‘It was hard to watch’ – John Fisher opens up on his son’s brutal fight against Dave Allen after he needed brain scan
JOHN FISHER opened up on the struggle of watching his boy put his health on the line in the boxing ring.
Son Johnny beat Dave Allen in a brutal 12-round slug fest in Riyadh last December – which fans deemed controversial but an all-out thriller.
And heavyweight Fisher was left baring his battle scars after being rushed to hospital for a precautionary brain scan.
Dad John – who helps flog hundreds of tickets for his son thanks to his TikTok fame – watched through his fingers alongside wife Charlotte.
John told SunSport: “It’s hard to watch.
“My wife was next to me, I’ve seen boxing in it’s most brutal form, I’ve seen Johnny spar in harder fights than that.
“So I’ve seen it before, but Charlotte was a bit, ‘Oh my God, oh my God.’
“And when you’re in Saudi, it was quite a way back away, you can’t really see what’s going on fully.
“Everyone’s standing up so it wasn’t a nice watch no, if I’m being hones. It wasn’t a great watch.”
Fisher was taken to hospital after winning a tight points decision having taken damage to his ear.
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John said: “Listen, we had to go to the hospital.
“We had to have brain scans, his ear was like that thick on his left side, he couldn’t even stand up in the changing rooms, had no balance whatsoever.
“But the doctors, everyone in Saudi Arabia had really looked after him, so it was very comforting when he was at the hospital.
“He was all right, he had all his faculties about him, it’s just his balance had totally gone.
“But it’s boxing, it’s a dangerous, dangerous game, so the top respect to all boxers, men and women that do it, boys and girls, there’s no other sport like it.”
Fisher, 26, was dropped in round five by Allen, 32, but battled on to take a disputed split-decision win.
Now he looks to silence any doubters by taking the immediate rematch on May 17 at the Copper Box – just six months on from the epic first battle.
And Fisher – who is 13-0 with 11 knockouts – cherished his painful rumble in Riyadh.
He told us: “We’ve always spoken about it in training, back against the wall showing people you can tough it out and grit it out.
“They’re the things you dream of as a professional fighter. Can’t do it all the time but to show people I’m not just a knockout artist, I can dig in, that’s another good positive.”