The Lennox `Too Cool’ Allen/David Morrell super middleweight title fight has been pushed back by two weeks but the former is unfazed by the postponement, in fact, Allen says that he welcomes the change.
Allen was initially billed to match gloves with Cuban/American, Morrell on April 11 then July 24 for the interim World Boxing Association (WBA) title but the PBC card, which will be televised live on FOX Sports, has been rescheduled to August 8.
The Brooklyn-based boxer sees the change as a blessing in disguise and relishes the opportunity to have an extended training camp.
Said Allen yesterday “It’s just two weeks so I don’t see it as a setback, I am going to be in even better shape.”
Victory for the Brooklyn-based Guyanese, nicknamed ‘Too Sharp’, will propel him into the number one contender spot for a world title bout.
The chiseled six-foot, one-inch southpaw admitted it had been a long training camp but he said: “David is a serious fighter and I’ve prepared thoroughly.”
Morrell is undefeated in his two professional bouts, both via the KO route.
‘Too Sharp’ though is in his best shape for the momentous bout in which he puts his undefeated 23-fight career on the line.
Allen who had just wrapped up a training session in the Sweatbox Gym in Brooklyn added: “I expect to win, I know this will be a tough fight, but I feel very confident.”
The Allen/Morrell card will be staged in a ‘studio setting’ in Los Angeles, California without live spectators as part of a series of fight cards within a “bubble” designed to protect fighters from contracting COVID-19.
