Dave Allen vs. Arslanbek Makhmudov | DAZN - 11 October 2025

[Coco]

I really don't think the Russian is too good.

Fisher made Allen look good, subsequently his confirmation, fitness and gym work has improved.

I still see the Doncaster man as British level, but that should be good enough to beat Mak.

Mak will look great against a fragile fighter, but there is no plan B

Thing is what is British level at heavyweight nowadays?
We've had a few of the better heavyweights in the world of late.

Below Fraser Clarke, more like the fella who just vacated

[rd350lc]

I really don't think the Russian is too good.

Fisher made Allen look good, subsequently his confirmation, fitness and gym work has improved.

I still see the Doncaster man as British level, but that should be good enough to beat Mak.

Mak will look great against a fragile fighter, but there is no plan B

Thing is what is British level at heavyweight nowadays?
We've had a few of the better heavyweights in the world of late.

Below Fraser Clarke, more like the fella who just vacated

I got your point Coco, just think "British level" nowadays at heavyweight is better than it was say 15-20 years ago.
Anyway Dave obviously needs to rip the body from the off, the blueprint is there.

[Coco]

Thing is what is British level at heavyweight nowadays?
We've had a few of the better heavyweights in the world of late.

Below Fraser Clarke, more like the fella who just vacated

I got your point Coco, just think "British level" nowadays at heavyweight is better than it was say 15-20 years ago.
Anyway Dave obviously needs to rip the body from the off, the blueprint is there.

I definitely didn't mean British level as an insult, far from it!

I'm not trying to say Mak is hopeless, just not world level, British level at best

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Fight week!!

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Dave Allen knows what he has to do to beat Arslanbek Makhmudov

Dave Allen: “It would be the biggest win of my career”

A fired-up Dave Allen is ready for the biggest fight of his life in front of one of the biggest crowds at Sheffield’s Utilita Arena.

Last remaining tickets are on sale with over 8,000 fans ready to roar the 33-year-old Doncaster native on against Arslanbek Makhmudov this Saturday, October 11 – live worldwide on DAZN.

Allen – affectionately known to fight fans as ’The White Rhino’ – has been hailed for his incredible transformation as he counts down to his toughest test to date against the bear-wrestling, Canada-based behemoth, Makhmudov.

Having completed what he believes is his best training camp of his career, Allen knows a victory will propel him to even bigger nights with promoter Eddie Hearn already talking up a tantalising Heavyweight clash against former WBC king Deontay Wilder.

And Allen has left no stone unturned – and has explained why everything has had to be ‘perfect’ approaching a monumental weekend ahead.

“Boxing is my life,” said Allen, speaking to Matchroom Boxing.

“It’s all I do. I train, I fight, I manage, I promote, I do punditry. It’s everything to me.

“I know it’s going to be a hard fight – but it would be the biggest win of my career.

“The likes of Luis Ortiz might have been better than him [Arslanbek Makhmudov]. But I’ve never beaten anyone better, so I have a lot of respect for him. He’s a good fighter and to beat him, I have to get everything perfect.”

Allen, 24-7-2 with 19 wins by the way of knockout, revealed he has found relaxation away from the hard rigours of training… by ‘managing’ Manchester United on his iPad.

“I love Football Manager,” he added.

“I’ve been managing for that long, 15 years at Man United, that they’ve given me a youth player called ‘Dave Allen’. I’m not kidding.

“He’s pretty good as well. He’s played a couple of times for England! I’m over the moon with myself. So, yeah, that’s what I do to unwind. Some people might think it’s sad. But it’s the little wins in life that keep you going.”

Indeed, a big win this Saturday – at Sheffield’s Utilita Arena – will certainly keep a revitalised Dave Allen going.

[MasterG]

If you haven't seen Propa Boxing on YouTube, give this a watch about Dave Allen.

Propa Boxing best boxing channel imo.

