At 28 years old, Heavyweight boxer, Dave Allen has announced his retirement ahead of a planned appearance on the undercard of Conor Benn's Welterweight match-up against Sebastian Formella this Saturday 21.
News17 Nov, 2020 by Deke Smith | Quick read
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The announcement comes just weeks after the cancellation of his
scheduled ring-return against Christopher Lovejoy, which fell through as
it emerged the American had undisclosed promotional ties with promoter
Don King.
With the Lovejoy fight off, Allen's return was
moved to the Benn-Formella undercard, but before an opponent could be
confirmed, he decided to make his exit from the sport, taking to
Instagram to announce the decision:
"Hello everyone, I hoped I
would never have to write this message, never mind at 28 with my last
fight being when I was 27 years old but I made the decision a few nights
ago with my sister that I would no longer from that moment on be a
professional fighter . . . 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 just 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."
Further
to his Instagram post, in an interview with IFL, Allen alluded to a
sparring session with Oleksandr Usyk playing a big part in his decision.
During the session, Allen took a left hand that had him unsteady on his
legs and by his own account, left him concussed.
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