Terry Allen (boxer)

Terry Allen
Data
Birth Name	Edward Albert Govier
Weight class	Flyweight
nationality	British
birthday	June 18, 1924
place of birth	Islington , UK
Date of death	April 8, 1987
Place of death	London
style	Left-hand boom
size	1.57 meters
Combat Statistics
Struggles	75
Victories	61
Knockout victories	18th
Defeats	13
draw	1

Terry Allen (boxer) (born June 18, 1924 in Islington , London, UK, † April 8, 1987 in London ) was a British boxer . He was world champion and European champion of professional flyweight boxers.

Career

Terry Allen's real name was Edward Albert Govier. His father was also a professional boxer. His mother died when Terry Allen was only two years old. He grew up in Islington near London with his grandmother. Six of his cousins ​​were also boxers. He started boxing at the age of nine and enjoyed a successful amateur career in adolescence. In total, he came to 102 victories in 107 amateur fights. At the age of 18 he became a professional boxer and played his first professional fights under the name Ted Gover. He later named himself Terry Allen after a friend who died in World War II. In 1942 he joined the Royal Navy . During his professional career, he was British Champion, Commonwealth (British Empire) Champion, EBU European Champion and World Flyweight Champion. Its manager was Johnny Sharp. After completing his career in 1954, he worked in Islington as a businessman.

Career as a professional boxer

Terry Allen played his first professional fight on September 3, 1942 in Islington, UK, against his English compatriot Jim Thomas and defeated this on points. In the first phase of his career, he played 17 fights in England from September 3, 1942 to May 2, 1944, all of which he won. Then he was transferred to Egypt by the Royal Navy and he fought 15 fights against Egyptian or British opponents in Alexandria from May 10, 1944 to December 13, 1945, all of which he also won.

After his return to the British Isles he fought on May 14, 1946 in Harringay , UK, against the Scots Alex Murphy, against whom he suffered his first defeat in his professional career. He lost by knockout in the 6th round. Alex Murphy suffered a sad fate in December 1946, because he died after a knockout loss against Frenchman Emile Famechon on December 9, 1946 as a result of the injuries he suffered. Terry Allen boxed his way up continuously over the next three years. A knockout loss in the first round against Rinty Monaghan on March 11, 1947 in Marylebone, UK, who was Northern Irish flyweight champion at that time, could not slow him down. On March 15, 1948 Terry Allen won in Harringay, UK, with a disqualification victory in the 2nd round over Dickiie O'Sullivan the British championship of the south-east area. That was his first title win as a professional boxer.

On February 7, 1949 Terry Allen fought in Harringay, UK, again against Rinty Monaghan, who had meanwhile become world flyweight champion. In this non-title fight he held up considerably and lost against Monaghan only just on points. On May 3, 1949 Terry Allen lost in Kensington, UK, against the French flyweight champion Honore Pratesi after 10 rounds on points. Little impressed by this defeat, Terry Allen won on June 8, 1949 in Dundee, UK, against the Scots Norman Tennant after 12 rounds on points. In this fight it was decided who could challenge the world champion Rinty Monaghan as the winner. Then on September 30, 1949, the fight between Terry Allen and Rinty Monaghan took place in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. This fight was about four titles: the British flyweight title, the Commonwealth (British Empire) title, the EBU European title and the world flyweight title. After 15 rounds this fight ended in a draw, so that Rinty Monaghan kept all titles.

After Rinty Monaghan had given back all his titles, it came on April 25, 1950 in Harringay, UK, the fight for the vacant world title and the vacant EBU European flyweight title between Terry Allen and Honore Pratesi. Terry Allen succeeded in this fight the revenge for his defeat of May 3, 1949 and defeated Pratesi after 15 rounds on points. With that he was world and European champion. On August 1, 1950, he defended his world title in Honolulu , against the American of Hawaiian descent Dado Marino , against whom he lost after 15 rounds on points. On October 30, 1950 Terry Allen lost in Nottingham , UK, also his European title by losing points after 15 rounds to the Belgian Jean Sneyers .

On June 11, 1951 Terry Allen succeeded in Leicester , UK, by a point victory over his compatriot Vic Herman, to conquer the vacant British flyweight title. With this victory he was able to challenge the world champion Dado Marino. Marino and Allen then boxed again on November 1, 1951 in Honolulu for the world flyweight title and Marino won again on points.

In the last three years of his career (1952 to 1954) the defeats that Terry Allen suffered increased. But he still remained in business because he still knew how to convince with his fair fighting style and his commitment. On January 29, 1952, he lost in Kensington, UK, against the French flyweight champion Maurice Sandeyron on points. On March 17, 1952 Terry Allen then got a fight against his compatriot Teddy Gardner , in which it was about the British flyweight title, the Commonwealth (British Empire) title and the EBU European Championship title. Gardner won this fight after 15 rounds on points.

On October 21, 1952 Terry Allen then won in Harringay, UK, by a technical knockout victory in the 6th round over Eric Marsden again the British flyweight title, which Teddy Gardner had previously resigned without a fight. On October 27, 1953 Terry Allen boxed in the Korakuen Baseball Stadium in Tokyo again for the world flyweight title. He lost this fight against reigning world champion Yoshio Shirai , who had dethroned Dado Marino, on points.

On February 16, 1954 Terry Allen defended his British flyweight championship in Harringay, UK, by a disqualification win in the 5th round over Eric Marsden. On March 23, 1954, he had to accept a bitter knockout defeat in Kensington, UK, in the 2nd round against his compatriot Dai Dower . But he got another chance to box the vacant EBU European flyweight title. He could not use this, however, because he lost on September 10, 1954 in Milan against the Italian Nazzareno Giannelli on points.

After this fight, he ended his career.

Explanations

• NBA = National Boxing Association
• EBU = European Boxing Union
• UK = United Kingdom
• Left hand = leading hand is the left hand, the striking hand is the right hand

literature

• Box Sport magazine

Web links

• Terry Allen in the BoxRec database
• Terry Allen's career at www.cyberboxingzone.com