Johnny Fisher left needing oxygen as Dave Allen scores KO of the year contender in brutal fifth round stoppage
DAVE ALLEN scored a knockout of the year contender to brutally finish his Johnny Fisher rivalry.
The 33-year-old Doncaster man was on the wrong end of a controversial decision against the Romford ticket seller, 26, in December in Saudi Arabia.
But he snatched his career out of the hands of the judges at Stratford’s Copper Box by smashing Fisher in the fifth round with a brilliant left hook, leaving the brave history graduate needing oxygen.
Allen barely threw a single punch in the first three rounds of the original Christmas cracker.
But he flew out the traps slinging big right hands from the first bell.
Fisher wisely chose to box, rather than brawl, but his defence showed signs of vulnerability from the off.
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Fisher was warned over a nasty elbow he tried to throw in the second but his one-two swiftly after was much more impressive and legal, as was a whipped uppercut.
Allen - at a massive 19st - was hurt to the body by an uppercut in the third but he cracked back with hooks.
Fisher was then warned over a low blow and late punch, after being told to break and he ate a hefty right hand in the fourth.
Allen looped in a peach of a right in the last minute of the fifth and battered the Essex man until he folded to the floor.
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Fisher climbed to his unsteady feet and was about to be saved by the bell before Allen smashed him again.
Fisher then face planted and trainer Mark Tibbs towel flew in.
Overjoyed Allen - who had Fisher’s 7,000 local fans cheering him at the end - said: "I put a bit of weight on to take the body shots, it was a risk but I got it done.
"I will have an en-suite bathroom for my kids now.
"I have been written off so many times but I am a handful at this level.
"I knew I would get the job done, I warned him not to box me from the start. But I am the fattest hard man - or the hardest fat man - you will ever see.
"Johnny Fisher is a very good friend of mine and I meant it all the way through.
"I will not let the trilogy happen because I like Johnny and it wouldn’t be good for him.
"I like to box at my level, I will be a bit smarter now and maybe pick up a British title one day."