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

[KiwiRider]

Makhmudov, kept it straight, kept it simple and just fired away at range, bashed allen up

And he fought for 12 rounds. Paced himself and did the work.

[margaret thatcher]

didnt okolie literally sell himself to aj already by signing with his managment company

https://x.com/Lawrence_tko/status/19772 ... 64821?s=19

Okolie seems a bit miffed

[THEBUTCH]

No one wants to see Okolie box...full stop.

[KiwiRider]

No one wants to see Okolie box...full stop.

Whaaat??
But if Lawrence never fights, when are we supposed to use the Saad memorial emoticon?
It's already a bit dusty, lets drag that tarp off it and bring it out in the light...

There we go.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Speaking on his YouTube channel, ‘The White Rhino’ admitted he may have only won three rounds.

“I was surprised, the speed caught me out. I didn’t think he’d punch so fast. Come the final bell I don’t know how many rounds I’d won, I thought I’d won three maybe. 9-3 would have been fine. Might have won the 9th, one in the middle, maybe the 12th, I don’t know, I’ve not watched it back. At the time I thought 9-3, fair enough I got beat 9-3. The honest truth is I just wasn”t good enough.”

[THEBUTCH]

Allen was better than i expected and Makhmadov worse than i expected, however, completing the 12 rounds won't do Arslanbek any harm.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Allen was better than i expected and Makhmadov worse than i expected, however, completing the 12 rounds won't do Arslanbek any harm.

Yu has high hopes on Mak?

[THEBUTCH]

Ruthless-RKO, despite Makhmudov winning wide I expected him to be stronger and even more dominant/aggressive.

As I thought, Allen wasn't prepared to walk through fire for the win, but for all of his limitations he still put in a good shift

[handsofstone]

Allen's one of the lowest output fighters around but even by his own standards that was poor, he's effective when he does cut loose, just a shame he can't pull the trigger too often when in range, he was brilliant when he got going in the Fisher rematch, I thought that 5th round against Makhmudov was gonna be a turning point

[coneye]

Allen's one of the lowest output fighters around but even by his own standards that was poor, he's effective when he does cut loose, just a shame he can't pull the trigger too often when in range, he was brilliant when he got going in the Fisher rematch, I thought that 5th round against Makhmudov was gonna be a turning point

Problem is he's just a level below in every aspect , defence is just hold his arms in front of his face and get hit , Offence he's has slow has a wet week , he's done really well for his talent , BUT i'm glad he is'nt my son , if ever i've seen a candidate for spending his later years drawing daffy duck pictures on the wall its Dave , along with Chisora .

Put them in together on the 13th , Pay Dave life changing money ( Chisoras already earnt his )let them belt the jeezus out of each other , then maybe they will finally say enough is enough.

Dave Allen is really a classic example of promoters are not your mates , no matter how they butter you up there vipers , they have no loyalty and boxers are just a dollar to them , , If i was promoting would i want Dave course i would , He's popular , got a Brick for a head and chasing the dollar , If i was a promoter and Dave was my mate would i put him on , NOT ON YOUR NELLIE . Guys just simply too tuff and not talented enough for the higher level save him from himself

[gilgamesh]

I don't think he necessarily needs to be forced into retirement, but i think it's well clear he'll never be beyond British level. I doubt he'd even be good enough to win the British title honestly.

People kinda jump to "He needs to retire" a little too quickly these days, but honestly the ceiling isn’t very high for Dave Allen and the amount of punishment he'd have to take either to get a big money fight or once he's gotten it probably ain't worth it.

He's a good gatekeeper though.

I don't think throwing him in with Chisora would be doing him much of a favor although that may be the biggest money fight he could get. Chisora is a better, stronger, tougher version of Dave Allen. That'd be a rough night for Dave.

[MightyWarrior]

I know no one is listening, but I’ll say it again, boxers with freakishly good chins need to be looked after more than most, because they are taking punches that naturally the human brain is not meant to take: most guys are sleeping on the canvas after shipping a big shot, but these guys are still walking forwards and taking another 50 shots - James Toney case in point, look at the guy no one can understand what he’s saying these days. The G man had an unreal chin, who the hell takes shots like that against Julian Jackson? The chin is phenomenal, but the gray matter is paying the price,

“Nice guy” Eddie should be looking after fighters like Dave and Del, too late for Chisora though.

[TheLeprechaun]

Allen's one of the lowest output fighters around but even by his own standards that was poor, he's effective when he does cut loose, just a shame he can't pull the trigger too often when in range, he was brilliant when he got going in the Fisher rematch, I thought that 5th round against Makhmudov was gonna be a turning point

Agreed. Dave did far better than i thought though. I really have to give him credit for his durability. It's extremely elite. Makh was pretty disappointing himself.

[gilgamesh]

I do find it amusing that Dave said he couldn't get anything done against Makhmudov because he was too fast. He looked pretty slow and basic with his attack to me, it's just that Allen still fights like a Novice amateur.

Being tough and durable is the only thing that makes Allen competitive.

[gilgamesh]

I know no one is listening, but I’ll say it again, boxers with freakishly good chins need to be looked after more than most, because they are taking punches that naturally the human brain is not meant to take: most guys are sleeping on the canvas after shipping a big shot, but these guys are still walking forwards and taking another 50 shots - James Toney case in point, look at the guy no one can understand what he’s saying these days. The G man had an unreal chin, who the hell takes shots like that against Julian Jackson? The chin is phenomenal, but the gray matter is paying the price,

“Nice guy” Eddie should be looking after fighters like Dave and Del, too late for Chisora though.

But what about when that guy who was forced to retire can't pay his bills because you took his livelihood away from him?

[margaret thatcher]

I do find it amusing that Dave said he couldn't get anything done against Makhmudov because he was too fast. He looked pretty slow and basic with his attack to me, it's just that Allen still fights like a Novice amateur.

Being tough and durable is the only thing that makes Allen competitive.

big mak was slow as hell. one thing though, in almost every fight before this he throw wide, telepgraphed bombs. he was much straighter and sharper with his punching this time, that couldve made his shots harder to anticipate and to get to the target faster than dave expected