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Josh Padley: Junior Lightweight Move Will Help Me Reach World Stage

Anybody who has ever worked either outdoors on site or in a factory will know about the tradition of getting something good to eat as the week draws to a close.

It is an unwritten rule rather than a contractual obligation and it may be a Thursday payday or a Friday morning but, at some point, somebody will be dispatched to collect breakfast sandwiches from the local cafe or a bag full of orders from the local chip shop.

It is a treat former electrician and junior lightweight contender Josh Padley regularly had to forgo.

"If I were ever in camp and the lads were getting a sandwiches on Friday, I used to miss them," Padley (16-1, 5 KOs) told The Ring with a laugh.

"Before I did the solar engineering for the last year of my electrical career I was a site supervisor for six or seven years. Obviously if I were in camp, on a Friday I'd sometimes get the lads' sandwiches and have to miss out.

"I'd send the apprentice to the shop with my own money to get them but I'd be like, 'No, I don’t want one.'"

Padley's days of working around his weight are over. The 29-year-old from Doncaster's recent successes have enabled him to become a full-time fighter and dedicate every waking hour to being as good as he can be.

Having more time and energy to train has opened his eyes to new possibilities.

Padley flirted with the idea of moving down to 130-pounds before but has now decided to fully commit to the plan. He certainly hasn’t chosen an easy out for his first fight at the weight.

On Saturday night, he will box battle-hardened former British and Commonwealth champion Reece Bellotti (20-6, 15 KOs) in a 12-round contest. The fight will take place at Sheffield Arena on the Dave Allen-Arslanbek Makhmudov undercard, streamed on DAZN worldwide.

"I've always worked when I was on the come-up. Working takes quite a bit out of you," he said.

"You're only able to train once a day and your diet substitutes to whatever you're eating at work. Once we got to the stage of getting opportunities, it was the case that whatever opportunity came was what we were taking.

"That's why we're obviously up at 140 pounds. Now we're at a position where I've been at that top level, the guys are just a little bit bigger than me every time now. They're making just that little bit more of a sacrifice, probably weight-wise, than I was having to make.

"I'm full-time. I've obviously got nutritionists on board, able to train twice a day, living the proper life now. That is the move that we're going to make."

Padley stepped up to 140-pounds and upset the red-hot Mark Chamberlain over 10 rounds on the undercard of Daniel Dubois' fifth-round knockout of Anthony Joshua at Wembley Stadium last September.

Five months later, he answered a late-notice call and flew to Saudi Arabia before being stopped in the ninth round of a title fight with WBC lightweight champion and pound-for-pound star Shakur Stevenson.

He remained at 135-pounds for his stoppage of Marko Cvetanovic on April 20 but has decided his chances of succeeding at the highest level will be helped by dropping down to junior lightweight.

"When you get to that top, top level, it's little tiny percentages that just tip you over," he said.

"If someone's got a bit of size and a bit of extra mass on when they're just as skilled, that's when it obviously starts tolling on you. I want to get back to that world stage. I've had a taste of what it feels like to be involved in events like that. That's the aim, do whatever I can to give myself the best advantage - that's what 130-pounds is going to do."

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Dave Allen on Makhmudov clash: “I’m s****** myself, to be honest"

It’s fair to see Dave Allen is feeling anxious about his Saturday fight with Arslanbek Makhmudov.

The Doncaster heavyweight is topping the bill at the Sheffield Arena in the pressure is on for him to deliver in front of 8,000 fans.

It is the type of pressure he has not experienced before.

“When I fought David Price, I’d already agreed to fight [Alexander] Povetkin in 2019, but you know what, I was 27, but I was like a 12-year-old boy when I was 27. I literally had the brain of a 12-year-old, so I couldn’t really take in what it meant at the time.

“I went missing for five or six weeks before. I don’t know, I had no appreciation of money and time, really. I didn’t really care, to be honest. I didn’t have a care in the world, but now I’m shitting myself, to be honest. Yeah, really bad. Yeah, really shitting myself, actually.

