{"id":599012,"date":"2026-05-23T01:47:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T01:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/599012\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T01:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T01:47:13","slug":"dave-allen-to-return-to-ring-five-weeks-after-filip-hrgovic-loss-with-next-fight-booked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/599012\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Allen to return to ring five weeks after Filip Hrgovic loss with next fight booked"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dave Allen is wasting no time in stepping back between the ropes in the wake of his lopsided loss to Filip Hrgovic.<\/p>\n

‘The White Rhino’ was denied his fairytale homecoming last weekend (May 16) when he was blown away inside three rounds by Hrgovic<\/a> at Doncaster’s Keepmoat Stadium.<\/p>\n

\"Filip<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hrgovic proved too good for Allen earlier this month in DoncasterCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

Allen’s trainer, Jamie Moore, made the compassionate decision to throw in the towel while his fighter was under heavy fire against the ropes.<\/p>\n

In the immediate aftermath of his defeat, Allen revealed that he intends to fight four more times as he gears up for one last roll of the dice.<\/a><\/p>\n

The rebuilding process will get underway on June 20 in Rotherham with a four to six-rounder, five weeks removed from his last outing.<\/p>\n

\u201cJune 20th at Rotherham Magna, I will be back in the ring,\u201d Allen posted on\u00a0Instagram.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI physically cannot sit and wait to get back in the ring after last week.<\/p>\n

\u201cFull transparency, it will be a journeyman type of opponent, and the rounds will be four or six.<\/p>\n

\u201cTicket prices \u00a350 and \u00a385 ringside, but those who came to the fight at the football ground last week or my fights at Skate Central [a] few years ago, the tickets will be available at half the prices.<\/p>\n

“And with a free drink as I will be putting the money behind the bar for them, so message @teamwhiterhino if you wanna come.\u201d<\/p>\n

The expectation is that Allen will fight someone of a similar calibre to his last tune-up opponent, Karim Berredjem.<\/p>\n

Allen knocked out the 12-11 French journeyman in the opening stanza after falling to a wide points loss to Arslanbek Makhmudov in October of last year.<\/p>\n

\"Karim<\/a><\/p>\n

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Allen is now set to get the wheels back in motion with a four-six rounder in JuneCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

The British cult hero has come unstuck at both European and world level in recent fights.<\/p>\n

However, Allen believes he still has enough gas left in the tank to compete for a British or Commonwealth title. <\/p>\n

Allen has never won a domestic belt, and he intends to rectify that before hanging up his gloves. <\/p>\n

“Four more fights, I want to get to 40,” Allen told the Queensberry Promotions YouTube channel.<\/p>\n

“Eddie is going to take me on a tour of the UK, and then the 40th one will be for the British or Commonwealth title.<\/p>\n

“I’d like to win a major domestic title and then call it a day.<\/p>\n

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“Maybe we will come back here for the 40th [Keepmoat Stadium].”<\/p>\n

Read More on talkSPORT<\/p>\n

At present, Richard Riakporhe is the British heavyweight champion, while Moses Itauma<\/a> is expected to vacate the Commonwealth belt in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dave Allen is wasting no time in stepping back between the ropes in the wake of his lopsided…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":599013,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,6102,15919,28726,15920,101,56,54,55,11555,15921,904],"class_list":["post-599012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-dave-allen","tag-filip-hrgovic","tag-next-fight","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-when","tag-where","tag-who"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}