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TalkingBoxing.com Interview

May 31, 2004
Robert Allen: "I Will Be Tenacious"
The Top Middleweight catches up with TalkingBoxing

by Julius Stecker
    For the last 5 years Robert Allen (36-4, 27 KO) has done nothing but win. In that span he is 13-0, with 9 knockouts. Allen has been waiting all this time for one more shot at greatness. One more shot at ring glory. One more shot at the All-Time great Middleweight Champion Bernard Hopkins. It was 5 years ago when Allen was the victim of a 7th round TKO loss to Hopkins, but since then Allen has done things the hard way to receive his 3rd chance at the Undisputed Middleweight Champion.

TalkingBoxing.com caught up with the intense top rated Middleweight contender while he was in deep preparation for his upcoming fight June 5th against Bernard Hopkins as part of a double-header PPV card that also features Oscar De La Hoya in the other main event at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Allen stated, "Expect me to be tenacious, I am hungry, I am a dog. I am going to do whatever I have to do, to get the victory." Allen is in concentrated training for this approaching fight that not many people are giving him a chance in. Allen explained, "It is my time now, and I am not going to let it get away from me." Allen's talked with a extreme sense of purpose for this affair and he plans on showing the boxing world that he has what it takes to put an end to the dream of Bernard Hopkins-Oscar De La Hoya dream fight this September.

Over the past 5 years since his devastating loss to Hopkins, he has whipped numerous mid-level middleweight contenders with relative ease. (Some guys of note that he defeated would be Tito Mendoza, Dwain Williams and Marlon Hayes) Allen is hoping to ride this momentum into his battle with Hopkins.

According to Allen, he cited promotional problems as part of the reason for his previous short falls early in his career. Now he feels that he and his trainer Byron Oglesby have an unbeatable team. "I have had one of the most mismanaged careers in boxing history, which led to some inconsistency. Right now I feel I am the most lethal middleweight in world. And now I have consistency with me and Byron Olgesby, and think I will soon be back at the top," said Allen.

Allen believes that his new sense of focus that has carried him to a 13-0 record since late 1999 will soon be pushed to 14-0. He is looking to shock the world, but to him it would not be shocking the world. It would be doing what he expected. He closed with this, "I will be tenacious, I will be lethal, and I will come out victorious. I am on a suicide mission, so I am going to bring it to him. That is all he knows and respects, so that is what I am going to do!"

Julius Stecker is one of the founding fathers of TalkingBoxing.com and has a passion, commitment and work ethic unmatched in the game today! Make sure to check us out daily as Julius talks with boxing's best boxers and offers his insight in weekly articles and big fight breakdowns!

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