Johnny Fisher and Dave Allen brings him back to “copper-bosh”.
The British heavy goods vehicle duo will be revealed on May 17 at the Copper Box Arena in London during the main event of a show promoted by the membership boxing of Eddie Hearn, sources said close to the situation.
Fisher and Allen meet at a launch press conference scheduled for London on Friday for their Dazn pavilion.
Fisher (13-0, 11 KB) won a controversial fractionation decision on Allen (23-7-2, 18 KB) to claim the Intercontinental WBA heavyweight championship last December in Riyadh on the Oleksandr Usyk vs Tyson Fury 2 sub-card.
“The Romford Bull” started the fight well, controlling the first laps, but Allen managed to turn the trend in the fifth round, putting Fisher on the web and keeping it in difficulty. Allen then dominated the second half of the fight, leaving a lot of no doubt in their minds that he was a deserved winner after 10 rounds. However, the judges decided differently.
Fisher, 26, is one of the biggest British boxing ticket sellers, so when his hand was controversial against Allen, many criticized the result as another example of the side privileges prevailing in boxing – similar to an uproar with Gervonta Davis against Lamont Roach last weekend.
When Fisher titled for the first time in July 2024, nearly 7,000 people struck the copper box to watch it eliminate Alen Babic in the first round, a fight that was a low level shift.
Allen, 32, looked uninviting in his previous fight on the big stage before facing Fisher in December. “The White Rhino” lost six rounds comfortably against Frazer Clarke at the end of 2023 before being removed by his trainer, Jamie Moore. He is now looking for redemption in May, knowing that another defeat could point out the end of the road for his hopes to be a main player in the British boxing truck division.
(Tagstotranslate) Dave Allen (T) Johnny Fisher (T) Mark Robinson (T) Eddie Hearn (T) Copper Box (T) Match Boxing (T) British Heavyweight (T) British Boxing (T) Oleksandr Usyk
