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Keys to Victory: Where will Dave Allen and Thomas Carty thrive at Katie Taylor farewell?

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5, Sep

Keys to Victory: Where will Dave Allen and Thomas Carty thrive at Katie Taylor farewell?

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Put in chief support to Katie Taylor’s final fight at Dublin, Ireland’s Croke Park has its major perks for Thomas Carty.

Dublin’s own heavyweight hero will look to grow his fight profile there by taking on Dave Allen tonight, live worldwide on DAZN.

Carty (11-1, 9 KOs), who has sparred Tyson Fury before, enters the bout coming off a points victory over German Skobenko in March.

He faces Allen (27-9-2, 20 KOs) who has built himself into somewhat of a fan favorite, especially with his rivalry against Johnny Fisher, ending it with a massive knockout last year.

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This year has already seen a busy ‘White Rhino’ defeat Karim Berredjem, lose to Filip Hrgovic by third-round TKO and defeat Ross McGuigan and Dan Garber via points.

In front of a raucous Croke Park home faithful, will Carty get his biggest victory yet in stopping Allen? Or will Allen devastate Carty to play spoiler? DAZN News analyzes the Keys to Victory between these heavyweights.

Dave Allen’s Keys to Victory

Get inside of Carty’s jab

Dave Allen doesn’t want to spend the early going of this fight on the outside of Thomas Carty’s jab. So whether it takes a distraction punch to work his way inside of Carty’s jab or simply by charging in, ‘White Rhino’ must get inside of the stick where he could be most effective.

Smother Carty with overhand shots and hooks

If successful in getting within Carty’s reach, it would behoove Allen to take chances by uncorking hard overhand rights and hooks. With Carty standing an inch taller than Allen, these punches could be the Doncaster, Yorkshire man’s main weapons of choice in landing damage against the Irish heavyweight.

Allen has a penchant of whipping his hooks around larger opponent’s guards with unsuspecting speed and can perhaps surprise Carty.

Lean into ring savvy

Allen has the experience that Carty lacks, having fought the likes of Filip Hrgovic, Arslanbek Makhmudov, Johnny Fisher twice, Frazer Clarke and Dillian Whyte just to name a few. The Brit must lean into this experience by resorting to the clinch at apt times, punching Carty within it and breaking away only to detonate something with speed the Irishman’s way.

Allen has never quite fought in a venue like Croke Park for an occasion like this, but has the big-fight experience he must impose over Carty with these bully boxing tactics.

Thomas Carty’s Keys to Victory

Assert the jab early

Keeping Dave Allen, who likes to pressure into the pocket, on the outside with a patient, yet prodding jab should be Thomas Carty’s first line of duty in this big co-feature spot. The southpaw heavyweight successfully establishing that jab could spell the setup for major damage to follow.

Use the lead hand as a distraction for a thunderous left

Watch fight footage of Carty and the Irish heavyweight does a solid job of throwing the lead right hand as a distraction punch at times only to pounce with a huge overhand left. Carty sets up the one-two with foot feints effectively, before unloading that pawing right and thunderous overhand left.

The pounding combination could be just what it takes to stop Allen’s forward-fighting pursuit, or knock him out altogether.

Stay in the moment

With 80,000-plus fans roaring to see Katie Taylor in the main event, Carty cannot afford to get flustered and lost in the moment. He must keep his cool and composure and not be goaded into unnecessary, wild exchanges with a pressure-cooker fighter like Allen.

A more measured Carty could grant him the biggest win on the biggest platform of his career, while appropriately setting the stage for Taylor’s final dance.

Who has the edge in Allen vs. Carty?

Analysis: DAZN News' Mark Lelinwalla

Dave Allen is not an easy fighter to stop, but he can be stopped. I see patience behind the jab being Thomas Carty’s most valuable attribute in this fight. Asserting a jab will allow the Irishman to properly time and uncork a heavy-handed mid-to-late round knockout which I see him producing in front of a feverish Croke Park following tonight in Dublin.