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Dave Allen.
Re: Dave Allen.
I remember watching Arguello v Watt on the telly.
Jim Watts fights were a big deal back then. I remember him against the Bubblegum Kid & that teams whinging afterwards.
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Re: Dave Allen.
British heavyweight veteran targets Kristian Prenga
Veteran UK heavyweight Dave Allen has thrown his name into the hat for a future fight with Kristian Prenga.
The New Jersey-based Albanian twice dropped Anthony Joshua in the first round of their Saudi Arabia shootout on Saturday, but was ultimately knocked out by the English heavyweight in Round 2.
Allen, 27-9-2 (20 KOs), boxes Irishman Thomas Carty on the Croke Park bill on September 6 that will signal the retirement of Katie Taylor, and Allen ticked over on the with a four-round decision victory over Dan Garber last weekend.
“I would be very happy to box Carty and, with a win, I’ll box Prenga, yeah. Carty, then Prenga. What about that?”
Allen was answering questions on his social media, and was then asked his thoughts on Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua following their respective bouts last weekend, with Fury defeating Mariusz Wach and Joshua stopping Prenga, in comparison to the rising heavyweight Moses Itauama.
“Itauma’s on the upward trajectory to the top. AJ’s been at the top, he’s on the way down now and that’s boxing and life,” Allen said. “One guy’s on top, one guy’s on the way down. Itauma, I think, would deal with him pretty sharpish currently, but the best Joshua, we shouldn’t forget how good he was.”
Allen reckoned he had sparred about 500 rounds with Joshua over the years, but he has full faith in what Itauma can do and said he has no interest in facing the 21-year-old contender.
“To be honest, I don’t,” said the 34-year-old Allen. “I couldn’t say he’s the best heavyweight in the world right now, but he could be. In all honesty, he’s just too much for me, too fast, too sharp, too young, too hungry, so no shame in that. He’s very, very good.”
Veteran UK heavyweight Dave Allen has thrown his name into the hat for a future fight with Kristian Prenga.
The New Jersey-based Albanian twice dropped Anthony Joshua in the first round of their Saudi Arabia shootout on Saturday, but was ultimately knocked out by the English heavyweight in Round 2.
Allen, 27-9-2 (20 KOs), boxes Irishman Thomas Carty on the Croke Park bill on September 6 that will signal the retirement of Katie Taylor, and Allen ticked over on the with a four-round decision victory over Dan Garber last weekend.
“I would be very happy to box Carty and, with a win, I’ll box Prenga, yeah. Carty, then Prenga. What about that?”
Allen was answering questions on his social media, and was then asked his thoughts on Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua following their respective bouts last weekend, with Fury defeating Mariusz Wach and Joshua stopping Prenga, in comparison to the rising heavyweight Moses Itauama.
“Itauma’s on the upward trajectory to the top. AJ’s been at the top, he’s on the way down now and that’s boxing and life,” Allen said. “One guy’s on top, one guy’s on the way down. Itauma, I think, would deal with him pretty sharpish currently, but the best Joshua, we shouldn’t forget how good he was.”
Allen reckoned he had sparred about 500 rounds with Joshua over the years, but he has full faith in what Itauma can do and said he has no interest in facing the 21-year-old contender.
“To be honest, I don’t,” said the 34-year-old Allen. “I couldn’t say he’s the best heavyweight in the world right now, but he could be. In all honesty, he’s just too much for me, too fast, too sharp, too young, too hungry, so no shame in that. He’s very, very good.”