# David Allen (boxer)

David Allen is a British professional boxer. He has challenged twice for the Commonwealth heavyweight title in 2017 and 2018. He holds a notable win over former WBA regular title holder Lucas Browne.

## Professional career
### Early career

Allen started his professional career with a six-round points win over Rolandas Cesna in 2012.

### Allen vs. Whyte

After being undefeated in his first ten professional fights, he fought Dillian Whyte in July 2016 at short notice for the vacant WBC International heavyweight title, losing by unanimous points decision over ten rounds.

### Allen vs. Ortiz

In December 2016, he fought undefeated Luis Ortiz (26-0) on the undercard of Anthony Joshua vs. Éric Molina, losing by seventh-round stoppage.

### Allen vs. Thomas

He fought Lenroy Thomas in May 2017 for the vacant Commonwealth heavyweight title, losing a split decision over twelve rounds.

### Allen vs. Thomas II

Their rematch in March 2018 was declared a technical draw after Allen suffered a bad cut over the right eye in the first round.

### Allen vs. Yoka

Two fights later, Allen travelled to Paris to face undefeated Olympic gold medalist Tony Yoka (4-0), but was unsuccessful in a tenth-round technical knockout loss.

### Allen vs. Browne

The biggest win of Allen's career came in a third-round knockout of former WBA (Regular) champion Lucas Browne in April 2019.

### Allen vs. Price

Allen next fought David Price in July 2019, retiring in the tenth-round to suffer his fifth career loss.

### Allen vs. Darch

He rebounded from the loss with a third-round knockout victory over Dorian Darch on 8 February 2020 in Sheffield.

### Retirement

Allen announced his retirement from boxing on 15 November 2020, stating, "The reason for me calling it a day is simple. I don’t want to get punched anymore. Long gone are the days of the kid from Donny who wants to fight. All I want now is a nice quiet life with a wife and some kids. Healthy and happy getting nice and fat." However, in April 2021, he revealed via social media that he plans to return to boxing, saying, ""I had a meeting today and what I wanted was, I wanted to come back and box, but I want to come back at a low level. I want to enjoy my boxing, I want to win titles, whatever titles they may be. I will be boxing again but I won't be coming back and boxing Alen Babic and Fabio Wardley for at least 12 months. I just want to come back and enjoy boxing."

### Comeback

On 27 August, 2021, Allen returned from retirement to fight Andrea Pesce at the Ponds Forge Arena in Yorkshire. Allen won by technical knockout in the second round.

### Allen vs. Fisher

Allen lost to Johnny Fisher via split decision on 21 December 2024, at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as part of the undercard for the heavyweight world title rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury. Two of the ringside judges scored the fight 95-94 for Fisher while the third had it 96-93 in Allen's favour.

### Allen vs. Fisher II

Allen is scheduled to face Johnny Fisher in a rematch at the Copper Box Arena in London, England on 17 May 2025.