“This fella’s really dangerous and that, and I’ve trained really hard. This’ll be the first time where if I get beat, it’s like, I’m not as good as I maybe hoped I was. I think this fella’s like a top 20 guy. He’s a bit off the very top. I think he’s a fair bit off the very top, but if I beat him, I have to be in the conversation of being a very good fighter, and I’ve always thought I could be on my day. This is my day. I’m 33. I've trained hard, so I’m nervous. I’m nervous for two reasons. One, I think he’s a dangerous fight. This is a fella that’s going to come and look for me, and two, if I lose, I’m not sure if it’s [whether] I’m not as good as I thought I was, but I’m not as good as I hoped I was.”

Allen, always open and self-deprecating, told assembled journalists on a media call today that he’d never been so nervous.

“No, never,” he said. “Unill probably the first Johnny Fisher fight, I never had a care in the world. I was just doing the boxing for the crack, really. It was what it was. It was a good time for me. I had a good time, and I boxed because it was something to do, but now it’s like I say it’s my job now. I’ve got a contract that says if I lose, I can come back. I can come back to good fights and that, but I really want to win, and what’s making me more nervous is Sheffield Arena. We’ve got about 8,000 tickets. Me and Ed [promoter Eddie Hearn] thought we’d do about 2,000, and that was a worry. That was only going to do a couple of thousand, and I don’t want to let them all down, really. I don’t want them to go home sad. I want them to go home happy, and so, yeah, that means more to me. For me, winning, people say, ‘oh, the money, all that.’ It’s not really about that. I want to send everyone home happy. That’s what would make me happy. I want everyone to come to Sheffield and want to come back again.”

Allen is an ever-changing man. Trainer Jamie Moore says he’s applied himself like never before, and Allen admits he’s found a maturity in life that he’s not had before.
“My ego left me when I started losing fights,” Allen admitted. “And I started becoming a nicer person. The actual desire to fight left me a long time ago. Luckily, I have to train now, because what got me through hard fights and beating some good fighters was the fact that I was a bit of a bastard. I could fight, but now I have to train now. That’s the honest truth. “People say, ‘why have you started training now?’ I have to, because the edge I had before had a bit of an edge to me… That’s gone now, so I have to train, to be honest.”

It has been a hard road. He’s been a pro since 2012. What top names he has not faced for real, he has sparred. He’s crossed swords with the best, and some off second best many times. His record is a colorful 24-7-2 (19 KOs) and it tells its own story. That story is one that would have been very different if he could do it again.

“If I was 16-and-a-half again and just finished my GCSEs at school, I would never have boxed. I wouldn’t have boxed. I wouldn’t do it all again. It’s been too hard, to be honest. Boxing, because I’m all right now… I’m actually a good adult. I’m an adult now. I’ve got kids. I look after my kids. I have an adult life. I can do normal things. But from being 16 until about 28, boxing was just too hard for me, mentally. It did a lot of good things for me. But really, if I had my time again, I’d have just gone and done something completely different with my time. I couldn’t handle it. I can handle it now. But it was really hard, actually.”

Coach Jamie Moore has saluted Allen’s application, and the trainer admitted that it was mostly down to where Allen’s head is and where he is in his life as opposed to how special their chemistry is, even though they are clearly close.

“I’ve trained everywhere,” admitted Allen. “I think if I’d have gone to Jamie’s at 21, it wouldn’t have made a difference. I had Peter Fury training me at one point, and I had a lot of respect for him, and I was also scared to death of him as well. He can tell you off, him, when he wants to. I’ve had Peter train me, Darren Barker, world champion. I’ve had some of the best trainers train me, but I think it was my age, really. I was very immature. I was a bit off the wall, and I weren’t ready. To be honest, me Nan passing away was probably a big thing [in him growing up]. I hit the lottery with Johnny Fisher. I just hit the lottery, really, I felt. I was about the same for the Fisher fight as I was for Frazer Clark, but I couldn’t beat Frazer Clark, but I could beat Johnny Fisher. That’s given me a chance to have a few camps. “If I don’t like something, I’ll tell you, or I won't do it. Jay [Jamie Moore]’s had a big effect on me, big effect. I started training boxers myself, training and managing fighters. I ended up training and managing kids that are probably better than me, have more talent than me. I thought, I need to do better. Between loads of things, Jamie, my missus, the kids, my nan passing, all of it really rolled into one. It just matured me at the right time.”

