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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Hamzah Sheeraz says that Edgar Berlang’s performance against Canelo Alvarez showed that he is Not a warriorAnd they call this “empty can” in terms of courage. Sheeraz (21-0-1, 17 KO) states that when Canelo dropped Berlanga (23-1, 18 KO) in the third round, he got up and decided to “box” the Mexican star.

Sheeraz sees the submission of Berlanga

Hamzah sees it as a sign that Edgar There is a lack of “substance”. If he believed in himself, he would get up and go to the war with Alvarez and were ready to go out on his shield. Berlanga did the opposite. He believes that he comes from Brooklyn in Recent York as a “delusion” about how he paints his heroic image of himself while discussing his performances in the media. It makes him sound like a war hero, not a warrior who surrendered in a cowardly way.

Sheeraz will face Berlang in the 12-round main event on the Turki Alalshikha card on July 12 at the Louis Armstrong stadium in Queens, Recent York. The fight is seen as 50-50 in the eyes of fans.

“He too much respected caneloAnd this is true. He used the arm [injury] as an excuse, ‘said Hamzah Sheeraz Ring magazineWhen discussing why Edgar Berlanga lost to Canelo Alvarez in September last year. “When he was dropped [by Canelo]He felt power. He is an empty canBecause if there was any substance in it, he got up and had it with Canelo. He wouldn’t try to box and just did it. “

In retrospect, he could win this fight if he poured it along the way in the 12th round. However, there was no confidence. Hamzah saw the same. Berlanga showed too much respect for Canelo and simply gave up after knocking down in the third round.

Berlanga fought bravely in the 12th round, but he looked as if he were in survival mode from rounds from 1 to 11. He looked as if he did not want to be knocked out, and did not believe in his chin to replace Canelo’s bombs.

Without war, only an illusion

“When you fight someone like Canelo, even if you go out on the shield, you gave your best,” sheeraz continued. “He [Berlanga] He thinks he was standing there and had a war with him, but there is evidence. There was no war there. He grabbed Canelo with a few good shots. As for him and Canelo, he is definitely illustrating. “

Despite the greatness, youth and the advantage of power, Berlanga did not decide to fight aggressively. It could have been a different story if he struggled with Canelo.

“He throws Edgar Berlang,” said Hamzah, asked how he could take the opportunity to be the occasion of July 12.