Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-06-23, pretty good fight between Tony Yoka and David Allen: it gets three stars.The 2016 Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist Tony Yoka entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 4-0-0 (3 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.59 heavyweight in the world. In his previous bouts he has won over Travis Clark (Yoka vs Clark), Jonathan Rice (Yoka vs Rice), Ali Baghouz (Tony Yoka vs Ali Baghouz) and Cyril Leonet (Tony Yoka vs Cyril Leonet).
His opponent, David Allen, has an official record of 13-3-2 (10 KOs=77%) and he entered as the No.105 in the same weight class. He lost to Lenroy Thomas last year (via split decision) but then he has beat Tom Dallas and David Howe but he has also faced Thomas again in 2018 (bout ended in a draw). Yoka vs Allen is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Date: 2018-06-23
Where: Dome de Paris-Palais des Sports, Paris, France
Division: heavyweight (over 200 lbs, 90.7 kg)
Yoka’s previous fight: Tony Yoka vs Cyril Leonet
Yoka’s next fight: Tony Yoka vs Alexander Dimitrenko
Yoka vs Allen full fight video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0xCR-53Rds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrQ5oSAH86o
Young Mr. Yoka was given a flat footed game fighter in Allen to fight. Yoka has some skills but still needs some time to develop. This was like a training fight for him.