Often in boxing, when an underdog is deprived of a deserved victory, they don't do as well in the rematch.
Dave Allen changed that narrative with a brutal fifth-round knockout of Johnny Fisher in London.
Fisher won their first fight in Saudi Arabia, a fight which most gave the nod to Allen, by split decision, and was expected to handle Allen at home in England.
Fisher did well for a while, using the jab and fighting off the attacking Allen but you had the feeling that eventually Allen was going to have his chance to take Fisher out.
Allen dropped Fisher in the fifth round in the first fight but couldn't finish the job, which allowed Fisher to take the fight to the judges.
This time, the fifth round would be the end of the fight as Allen knocked down a fading Fisher, who showed heart in rising but the fight could have been ended with Fisher on shaky legs.
Allen didn't allow Fisher to wiggle off the hook this time as he slammed a left hook to Fisher, sending him face first to the floor as his corner tossed the towel of surrender in mid-flight.
For Allen, the win will help a trialhorse receive a few more solid paydays at the British level and he should be quite competitive at that level.
For Fisher, it likely finishes him as a potential world-class prospect and resigns him to a career at the British level.
In Comnerce, California, top junior middleweight contender Serhii Bohachuk hammered out a unanimous decision over Mykal Fox.
Bohachuk is currently the number one contender in the WBC and will meet the winner of the Sebastian Fundora-Tim Tszyu rematch and the experience in fighting the 6'3 Fox would come in handy against the 6'6 Fundora, if Fundora wins the Tszyu rematch.
Judges scores were 98-92 times two and 97-93 as I've been unable to watch as of this writing.
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