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Heavyweight Johnny Fisher’s dad, ‘Big’ John Fisher, confronted journalist Garrett A. today. Davis to give him a tongue-lashing for allegedly calling Johnny’s 10-round split decision victory over Dave Allen a ‘robbery’ from their Undercard fight last Saturday night at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
A controversial decision
‘Big’ John questioned Garrett’s characterization of Johnny’s victory, which many boxing fans saw as controversial due to how Allen took control of the fight from the fifth round. Fans were calling it a robbery left and right and felt that Allen (23-7-2, 18 KOs) should have won a clear decision.
Allen dropped the inexperienced 25-year-old Fisher (13-0, 11 KOs) in the fifth round and hurt him in every round since. It looked like a fairly easy fight to score, but the referees messed up and two scored for Fisher. I watched and Allen won the last six rounds.
Promoter Eddie Hearn made the mistake of putting a rookie with only 31 rounds under his belt as a pro with Dave Allen. In hindsight, it was a bad move.
Fisher looked like he was going well in the tenth, but then got startled and had to hold out. That took away from all the positive things Fisher was doing in the round. That straight hand he was up against should have resulted in a warning or penalty. He got away with it the whole fight.
Results
95-94: Fisher
96-93: Allen
95-94: Fisher
Papa Bear Mode
The Great John Fisher: “I totally respect anyone’s opinion who thought Dave won the fight, but the way you and Spencer went over. I thought you were serious journalists. “You’ve shown how incapable you are of reporting a good fight,” John said iFL TV.
Gareth A. Davis: “Did Johnny win the fight, John?”
Big John: “Yeah, he won the fight. I looked back at him. He won from the first to the fourth round. Round ten and seven, you could have counted out Johnny. So, call it a robbery and an abomination. Gareth, you were welcome in my house before. You will never be welcome in my house again because the way you are acting is a complete, utter disgrace.
“Okay, I’ll tell you to your face because I’m a man. I don’t hold back. Anyone can say that Dave won the fight. Dave’s team himself said it wasn’t a robbery, and you’re shouting things like that. I’ve lost all respect for you. People said to me, ‘Don’t respect Gareth Davies.’ I lost all respect.”
Gareth: “That’s fine. You can go to dinner and we will continue with the interview. Thanks, John.”
Big John: “Never come near me again and never ask my advice again.”
Garrett: “I don’t need your advice.”
Big John: “You have, sir, because you have no idea. When I see you, I’ll tell you. I’ll tell you to your face. Merry Christmas to you, GAD.”
Garrett: “Merry Christmas. Let’s continue with the interview because John doesn’t want to talk about things. He’s just mad.”
