Round-by-Round: Dave Allen vs. Lucas Browne - 20 April 2019

[MasterG]

He did lose to a pretty average Lenroy Thomas and novice Tony Yoka (although he is a prospect).

His #22 ranking on BoxRec is pretty flattering.

Beating a finished Browne has inflated his actual level.

Allen has always said his losses where short notice fights.

[oogiebe]

Allen has always said his losses where short notice fights.

It's mostly true. Look at his record and you can see he's never really had a full camp until this fight.

[dookus]

To me, it seemed like all the steam went out of Allen motivation-wise after the Lenroy Thomas rematch. He'd obviously trained his balls off (check out his weight for that fight - eight pounds lighter than Saturday night) only for it to go down the toilet on an accidental headbutt in round 1. So I think it's fantastic he's finally had another chance to fight on a full camp and grabbed the opportunity with both hands..

Here's hoping Allen gets rewarded with a good payday. Assuming he's being lined up for Price, I think he outlasts the Liverpudlian quite easily - that has to be worth a few quid - and perhaps that will lead to a shot at British or European honours afterwards. (Let's not kid ourselves about a world title shot - Allen has a good chin, but that will only cost him a lot of brain cells.)

[Rob3_142]

Listen, I'm not hating on the lad, I like him as much as the next guy.

Maybe he will learn how to box, or learn to use what he has (a couple semi-impressive KO's in his last few fights).

That being said, against Browne he still looked very ungainly and uncoordinated. I'll happily be proven wrong, but at the moment I am not convinced he brings much to the party (although i do think he would outlast Price, if he can avoid the bombs in the opening 5-6 rounds).

[Ruthless-RKO]

In case anyone wants to compare, the attendance was 7,000 at The O2..