Allen, however, openly admits that he still struggles with mental health and he can be up one minute and down the next. The day before Allen fights, Ricky Hatton will be laid to rest and Allen is uncertain how closely the ties that bind boxing and depression are, but he knows he will find it hard to walk away when he is faced with that decision.

“I’m very fortunate, really, because I’ve always been good at fighting all my life, but I’m actually soft as shit, really,” Allen explained. “Everyone knows that. Do you know what I mean? I’ve always been mentally very weak, really. I got stronger with time, but I’ve always been mentally very weak. I’m very sensitive, so I have no issue in telling people that either. I was very lucky. I got through a lot of bad times in my early 20s, really. I think without my honesty on how I was feeling and what was going on, I might possibly have struggled to come out the other side of it as well, really. I don’t really want to over-dramatize it, but I feel very fortunate that I’m still here, really. When I was younger, I was really up the wall, actually. I look back now and I think, ‘fornicate it, I don’t even remember who I was.’ It’s very difficult. Sometimes people will say, ‘Remember when you did this?’ And I think, ‘Not really.’ “It’s very hard for me now to talk about it because sometimes I don’t even recognize the person I was because I was such a different person. I retired for six months and I had to come back. Do you know what I mean? I never made big money the first time. I guess I did compared to lots of boxers on the small loss, so that may not be a good thing to say. It’s a very hard thing to leave alone. That’s why I did the training and managing, because I knew I wouldn’t be able to leave it [boxing]. I wouldn’t be able to leave it. It is an issue. I didn’t have a clue what to do with my money. I spunked it all up the wall. That’s an issue. You find things to replace it. I’ve done it all backwards, really. I would lose all my money before I had any and I threw it all out and ended up fighting everyone to pay everyone back, so I did it all backwards. It’s a difficult one because people always talk to me and I think, it’s so hard, I’m out of it now. It’s my kids that got me out of it, really. It’s a difficult subject because things like that are going to keep happening because boxing is like a drug. You get addicted to it and it’s hard to leave alone. I can’t leave it alone. I’ll probably be boxing until I’m 46 in Europe somewhere. Probably. I know it. I know it. I fornicating love it. I hate boxing but I love it so much. It is hard to leave alone.”

And while Allen is preparing for the fight of his life and the stage is once again set for him, he considers himself the underdog on Saturday.

“If we’re being completely honest, Makhmudov as even money? I couldn’t believe it,” he said. “Makhmudov should be about 10-1 on. You know what I mean? That’s the honest truth. I couldn’t believe the odds but it makes me feel popular because I know people are betting on me because they like me. Makhmudov, I’m an odds guy, I’m a maths guy. He should be 10 to 1 on, I should be 11-2 against.”

As with the current trend in boxing, there is always discussion about what might be in the fight after. If Allen wins, there has been talks of Deontay Wilder and of Anthony Joshua.

“I just, I can’t even think about Wilder,” said Allen. “Makhmudov actually scares me. I think I’ve boxed better fighters. I think [Luis] Ortiz was better. I think the [Tony] Yoka I boxed was better. David Price was a better boxer. People keep saying to me, ‘Makhmudov’s going to fall over when you hit him in the body.’ [Agit] Kabayel fornicating belted him about 60 times to the body. Like, [as if they’re saying] ‘one of those ones, it’s going to be over.’ I’m dreading Saturday, dreading it. I can’t even think about Wilder. I’m dreading it. I’m shitting myself. I hope he’s not fornicating massive. I look at it from the outside, looking in. I’m well up against it. But we know how to beat him.”

