Having ticked two of the biggest boxes that need ticking when it comes to a fight being a fan-demanded rematch – these being the fact that the fight’s result was controversial, with the fight also being darned exciting – British heavyweights Dave Allen and Johnny Fisher are set to run it back in May.
It was one of the wildest, most fun heavyweight slugfests of the year, a fight that really was as close to a bar room brawl as could be imagined between two pro boxers.
There are often two main reasons for a rematch fight taking place: the first fight was a cracker, and there was some controversy thrown in.
Today on the big Usyk-Fury II card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, unbeaten British heavyweight Johnny Fisher came through the fight of his career in a ten round war with his friend and former sparring partner Dave Allen.
Exciting British heavyweight contender Johnny Fisher will next face the experienced Andri Rudenko on September 28th. “The Romford Bull” insists he is in no way looking past Rudenko.
What was widely expected to be a heavyweight war instead turned out to be an absolute wipeout. Tonight in London, at the Copper Box, unbeaten Johnny Fisher blew away Alen Babic in less than a minute.
The official weights are in for tomorrow night’s expected fun fight, a slugfest between heavyweights Alen Babic and Johnny Fisher. Taking to the scales moments ago in London, both men look to be in fine physical shape.
It promises to be a great night, not only of boxing but of football as well, this Saturday in London at an expected to be full to the rafters Copper Box Arena.
Unbeaten heavyweight hopeful Johnny Fisher will collide with ‘The Savage,’ Alen Babic, former bridgerweight title challenger and a fun heavyweight in his own right, on July 6.
Tonight in London on the Katie Taylor-Karen Carabajal card, 23-year-old British heavyweight hope Johnny Fisher improved to 7-0(6) by way of a pretty impressive first-round stoppage win over The Czech Republic’s Dominik Musil.