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DAYS after Dave Allen told Boxing News about his decision to retire from professional boxing back in March, he just as quickly reneged on that decision and chose to give it another go.

The U-turn brought an end to the briefest of retirements and added the Doncaster heavyweight to the enormous list of boxers who have retired only to at some point have second thoughts.

“I think it was the end of April,” Allen said. “I was going to manage a few fighters, then eventually decided to just manage

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