Dave Allen is campaigning hard for a money fight against faded former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder. Now promoted by Eddie Hearn, Allen (24-7-2, 19 KOs) believes he can beat ‘The Bronze Bomber,’ and he’s hoping that he’ll agree to the fight.
Wilder has other ideas. He’s interested in fighting Anthony Joshua, Oleksandr Usyk, Andy Ruiz, or Francis Ngannou if he’s victorious in his rebuilding fight next month against Tyrell Anthony Herndon on June 27th. Those would be big paydays for Deontay.
Wilder’s PPV Days Are Over
The 39-year-old Deontay (43-4-1, 42 KOs) is desperately trying to keep his fading career alive after going 1-3 in his last four fights. He’s worn out his welcome on the major PPV event with his consecutive losses in Riyadh to Joseph Parker and Zhilei Zhang.
Allen (24-7-2, 19 KOs) is a career-long British domestic-level heavyweight who has gotten a lot of attention with his fifth-round knockout of prospect Johnny Fisher on May 17th in London. He wants to use that victory to talk himself into a payday fight against Deontay.
“I believe I can beat him. I spoke to Eddie [Hearn]. We’d like to do that by the end of the year if we can,” said Dave Allen to The Ring about his interest in fighting former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder.
Deontay Avoids Low-Level Scraps
The 39-year-old Wilder has lost three out of his last four fights and will face the little-known Herndon in Wichita, Kansas. It’s highly unlikely Deontay would be interested in fighting another non-contender like Dave Allen to do him a favor. There’s no money in a fight of that nature unless Turki Alalshikh wants to get involved. He likely won’t because it’s a low-level fight.
“Deontay Wilder will have to Google me at some point and find out who I am,” said Allen. “But when he has a look, he probably thinks I’d be an easy fight. So maybe it can happen. I have a contract for two fights. So, I’d like two steady fights. Let me make my money.”
Allen should focus on more realistic targets, like Frazier Clarke, Fabio Wardley, Moses Itauma, or David Adeleye. Even with Deontay’s career essentially over, he’s still out of Allen’s league, and he’s not going to take notice of him. Wilder is already rich with a net worth estimated at $30 million. He won’t be interested in this kind of low-paying scrap to help out Allen.
“Don’t moan at me for boxing some guy that should be easy. Let me make my money, and then I’ll box Wilder. I’ll box anybody. I’m not really bothered,” said Allen.
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