Robert Allen

Robert Allen (born June 7, 1969) is an American former professional boxer from Atlanta, Georgia. He fought three times for the middleweight world championship.

Early life Robert, the youngest of nine children born to Albert and Janette Allen in Houma, Louisiana, graduated from South Terrebonne High School in 1987. In 1988 he moved to Los Angeles where he struggled to find work, lived in a car and became a part of the "Tent City" community of homeless. He would then join the U.S. Marine Corps where he served between 1988 and 1992.

Amateur career Allen was a standout as an amateur, becoming the 1992 United States Amateur Light middleweight champion.

Professional career After missing out on a spot on the 1992 United States Olympic boxing team by losing to Raúl Márquez in the Trials, Allen turned professional in 1993.

Nicknamed Armed & Dangerous he has held several minor titles and fought for the world middleweight title three times against all time great middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins. The first fight ended in a no contest when Hopkins was pushed out of the ring by referee Mills Lane when he was breaking a clinch. In the second fight Hopkins knocked Allen out in the 7th round, while in the third Hopkins would score a wide unanimous decision.

Personal life A father of four, Allen would work as a trainer at the Paul Murphy Boxing Club in Atlanta, Georgia after retiring.

Professional boxing record 45 Win 39–5 (1)

UD 4 N/a 18 May 2007

44 Win 38–5 (1)

UD 6 N/a 1 Dec 2006

43 Win 37–5 (1)

UD 6 N/a 6 Oct 2006

42 Loss 36–5 (1)

UD 12 N/a 5 Jun 2004

41 Win 36–4 (1)

KO 1 1:55 8 Nov 2003

40 Win 35–4 (1)

TKO 8 (10) ? 5 Apr 2003

39 Win 34–4 (1)

TKO 1 (6) 1:19 25 Jan 2003

38 Win 33–4 (1)

TD 6 (12) ? 25 Jul 2002

37 Win 32–4 (1)

UD 12 N/a 8 Feb 2002

36 Win 31–4 (1)

TKO 2 (12) 2:48 26 Oct 2001

35 Win 30–4 (1)

TKO 7 ? 20 Jun 2001

34 Win 29–4 (1)

UD 8 N/a 24 Apr 2001

33 Win 28–4 (1)

KO 3 ? 7 Apr 2001

32 Win 27–4 (1)

SD 10 N/a 1 Sep 2000

31 Win 26–4 (1)

TKO 3 ? 22 Apr 2000

30 Win 25–4 (1)

TKO 2 ? 27 Jan 2000

29 Win 24–4 (1)

TKO 2 ? 15 Jan 2000

28 Loss 23–4 (1)

RTD 9 (10) 3:00 24 Jul 1999

27 Loss 23–3 (1)

TKO 7 (12) 1:18 6 Feb 1999

26 Win 23–2 (1)

TKO 1 (12) 2:46 19 Sep 1998

25

22–2 (1)

NC 4 (12) 2:57 28 Aug 1998

24 Win 22–2

TKO 3 (12) 2:57 31 Jan 1998

23 Win 21–2

TKO 4 ? 20 Nov 1997

22 Win 20–2

KO 2 ? 22 Jul 1997

21 Win 19–2

UD 12 N/a 19 Apr 1997

20 Win 18–2

PTS 12 N/a 31 Jan 1997

19 Loss 17–2

RTD 9 (12) 3:00 11 Aug 1996

18 Win 17–1

KO 3 (12) ? 14 May 1996

17 Win 16–1

KO 9 (12) 3:00 14 Nov 1995

16 Win 15–1

TKO 4 (6) ? 7 Oct 1995

15 Win 14–1

UD 8 N/a 13 May 1995

14 Win 13–1

TD 4 (12) ? 30 Mar 1995

13 Win 12–1

KO 2 (8) 2:55 23 Jan 1995

12 Win 11–1

TKO 5 (10) ? 22 Nov 1994

11 Win 10–1

KO 7 (8) ? 2 Nov 1994

10 Win 9–1

TKO 1 (6) ? 24 Sep 1994

9 Win 8–1

UD 8 N/a 27 Aug 1994

8 Win 7–1

TKO 1 ? 21 Jul 1994

7 Win 6–1

KO 4 ? 10 Jun 1994

6 Win 5–1

TKO 4 (6) ? 23 Feb 1994

5 Win 4–1

KO 2 (6) 1:49 18 Dec 1993

4 Win 3–1

KO 1 (4) ? 23 Oct 1993

3 Win 2–1

TKO 2 (4) 0:09 28 Aug 1993

2 Win 1–1

TKO 4 (4) 0:25 23 Jul 1993

1 Loss 0–1

TKO 4 (4) ? 27 Feb 1993