Johnny Fisher favourite to avoiding slipping on Dave Allen's banana skin

This Saturday night, in East London, the Olympic Park's Copper Box will turn into the "Copper Bosh" as Johnny Fisher's "Romford Bull" Army ascend on the 7,500 capacity arena.
Fisher is a short-priced favourite with the online bookmakers as he faces journeyman Dave Allen for the second time in six months, having shared 10 competitive rounds inside the Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, last December.
Free Bets boxing expert Lewis Watson takes a closer look at Saturday's big clash.
This rematch is an unexpected fork in the road for Team Fisher. Tipped for a quick ascent up the domestic heavyweight rankings, the 26-year-old struggled with the grit, determination and experience of the "White Rhino" in their first meeting, leading to many onlookers — including Fisher's Dad and internet personality "Big John" — declaring that they thought Allen had won the fight.
Fisher bagged a split decision win, despite one judge scoring the contest 96-93 in favour of Allen.
Allen is now a veteran of the British boxing ring — and that's not a title that the 33-year-old will mind being dubbed with.
He is 23-7-2 (18KO) as a professional and prizefighting is his biggest focus, aided by the lucrative rematch of a fight he was never expected to be competitive in to begin with.
The pressure is off Allen but heaped on the shoulders of Fisher. If he isn't able to add to Allen's seven career defeats, then his future in the sport will be put under further scrutiny before it has truly taken off.
"If you're a professional boxer or an athlete of any perspective or any person in some sort of public eye, you're gonna get negative comments," Fisher said following the first fight in Saudi Arabia, last December.
"And when it is a close fight, people with their knives are waiting to dig in and defame you, but people who know their boxing thought it was a close fight. I believe I won by one round. I don't, don't dispute people that thought it could have gone around the other way or it was a draw. But objectively looking at it, I thought I won by a round and that's a close fight. So we can do it again."
Fisher enters the rematch as a 4/11 favourite with bet365 to repeat the result from December, but there is an expectation for a performance more than just sneaking a victory.
The heavyweight division is as unforgiving as they come, but similarly, one punch can change your destiny forever.
Fisher is a popular figure in Essex, a monstrous ticket seller and easy for the PR machine to get churning behind. But only if he adds wins to his record.
Allen is a tricky banana skin this Saturday night, but with more eyes on this fight than any in the career of Fisher so far, he has the chance to sprint away from his domestic rival and build towards the next chapter.
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Lewis Watson
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