arena, Hull, England | |
12 | Loss | 9–2–1 | Luis Ortiz | TKO | 7 (8), 2:59 | 10 Dec 2016 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | |
11 | Loss | 9–1–1 | Dillian Whyte | UD | 10 | 30 Jul 2016 | First Direct Arena, Leeds, England | For vacant WBC International heavyweight title |
10 | Win | 9–0–1 | Jason Gavern | RTD | 4 (8), 3:00 | 26 Mar 2016 | Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England | |
9 | Win | 8–0–1 | Fabrice Aurieng | PTS | 6 | 24 Oct 2015 | Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England | |
8 | Win | 7–0–1 | Jindrich Velecky | TKO | 3 (4), 2:28 | 29 Aug 2015 | Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, England | |
7 | Win | 6–0–1 | Larry Olubamiwo | RTD | 2 (6), 3:00 | 7 Jun 2014 | Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, England | |
6 | Draw | 5–0–1 | Plamen Nikolov | PTS | 4 | 29 Mar 2014 | Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, England | |
5 | Win | 5–0 | Moses Matovu | PTS | 4 | 2 Mar 2014 | Octagon Centre, Sheffield, England | |
4 | Win | 4–0 | Oliver Nagy | TKO | 1 (4), 0:45 | 19 Oct 2013 | Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring, England | |
3 | Win | 3–0 | Deyan Mihailov | TKO | 1 (4), 2:45 | 27 Apr 2013 | Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | Laszlo Peczeli | TKO | 1 (6), 0:55 | 2 Mar 2013 | Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield, England | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | Rolandas Cesna | PTS | 6 | 8 Dec 2012 | Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield, England |
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[In 2012], Allen made his professional bow and went the distance with Rolandas Cesna inside a Doncaster small hall.
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