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But maybe above all of these: Can heavyweight cult hero David Allen lay a glove on Olympic bronze medalist Filip Hrgovic?<\/p>\n
The affable Allen will tell you he can do more than that. \u201cOn my day, I am better than Filip Hrgovic,\u201d he\u2019s promised reporters this week ahead of his home heavyweight duel in Doncaster, England. But how much does he \u2014 and anyone traveling to the Keepmoat Stadium \u2014 really believe that?<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s dissect Saturday\u2019s \u201cDavid-vs.-Goliath\u201d fight, along with everything else swirling around the boxing world this weekend.<\/p>\n
1. Allen moves from Cinderella Man to David vs. Goliath<\/p>\n
There is a chance we are running out of fictitious comparisons in the career of David Allen.<\/p>\n
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The English heavyweight has amassed a pro record of 25-8-2 (20 KOs) across a 14-year career of being boxing\u2019s \u201ceveryman\u201d \u2014 one that has seen the Doncaster fighter grow a cult following on British shores, facilitating the 34-year-old to be thrown into fights well above his level.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s taken pummeling at the hands of Dillian Whyte, Tony Yoka, Luis Ortiz, David Price, Frazer Clarke and, most recently, Arslanbek Makhmudov in a bout titled \u201cCinderella Man,\u201d<\/a> which again leaned on the underdog story of Allen.<\/p>\n He lost that fight, convincingly. His reward? Another roll of the dice against an even better fighter: Filip Hrgovic. This one is being dubbed \u201cDavid vs. Goliath.\u201d<\/p>\n No one can claim Dave Allen is scared of a good challenge.<\/p>\n (Mark Robinson via Getty Images)<\/p>\n Allen told the BBC this week that his promoter, Matchroom\u2019s Eddie Hearn, texted him while he was on holiday simply asking whether he would prefer to fight Hrgovic or Zhilei Zhang. A real Sophie\u2019s Choice for Allen, who opted against Zhang, who he describes as the \u201cbiggest puncher in the division,\u201d and accepted former Olympic bronze medalist Hrgovic, whose only career loss has come at the hands of Daniel Dubois.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n It\u2019s another huge task for Allen. And perhaps a poetic one. He\u2019s fighting on home soil inside Doncaster\u2019s Keepmoat Stadium in what could well turn out to be one of the final chapters of his bizarre boxing story.<\/p>\n 2. Davis and Albright run it back in Norfolk<\/p>\n Top Rank is diving head-first into DAZN waters for the first time this weekend, offering up a curious, if not pulsating rematch between Keyshawn Davis and Nahir Albright<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you don\u2019t remember what happened between these two back in 2023, here\u2019s a quick explainer in under 100 characters: Keyshawn Davis was seemingly high as a kite and fumbled his way to a shoddy majority decision win.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n That decision was sharply overturned to a no-contest after Davis tested positive for marijuana and question marks over how seriously he was taking his career hung heavy over his head.<\/p>\n But we don\u2019t judge over here at Uncrowned. Work is hard and sometimes you need that little something to take the edge off (he writes, swirling a second red wine of the evening).<\/p>\n Davis has notched up nothing but wins since, but losing his world title on the scales<\/a> and finding himself in the middle of a backstage brawl<\/a> with Saturday\u2019s opponent, Albright, have added fuel to the complex fire that surrounds Davis\u2019 career.<\/p>\n A convincing win in Davis\u2019 hometown of Norfolk, Virginia, on Saturday will go some way in repairing the damage caused, but the U.S. Olympic silver medalist is going to have to find a way of keeping himself out of the headlines for the wrong reasons if he is to reach his potential.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n 3. Donovan looks to put Crocker behind him in Germany<\/p>\n![\"NOTTINGHAM,](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/e2e9b020-2a1d-11f1-8ffb-e628e73b046b.jpeg\"\/)
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