{"id":670732,"date":"2026-07-03T00:15:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T00:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/670732\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T00:15:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T00:15:23","slug":"dave-allen-says-he-will-retire-if-thomas-carty-beats-him-september-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/670732\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Allen Says He Will Retire If Thomas Carty Beats Him September 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=boxing247.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"208\" alt=\"Add East Side Boxing as a preferred source on Google\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770669047_552_google.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKAgKIiJDQklTRXdnTWFnOEtEV0p2ZUdsdVp6STBOeTVqYjIwb0FBUAE?ceid=US:en&amp;oc=3&amp;hl=en-US&amp;gl=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"128\" alt=\"Follow East Side Boxing on Google News\" style=\"height:100%; width:auto; display:block;\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/follow-google-news.png\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old accepted the fight knowing he would be walking into hostile territory, but he insisted the challenge doesn\u2019t bring added pressure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I lose this fight, I will retire,\u201d Allen said at the press conference. \u201cI\u2019ll have one more to get to 40. We\u2019ll go back local and have one more and retire. So this is it. If I lose this one, it\u2019s over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Allen has built a reputation for taking on difficult assignments throughout his career, sharing the ring with several world-class heavyweights. While he acknowledges Carty\u2019s boxing ability, he believes his own toughness and power will prove decisive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Thomas is very good. I think he\u2019s a better boxer than me. I think he moves well. But I am one big fat hard man. I hit really hard as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Allen explained that the losses on his record have largely come against elite opposition, adding that whenever he has been able to land consistently, he has usually come away with victory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think with this fella, I\u2019ll catch up with him. I\u2019m big, I\u2019m strong, I eat, I\u2019m durable, and at this level, I think it\u2019ll be enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Allen even predicted how the contest will unfold.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the kind of fight where more often than not I come in, I take a few shots, I get hit for five rounds, they get a bit tired, then I hit them, and it\u2019s over. I think this is how it\u2019ll go,\u201d said Allen,<\/p>\n<p>Carty, meanwhile, said he has enormous respect for Allen but views the bout as the biggest opportunity of his career after injury ruined what was supposed to be his breakthrough appearance at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t get chances like this twice in life,\u201d Carty said. \u201cSo I\u2019m training accordingly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With Allen\u2019s career potentially hanging in the balance and Carty looking for the biggest win of his professional career, the heavyweight meeting has become one of the most compelling bouts on the historic Croke Park undercard.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Youtube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1782966315_28_hqdefault.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 33-year-old accepted the fight knowing he would be walking into hostile territory, but he insisted the challenge&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-670732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670732","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=670732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}