David Allen is a British professional boxer. At regional level, he has challenged twice for the Commonwealth heavyweight title in 2017 and 2018. He holds a notable win over former world heavyweight champion Lucas Browne.

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

Consecutive defeats Allen vs. Whyte After being undefeated in his first 10 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.

First Commonwealth title challenge Allen vs. Thomas He fought Lenroy Thomas in May 2017 for the vacant Commonwealth heavyweight title, losing a split decision over 12 rounds.

Second Commonwealth title challenge 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.

Return to the ring 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 10th-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.

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

Retirement In November 2020, Allen announced his retirement from boxing, stating, "I don’t want to get punched anymore." The announcement was reported in an interview with World Boxing News. "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 Sheffield. Allen won by technical knockout in the second round.

Allen vs. Fisher Allen fought Johnny Fisher (12–0, 11 KOs) 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. Allen knocked Fisher down in the 5th round but ultimately lost the fight in a controversial split decision as 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 faced Johnny Fisher in a rematch at the Copper Box Arena in London, England, on 17 May 2025. He won by stoppage in the fifth round to inflict the first defeat of his opponent's professional career.

Allen vs. Makhmudov Allen fought Arslanbek Makhmudov (20–2, 19 KOs) at Sheffield Arena on 11 October 2025. Allen lost by unanimous decision with the judges scoring the bout 115–111, 117–109 and 116–110 all in favour of Makhmudov.

On 21 February 2026, Allen fought Karim Berredjem (12–10, 3 KOs) at the Nottingham Arena, on the undercard of Leigh Wood vs. Josh Warrington II. Allen knocked out Berredjem in just 57 seconds.

Allen vs. Hrgović Allen faced Filip Hrgović in the headline fight on the bill at the Keepmoat Stadium in his hometown of Doncaster on 16 May 2026. He lost by technical knockout when his corner threw in the towel in the third round.

Allen got back to winning ways in his next fight with a points win over Ross McGuigan in a four-round bout at the Magna Centre in Rotherham on 20 June 2026.

Allen vs. Carty Allen faced Thomas Carty at Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland, on 5 September 2026. The fight ended in a no contest ruling after his opponent fell through the ropes to the floor in the first round and was unable to continue. In a statement released two days after the fight, Carty's management team said he had been treated in hospital for a suspected concussion and blamed "two illegal blows" and "loose ropes" for his fall. For his part, Allen said he intended to appeal the no contest decision and have it changed to a win.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNote39NCThomas Carty1 (10) 5 Sep 202638Win27–9–2Dan GarberPTS425 Jul 202637Win26–9–2Ross McGuiganPTS420 Jun 202636Loss25–9–2Filip HrgovićTKO3 (10) 16 May 202635Win25–8–2Karim BerredjemTKO1 (6) 21 Feb 202634Loss24–8–2Arslanbek MakhmudovUD1211 Oct 202533Win24–7–2Johnny FisherTKO5 (10) 17 May 202532Loss23–7–2Johnny FisherSD1021 Dec 202431Win23–6–2Amine BoucettaPTS413 Jul 202430Win22–6–2Jake DarnellPTS46 Apr 202429Loss21–6–2Frazer ClarkeRTD6 (10), 2 Sep 202328Win21–5–2Michael BassettTKO1 (6), 25 Feb 202327Win20–5–2Milen PaunovTKO2 (4), 19 Mar 202226Win19–5–2Andrea PesceTKO2 (4), 27 Aug 202125Win18–5–2Dorian DarchKO3 (6), 8 Feb 202024Loss17–5–2David PriceRTD10 (12), 20 Jul 201923Win17–4–2Lucas BrowneKO3 (12), 20 Apr 201922Win16–4–2 Ariel BracamonteRTD7 (10), 10 Nov 201821Win15–4–2Samir NeboKO1 (10), 13 Oct 201820Win14–4–2Nick WebbKO4 (10), 28 Jul 201819Loss13–4–2Tony YokaTKO10 (10), 23 Jun 201818Win13–3–2David HoweTKO4 (4), 4 May 201817Draw12–3–2Lenroy Thomas1 (12), 3 Mar 201816Win12–3–1Tom DallasTKO3 (4), 22 Jul 201715Loss11–3–1Lenroy Thomas1227 May 201714Win11–2–1David Howe2 (6), 4 Mar 201713Win10–2–1Lukasz RusiewiczTKO1 (6), 25 Feb 201712Loss9–2–1Luis OrtizTKO7 (8), 10 Dec 201611Loss9–1–1Dillian Whyte1030 Jul 201610Win9–0–1Jason GavernRTD4 (8), 26 Mar 20169Win8–0–1Fabrice AuriengPTS624 Oct 20158Win7–0–1Jindrich VeleckyTKO3 (4), 29 Aug 20157Win6–0–1Larry Olubamiwo2 (6), 7 Jun 20146Draw5–0–1Plamen Nikolov429 Mar 20145Win5–0Moses MatovuPTS42 Mar 20144Win4–0Oliver NagyTKO1 (4), 19 Oct 20133Win3–0Deyan MihailovTKO1 (4), 27 Apr 20132Win2–0Laszlo Peczeli1 (6), 2 Mar 20131Win1–0Rolandas Cesna68 Dec 2012

References

External links

David Allen – Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live