Whatever happens, Allen has enjoyed incredible success from boxing. Has he grown up enough and in time to make the most of it? Even he cannot believe where he has managed to get to.

“I can’t believe it,” he said. “I look outside my bedroom window, you see the house over the other side of the road. Mental. Can’t believe it. That’s what makes me the most happy, actually, because my house is nice and that, but I look out of my bedroom window, you see the house on the other side. Well, the houses on the other side of the road are nicer than my side of the road. But I can’t believe it, really. I wake up every morning. Takes me a good 30 seconds to get downstairs. That’s how big it is. Unbelievable. And then I get downstairs and I’ve got two kids and they’re wonderful lookers. Do you know what I mean? So it’s amazing. I have a normal life and I could never imagine having a normal life. I never had a normal life until I was about 31, 32. Then I started to be a bit normal and started to calm down. People still think I’m mad now, but obviously it’s just different. I’m always going to be a bit eccentric, but I have a normal life now and I’m so grateful for it. I want people to be happy. So it’s not really, it's not so much about the money or the titles. I want people to be happy.”
The thing is with Allen, you never know what you’re going to get. The stage has been set for him before and he’s squandered it all before.

“Because sometimes I turn up and have a stinker, I'll be honest,” he added. “So yeah, I’m aware I’ve wasted most of my career. I’m aware I’ve let a lot of people down.”

Will he self-sabotage this time?

“Well, I can’t promise anything. I can’t promise it,” he said. “No, absolutely not. Definitely not. There have been times in this camp, if it weren't for Jay, there have been times in this camp where I’d have fucked it off and gone home. There have been times in this camp where I’d have gone mental. But I haven’t. I want to self-sabotage all the time. It’s what I do. It’s who I am. I love it. I love, sometimes, I enjoy doing the four rounds on a small hall. I enjoy it sometimes. I’ve got to come back again. That’s just how I am. I want to win Saturday though, I’ll be honest. I do want to win.”

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Arslanbek Makhmudov Tells Dave Allen 'You Will See A Lion' On Saturday Night

Fearsome heavyweight power-puncher Arslanbek Makhmudov will face iron-jawed Dave Allen on Saturday at the Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England.

The Russian-born fighter is excited at the prospect of sharing a ring with the popular Brit, who picked him when he was given a list of fighters to face, in his homecoming after stopping Johnny Fisher in May. Allen-Makhmudov, plus undercard action, will begin on DAZN at 2p.m. ET/7p.m GMT.

"I think it's a great fight," Makhmudov (20-2, 19 KOs) told The Ring. "This guy will come to fight and I respect that, because it takes two warriors to go to the war.

"He didn't have to fight me, so you see he's not afraid, but maybe in the ring it will be different for him."

The 36-year-old believes he was selected because he has lost two of his last four outings. However, he is keen to prove he still has more than enough in the tank to beat Allen.

"I think he knows I'm coming to fight but maybe he also thinks he can beat me because of my losses," he said. "We will see, but I've learned a lot from losses, you know they say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, so I hope he doesn't pay too much attention to my loss because I'm a lot better and stronger now."

Makhmudov returned to action back in June when he iced previously unbeaten Ricardo Browne in a one-round. The win was pivotal at this stage of his career.

"Of course, for me, it's war, kill or be killed," he said. "But this is boxing, you have to learn fast because you can't lose too many fights.

"I knew I was better than this guy like I know I'm better than [Dave Allen]. You don't get many opportunities like this, so I need to win Saturday and that's what I'm going to do."

Mahkmudov promises to bring his own brand of destruction on Saturday night.

"Hopefully, he's going to come to fight, I'm going to bring war to him," he said menacingly. "I won't change, so much my style, but I'm more professional boxer than before, I'm a lot more prepared, and I just had the best camp. You will see a Lion, on Saturday, and he's going to come back from hunting with a win."

Eye of The Tiger President Camille Estephan believes the fans will be the true winner when these two forces collide.

