By: Sean Crose

There is something in the heavyweight ward. Even when there are no major titles at the stake, there is nothing like two great men. Saturday is a great example of why attractions are hefty. The invincible Johnny Fisher met Veteran David Allen in the rematch of their first fight, which fell at the end of last year in Saudi Arabia. Fisher won this controversial affair, but the story will not happen again on Saturday. Allen put down Fisher in five.

“I assume additional weight,” Allen later said, “he took the risk.” He certainly did it by hitting his man with a bad intention, especially in the body. Fisher looked well in the planned ten roundings. However, Allen was able to cause enough damage to break his man as the fight was fought. “I knew I was reaching him,” said Allen. He certainly was.

The whole fight was quite rapid, and the fisherman looked into one two hundred baking, and Allen constantly persecuted his man. However, 33 -year -old Allen made sure that his blows were counting. Again the man fired bad intentions. However, the fifth case occurred. Allen suddenly seemed to break his man.

Indeed, when the fifth went to the end, Fisher was sent to canvas. Therefore, if he did not immediately beat the judge, but the fight was almost finished. The crushing Allen Left Hook put Fisher a few seconds later. Risek Fisher sent a white towel gliding through the ring when the bell rang to finish the round and the judge laid the end of the proceedings.

It was an electrifying, hefty romance, a classic heavyweight, which had fun and intrigued. There weren’t even any arduous feelings. “Johna Fisher is my friend,” said Allen with authenticity after leaving for an explosive conclusion.

Veteran Dave Allen (24-7-2, 19 KO) gave previously invincible British British bulky weight, Johnny Fisher (13-1, 11 KO) his first career defeat in the rematch, knocking him out in the fifth round on Saturday evening at the Copper Box Arena in London in England.

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Calculated placid, then chaos

33 -year -old Allen played nicely for the first four rounds, throwing a few blows and not sitting on his shot against Fisher. On the fifth Allen exploded, injuring Fisher with left to body, and then right to the head that put him on the run.

A moment later, Allen joined on the left and right hook that put on Fisher. The law seemed to be Cuff Fisher at the back of the head, but he still looked neat. When the 26 -year -old Fisher got up, he saw his legs disappeared. He looked wounded when he shuffled around the ring, trying to escape, but it didn’t make sense.

Allen closed the distance and landed left and right to the body, causing Fisher to protect. Allen then marked Fisher with a perfectly placed left hook for the jaw, which he got his head. When Fisher fell, Allen nailed him with his right hand to his head. He was such that he probably never felt a blow.

The judge, Marcus McDonnell, released him at exactly the same time as Fisher’s corner threw a towel. The time of detention took place at 3:00 Fifth round.

In rounds from 1 to 4, Fisher controlled the action, stabbing, using his trademark of an illegal, stiff arm and clining every time Allen was in the position to land something. Watching was ugly. There were many low blows from Fisher. In the third, he was warned about hitting the break. He almost threw the book the rules through the window, trying to win. However, you can say even when he was heading towards trouble, because he uses a lot of energy and looked scared when Allen throws.

Lessons from December last year

In the first four rounds, a few enormous right round landed, which reported that he was going to catch Fisher with something great to knock him out or drop. In the previous fight in December last year, Allen dropped Fisher in fifth place, but he couldn’t finish him. Then Fisher worked for the rest of the road, taking a huge punishment to win a very controversial 10-round decision. Tonight, Allen did not allow the judges to rob him again.

2020 Olympic Cuban gold medalist Andy Cruz (5-0, 2 KOS) will fight Hironori Mishiro (17-1-1, 6 KOS) at the IBF Lightweight Title eliminator eliminator on the Richardson Hitchins vs. George Cambosos Jr. at the theater at the theater in Madison Square Garden in Novel York. The event will be shown live in Dazn.

The winner of the Cruz-Mishiro fight can end the challenge of Raymond Muratalla if he is raised to the full master if the current IBF Vasily Lomachenko champion decides to retire and not return. Given that Cruz is talented and is not one of the Top Rank fighters, Muratalla will probably wait a year or longer before he defends him.

The highest rank promotes Muratalla and will not want IBF to lose Cruz in a low paid fight. They will expand it as long as possible, and try to configure more lucrative matches from Gervont Davis, Keyshawn Davis or Abdullah Mason.

Shakur protection against Cruz

Interestingly, the promoter Eddie Hearn positions Andy Cruz towards the IBF title, not the WBC belt kept by Matchroom Fighter Shakur Stevenson. Cruz takes #1 WBC and #3 ibf. The idea is to protect Shakur long enough to fight great money with the champion of WBA Gervont Davis.

If Hearn fought Shakur with Cruz, Newark, a compatriot from Novel Jersey, he would probably lose. This would constantly destroy his chances of fighting tank. He is sharp, but still looks bad that Stevenson is protected against beating by a more talented Cruz. It’s business.

Cruz calls Keyshawn Davis constantly since he changed the professional in 2023, but without happiness. Now, when Keyshawn captured the title of WBO from the highest ranking fighter, Denys Berinchyk, on his part there is even less interest to face Cruz.

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