[Rocco Del Sesto]

Vernon Allen Rating 1 England
Heavyweight 1965-82

I did this guy some time ago in TB1. I've playtested him some more with the larger data base of fighters I now have and generally as I expected he's down graded from the original.

12 wins / 24 losses / 1 draw / 3 KO

Hometown: Sydney, NSW, Australia

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

Allen fights in England through up through 1969 before he moves on down under to finish the later part of his career. His career started out 4-16-0. His only wins were against Tommy Woods and Dave Barber in 1966 and then won 2 straight fights in 1968 by disqualification of his opponents. He lost three fights to Derek Groombridge while also loosing to Vic Moore, Jimmy Tibbs, Johnny Ould, Barber and Woods to name some we've seen rated into the game. From 1969 through to Sept 1972 he manages to put together a 6-5-0 record against no one you've probably heard off. After loosing a 10 round decision in Sept. 1973 to a Greg NcNamara(30-13-5,4), Vernon steps out of the ring for 3 years before coming back in November 1975 winning a 6 round decision against I.M.Gentle(Like that handle?!) and then an 8 round decision against Hunter McHugh(13-7-5,7). In April 1976 he fights a Sentiki Qata for the vacant New South Wales Heavyweight Title. Qata wins the 10 round decision.

Vernon then disappears from the boxing scene again, this time for over 5-1/2 years before staging a 3rd comeback in November 1981. Over the next 5 month period he looses a 6 round decision to Kevin Wagstaff, fights a draw with an Alan Black and then in April 1982 Wagstaff KO's Allen to send him into retirement for good.