"It's a fight made for TV," said Estephan. "Apparently, they have sold 8,000 tickets and it will be quite a show.

"I can confirm that Arslanbek has had the best camp in his life. He's very motivated by this fight. It promises a lot of fireworks, and I believe it will be a very violent fight."

Allen has been a professional since 2012. He showed his toughness going through distance with Dillian Whyte (UD 10) in July 2016 and then giving an honest effort against Luis Ortiz (TKO 7) five months later. He gave then unbeaten Tony Yoka a good examination before being stopped in the 10th and final round in June 2018.

He lost when he stepped up domestically against David Price (RTD 10) in July 2019 and Frazer Clarke (RTD 6) in September 2023. However, he breathed new life into his career and seemed unlucky against Johnny Fisher (SD 10) last December. Allen stopped Fisher in five rounds in a rematch on May 17.

[Controversial]

Jamie Moore told a story about when he took Dave Allen on as his trainer. He was saying Allen has a weird freaky natural athleticism. During lockdown they went on an almost 5 mile run they call K2 that’s a killer and uphill for over the last mile on a crazy steep incline. The entire camp went on it, Frampton, Fielding, Catterall, Murray, Ward, Fiaz and others and Dave came third. He was out of shape too. Moore was gobsmacked and said to him that it was impressive, especially as he’s a big lump. Allen said he felt alright considering he hadn't ran in 8 years. Moore laughed and said you mean 8 months and Dave said no 8 years.

[MightyWarrior]

Honestly, Dave Allen is something else, the stuff he comes out with…who else would come out with this nonsense before a fight

It’s funny, because I think he’s being absolutely honest rather than playing things down in order to surprise big Mak.

He must be crazy taking this fight, Makhmudov comes out like a freight train, and Dave is going to be getting a shell hacking early on.

I guess him and his ace trainer JM are working on riding this early storm and good luck to him - should be an explosive fight, looking toward to this.

[rd350lc]

Honestly, Dave Allen is something else, the stuff he comes out with…who else would come out with this nonsense before a fight

It’s funny, because I think he’s being absolutely honest rather than playing things down in order to surprise big Mak.

He must be crazy taking this fight, Makhmudov comes out like a freight train, and Dave is going to be getting a shell hacking early on.

I guess him and his ace trainer JM are working on riding this early storm and good luck to him - should be an explosive fight, looking toward to this.

That's what he said in the presser, he's starting in round 4 if he can survive the onslaught.

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What happened to the Liddard fight?

[maverick23]

What happened to the Liddard fight?

It’s on next week. Never been down for this card.

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What happened to the Liddard fight?

It’s on next week. Never been down for this card.

What cards next week?

Oh Yh forgot that’s the headline next weekend.

[rd350lc]

What happened to the Liddard fight?

It’s on next week. Never been down for this card.

Ta bud.

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Weigh ins.

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Josh Padley feeling the pressure after life-changing 13 months

Josh Padley is relishing the pressure that has come from his transformation from plucky underdog to red-hot favourite.

Just 13 months ago, there were few outside of Armthorpe, Yorkshire who knew much about the undefeated pro, known to his mates as ‘Paddy’, who fitted solar panels for a day job.

But his life changed on September 21 last year when he was matched with Portsmouth puncher Mark Chamberlain, who appeared to be on a path towards world title opportunities and who had been identified as Turki Alalshikh’s favourite fighter.

Padley was priced at 12-1 to win at Wembley against Chamberlain but he made a mockery of those odds and earned those of his friends who chose to back him a handsome return as he dropped the favourite en route to a clear 10-round unanimous decision.

“I was obviously confident when I headed to Wembley,” Padley tells The Ring. “I knew that was really my opportunity to turn everything around.

“I thought I would win, then get signed and then go on the usual path as most pros do, building your way up, but that’s not how it went.”

