{"id":316597,"date":"2025-08-04T07:45:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T07:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/316597\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T07:45:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T07:45:20","slug":"dave-allen-confident-makhmudovs-style-suits-him-october-11th-fight-at-sheffield-arena-on-dazn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/316597\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Allen Confident Makhmudov&#8217;s Style Suits Him: October 11th Fight At Sheffield Arena On DAZN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dave Allen is convinced that Russian heavyweight Arslanbek Makhmudov\u2019s fighting style is perfect for the way he fights. That\u2019s why Allen (24-7-2, 19 KOs) picked him as his opponent to fight on October 11th at the Sheffield Arena in Sheffield, England.\u00a0 They will battle in a 12-rounder on DAZN.<\/p>\n<p>Allen says he wishes he could take up as Agit Kabayel, because he would have the ability to attack Makhmudov\u2019s body the way he did in 2023 to make the fight much easier. Kabayel stopped Makhmudov (20-2, 10 KOs) with body shots in the fourth round.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Makhmudov Style Suits Allen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If Makhmudov fights anywhere close to how he looked against Kabayel, he\u2019ll likely knock out Allan in the first three rounds. He was connecting with some big shots on Kabayel in that fight, and barely missing with others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI make people miss, and I can punch. I\u2019ve got little T-Rex arms,\u201d said David Allen to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ryrNGUvfxK4&amp;t=13s&amp;ab_channel=talkSPORTBoxing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">talkSport Boxing<\/a>, talking about his fight against Arslanbek Makhmudov. \u201cIf you get close to me, I can belt you from four inches away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Allen didn\u2019t look at all hard to hit in his last two fights against Johnny Fisher. He\u2019s kidding himself if he believes he\u2019s hard to hit. The only reason Fisher had problems was that he\u2019s a poor heavyweight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMakhmudov will play into my hands. What he does, I\u2019m comfortable with,\u201d said Allen. \u201cI think people will be surprised by my counter-punching, my speed. It\u2019s a massive step up, and I think he\u2019ll be the favorite. I just fancy the match already. When I watched a lot of him, I really fancied it. It\u2019ll suit me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople say I need to hit him to the body and take him a couple of rounds. I\u2019m not Kabayel. I wish I were Kabayel. If I woke up as Kabayel tomorrow, I\u2019d be a happy man,\u201d said Allen.<\/p>\n<p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxingnews24.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boxing News 24<\/a> \u00bb Dave Allen Confident Makhmudov\u2019s Style Suits Him: October 11th Fight at Sheffield Arena on DAZN<\/p>\n<p>Last Updated on 08\/04\/2025 \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dave Allen is convinced that Russian heavyweight Arslanbek Makhmudov\u2019s fighting style is perfect for the way he fights.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[1935,748,115230,393,12509,4884,4332,4331,1620,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-316597","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-copper-box","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-fight-night","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-mark-robinson","15":"tag-matchroom-boxing","16":"tag-sheffield","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114969387165083674","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}