## Professional boxing record

| 32 fights | 23 wins | 7 losses |
| By knockout | 18 | 4 |
| By decision | 5 | 3 |
| Draws | 2 | 2 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Note |
| 32 | Loss | 23–7–2 | Johnny Fisher | SD | 10 | 21 Dec 2024 | Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | For vacant WBA Inter-Continental heavyweight title |
| 31 | Win | 23–6–2 | Amine Boucetta | PTS | 4 | 13 Jul 2024 | Skate Central, Sheffield, England | |
| 30 | Win | 22–6–2 | Jake Darnell | PTS | 4 | 6 Apr 2024 | Skate Central, Sheffield, England | |
| 29 | Loss | 21–6–2 | Frazer Clarke | RTD | 6 (10), 3:00 | 2 Sep 2023 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | |
| 28 | Win | 21–5–2 | Michael Bassett | TKO | 1 (6), 1:39 | 25 Feb 2023 | Hilton Hotel Portomaso, St Julian's, Malta | |
| 27 | Win | 20–5–2 | Milen Paunov | TKO | 2 (4), 1:33 | 19 Mar 2022 | Hilton Hotel, Newcastle, England | |
| 26 | Win | 19–5–2 | Andrea Pesce | TKO | 2 (4), 2:10 | 27 Aug 2021 | Ponds Forge Arena, Sheffield, England | |
| 25 | Win | 18–5–2 | Dorian Darch | KO | 3 (6), 0:53 | 8 Feb 2020 | FlyDSA Arena, Sheffield, England | |
| 24 | Loss | 17–5–2 | David Price | RTD | 10 (12), 3:00 | 20 Jul 2019 | The O2 Arena, London, England | For vacant WBA Continental heavyweight title |
| 23 | Win | 17–4–2 | Lucas Browne | KO | 3 (12), 0:58 | 20 Apr 2019 | The O2 Arena, London, England | |
| 22 | Win | 16–4–2 | Ariel Bracamonte | RTD | 7 (10), 3:00 | 10 Nov 2018 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | |
| 21 | Win | 15–4–2 | Samir Nebo | KO | 1 (10), 1:05 | 13 Oct 2018 | Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, England | |
| 20 | Win | 14–4–2 | Nick Webb | KO | 4 (10), 2:59 | 28 Jul 2018 | The O2 Arena, London, England | |
| 19 | Loss | 13–4–2 | Tony Yoka | TKO | 10 (10), 0:43 | 23 Jun 2018 | Palais des Sports, Paris, France | |
| 18 | Win | 13–3–2 | David Howe | TKO | 4 (4), 2:40 | 4 May 2018 | Town Hall, Walsall, England | |
| 17 | Draw | 12–3–2 | Lenroy Thomas | TD | 1 (12), 2:18 | 3 Mar 2018 | FlyDSA Arena, Sheffield, England | For Commonwealth heavyweight title; Fight stopped after Allen suffered an accidental cut. |
| 16 | Win | 12–3–1 | Tom Dallas | TKO | 3 (4), 0:37 | 22 Jul 2017 | Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England | |
| 15 | Loss | 11–3–1 | Lenroy Thomas | SD | 12 | 27 May 2017 | Bramall Lane, Sheffield, England | For vacant Commonwealth heavyweight title |
| 14 | Win | 11–2–1 | David Howe | KO | 2 (6), 2:24 | 4 Mar 2017 | The O2 Arena, London, England | |
| 13 | Win | 10–2–1 | Lukasz Rusiewicz | TKO | 1 (6), 0:31 | 25 Feb 2017 | Hull Arena, Hull, England | |
| 12 | Loss | 9–2–1 | Luis Ortiz | TKO | 7 (8), 2:59 | 10 Dec 2016 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | |
| 11 | Loss | 9–1–1 | Dillian Whyte | UD | 10 | 30 Jul 2016 | First Direct Arena, Leeds, England | For vacant WBC International heavyweight title |
| 10 | Win | 9–0–1 | Jason Gavern | RTD | 4 (8), 3:00 | 26 Mar 2016 | Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England | |
| 9 | Win | 8–0–1 | Fabrice Aurieng | PTS | 6 | 24 Oct 2015 | Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England | |
| 8 | Win | 7–0–1 | Jindrich Velecky | TKO | 3 (4), 2:28 | 29 Aug 2015 | Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, England | |
| 7 | Win | 6–0–1 | Larry Olubamiwo | RTD | 2 (6), 3:00 | 7 Jun 2014 | Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, England | |
| 6 | Draw | 5–0–1 | Plamen Nikolov | PTS | 4 | 29 Mar 2014 | Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, England | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Moses Matovu | PTS | 4 | 2 Mar 2014 | Octagon Centre, Sheffield, England | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Oliver Nagy | TKO | 1 (4), 0:45 | 19 Oct 2013 | Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring, England | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Deyan Mihailov | TKO | 1 (4), 2:45 | 27 Apr 2013 | Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Laszlo Peczeli | TKO | 1 (6), 0:55 | 2 Mar 2013 | Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield, England | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Rolandas Cesna | PTS | 6 | 8 Dec 2012 | Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield, England | |