Instead, just five months later, Padley was an even wider underdog when he answered a last-minute call to face Shakur Stevenson at ANB Arena, Riyadh after his initial opponent Floyd Schofield pulled out on fight week due to illness.

Padley, who was working when he received the phone call offering him the shot at Stevenson, got on the next available flight and went toe-to-toe with Stevenson. He was dropped three times before his corner threw in the towel but he emerged from the event with credit given how late he had stepped in.

“I wasn’t expecting that opportunity over in Riyadh and to go down that route. With that in mind it’s quite an unusual career that I’ve had so far, but it has worked out brilliantly in the end.”

Off the back of that performance against The Ring’s pound-for-pound No. 8 Stevenson, the 29-year-old signed a promotional deal with Matchroom, which enabled him to pack up his job and become a full-time boxer.

He had beaten Chamberlain at 140 pounds and then boxed at lightweight against Stevenson and again in his comeback fight against Marko Cvetanovic on April 19. But his new regime has now enabled Padley (16-1, 5 KOs) to train his way right down to the 130-pound super-featherweight limit.

His first fight in the new division takes place on Saturday at Sheffield Arena but he is no longer the rank outsider. Instead, he is a wide favourite to overcome Reece Bellotti, the 4/1 outsider who lost to Ryan Garner just 11 weeks ago.

“As the underdog there’s no pressure and I know all about that,” Padley says. “If you are a massive underdog like I was with Shakur, like I was with Chamberlain there was no pressure on me whatsoever. Everybody expected me to lose. If you did any better than losing it was a bonus.

“But in my last fight I did feel the pressure because I was expected to do that job and I did feel that in that one.

“Now in this fight there is pressure on me to keep performing but I’m really confident, I’ve had a good camp which I think overtakes that pressure. I know that how I’ve been feeling in camp and how I’ve been performing in sparring means I can do the job on the night.

“I’ve had a really good camp this time so any pressure is shrouded by how good I’m feeling this time.

“I always wanted to be in the position where I didn’t have to go to work because I knew that given time I’d be even better. I knew there was another level to get myself to so that was always the goal.

“Fast forward now a year past that point where it all changed for me and I’ve been able to prove a few times what sort of fighter I am and what I’m capable of.”

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Dave Allen - 259.1 lbs
Arslanbek Makhmudov - 261.1 lbs

[Taansend]

If you haven't seen Propa Boxing on YouTube, give this a watch about Dave Allen.

Propa Boxing best boxing channel imo.

I love Propa Boxing.

[KiwiRider]

So Dave was lighter in the first Fisher fight.

[Taansend]

So Dave was lighter in the first Fisher fight.

By 1 & a half pounds. Less than a morning crap.

His weight does flip flops all over the place, doesn't it.

237 for Whyte then 258 for Ortiz less than 5 months later.

[gregregegg]

Weight is never the full story 259 dosent stand out as crazy shape for allen but it feels like Dave is in good shape. You can see it in his face.

Mak looks in good touch too, but it will be interesting if he has managed to improve a bit of his cardio cause as a big slow plodder bomb thrower last thing you want to do is get tired.

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Full weights:

Heavyweight, 12 rounds: David Allen (259.1) vs. Arslanbek Makhmudov (261.1)

Junior lightweight, 10 rounds: Josh Padley (129.5) vs. Reece Bellotti (129.9)

English junior middleweight title, 10 rounds: Junaid Bostan (153.8) vs. Bilal Fawaz (153.6)

English flyweight title, 10 rounds: Hamza Uddin (111.6) vs. Paul Roberts (111.2)

Junior lightweight, 8 rounds: Ibraheem Sulaimaan (133.2) vs. James Chereji (131.8)

Light heavyweight, 6 rounds: Conner Tudsbury (180.7) vs. Khalid Graidia (177.2)

Junior welterweight, 6 rounds: Joe Howarth (139.6) vs. Karl Sampson (141.2)

Welterweight, 6 rounds: Joe Hayden (146.6) vs. Angelo Dragone (146.7)