Hughie Fury vs. Dave Allen - TBA

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Hughie Fury says he would be open to a behind closed doors domestic Heavyweight clash with Matchroom stablemate Dave Allen whilst his World Title hopes have been put on hold due to the COVID-19 outbreak as he spoke with Chris Lloyd in the latest episode of Matchroom Boxing’s podcast ‘The Lockdown Tapes’.

Fury (24-3, 14 KOs) stopped the Czech Republic's Pavel Sour in three rounds to rekindle his World Title ambitions last time out in March, but with international travel disrupted by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Mancunian has set his targets closer to home.

"Dave Allen keeps mentioning my name saying he wants to fight me and all this," said Fury. "I'm a fighting man so let’s get it on as soon as possible. It doesn't bother me. It's only going to be fights against English opponents at the moment. It will be a good fight between the pair of us, there’s no point in waiting. I have no hard feelings against him but he’s mentioning my name so let’s get it on!"

The only defeats on Fury’s 27 fight slate came at World level – a majority 12 round decision in a close and controversial WBO World Title challenge to New Zealand’s Joseph Parker in 2017, a gallant and gory 12 round points loss to Kubrat Pulev in a IBF Final Eliminator in Sofia and a points loss to Alexander Povetkin last summer.

At 25, Fury believes that his best years are ahead of him and the cousin of WBC Heavyweight World Champion Tyson is confident that there's still plenty of time left for career-defining fights once the sporting world gets back to normal.

"I'm 25 and still filling out. One thing I love to do is fight and no one will ever take that away from me, I love these challenges. We have changed a lot although you never got to see too much in the Pavel Sour fight. When I get back in these bigger fights that is when you will see the difference and the changes we’ve made."

As well as discussing a potential showdown with Allen, Fury disused his losses to Pulev and Povetkin and what he learnt from them, overcoming his struggle with acne conglobata and much more.

[gregregegg]

I think hughie probably wins every round on the backfoot with neither getting hurt. in a lacklustre fight, that gives realy no credit to either.

There are very few fights i want to see hughie in, but im sure he can come back and go places. dont think a dave allen points win will boost him into superstardom and respect.

Id like Allen to fight some journeyman and try get povetkin in December/ early 2021 if he loses to whyte in July. sounds mental to match allen with pov But if pov lost to dillian and got some more miles on the clock, and at 41 by the end of the year id actualy give allen better odds in that than vs hughie, just from the style matchup. And it would be entertaining as fornicate, and If he did get the wild upset its a hugeee win, and if not pov gets a comeback fight.

[rm1]

Allen should be in with domestic heavies like Wardley, Webb,Gorman, Ali, Dickinson etc they would be god fights perhaps leading to an English title. Fury is European level at least and will win what will probably;y be a boring fight.

[bigjack]

Allen should be in with domestic heavies like Wardley, Webb,Gorman, Ali, Dickinson etc they would be god fights perhaps leading to an English title. Fury is European level at least and will win what will probably;y be a boring fight.

I wouldn't say Hughie is European at least,Pulev isn't a world beater and look what happened there.

[Avitar]

Horrible fight for allen fury is too slick for him will be a peppering all night kinda fight

[My Name Is Earl]

1/18 betfair......that's about right.

[fizzjambo]

The Dave Allen obsession Sky sports has continues

[jameswilson]

The Dave Allen obsession Sky sports has continues

The boxrec obsession with Hughie Fury seems to continue as well.

He’s still at least European class.

[bigjack]

It's the worst type of opponent for Allen,he won't lay a glove on Hughie.

[Steveh583]

Could go like the sexton fight

[oogiebe]

Hughie is trash.

[margaret thatcher]

Has Hughie in a boring ass shutout all over it

[margaret thatcher]

Hughie is trash.

Whatever Hughster is, he's gawd compared to Dave

[oogiebe]

Hughie is trash.

Whatever Hughster is, he's gawd compared to Dave

No doubt. Let him fight Allen. Hughie will never beat a top 15 guy. Maybe not even 25.

[THEBUTCH]

Landslide points win for Fury or accumulation of punches forces the ref to stop an outclassed Allen.

If it's just to ease Hughie back in after the lockdown break fair enough, but if Skysports start giving the contest their excessive fanfare then it instantly becomes a farce.

[THEBUTCH]

Whoever picked Allen to win on points, you should get bloody good odds with the bookies.

[margaret thatcher]

Before the Price fight Allen prob would've be 50 -50 here

[rio]

Does anyone actually want to see this fight? The result is a full drawn conclusion and the fight itself would be an absolute stinker.

[jameswilson]

Before the Price fight Allen prob would've be 50 -50 here

Not against Hughie ‘At least European class’ Fury.

[DrDuke]

Hughie would outpoint Allen in a snoozefest.

[cmonyouguys]

Hughie will look top class against Allen. Good fight for him and sets us up nicely for a Fury v Price megafight.

[Coco]

Price v Fury is a good fight for both.

It keeps Fury in the mix, while Price can fight a non puncher leading to a bigger fight if he wins.

[margaret thatcher]

What about Dave Allen's world title shot though

[THEBUTCH]

An English or ,at a push, British title shot would be nice for Allen. Suppose he thinks he's above these titles with the level of attention he's managed to create for himself.

[THEBUTCH]

Hughie Fury v David Price would get a fair bit of interest.