Dave Allen vs Filip Hrgovic LIVE: Date, start time, undercard and how to follow to heavyweight clash

May 16, 2026 - 12:15

Dave Allen and Filip Hrgovic are set to collide in a crossroads fight this evening.

British cult hero Allen will dive back in at the deep end after rebounding from a defeat to Arslanbek Makhmudov last October.

Filip Hrgovic looks on as blood runs from a cut on his eye during the WBO International Heavyweight title fight between Filip Hrgovic and David Adeleye on the ESports World Cup fight night at the ANB arena on August 16, 2025 in Riyadh, — Hrgovic is riding a two-fight winning streak heading into fight night

Allen blew away French journeyman Karim Berredjem in 57 seconds in February and is now set to take a significant step up in class against Hrgovic.

The Croatian is ranked inside the top 15 by all four major sanctioning bodies and is riding a two-fight winning streak over Joe Joyce and David Adeleye.

Providing he comes out of the bout unscathed, Hrgovic claims he is contractually obliged to fight one of Moses Itauma, Agit Kabayel, Daniel Dubois or Fabio Wardley at the back end of the year.

Allen will be hoping he can spoil Hrgovic’s plans and land another payday for himself.

Allen vs Hrgovic: Date and how to follow

The heavyweight clash goes down on Saturday, May 16, at the Keepmoat Stadium in Allen’s hometown of Doncaster.

Main event ringwalks are expected around 10:30pm UK time.

DAZN will be broadcasting the fight, while talkSPORT will have live commentary.

Coverage starts at 7pm on talkSPORT 2 before moving over to talkSPORT at 9pm for the main event.

John Rawling, Spencer Oliver, Adam Catterall and Frazer Clarke will be your commentators.

Dave Allen celebrates with his belt after victory by knock out in the Heavyweight fight between Johnny Fisher and Dave Allen as part of the Johnny Fisher v Dave Allen 2 - Fight Night at Copper Box Arena on May 17, 2025 in London, England — Allen boasts a 25-8-2 pro boxing record and has the chance to score a career-best win on May 16

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Allen vs Hrgovic: Undercard

Subject to change…

Dave Allen vs Filip Hrgovic – Heavyweight
Louie O’Doherty vs Ahmed Hatim – British and Commonwealth lightweight titles
Michael Gomez Jr vs Lee McGregor – Lightweight
Carl Fail vs Luis Enrique Montelongo Morales – Super welterweight
Joe Hayden vs Ryan Frost – Welterweight
Ted Jackson vs Mike Byles – Middleweight
Leighton Birchall vs Leonardo Baez – Featherweight
Kian Hamilton vs Les Urry – Super-lightweight
John Tom Varey vs Stephen Jackson – Super flyweight

Allen vs Hrgovic: What has been said?

Hrgovic said: “To be honest, I wasn’t expecting this kind of fight.

“I was calling out names like Fabio Wardley or a rematch with Daniel Dubois, or to fight [Agit] Kabayel in Germany, or I was hoping for that kind of fight.

“But in the end, this fight was at the table, and it was a great deal offered from Queensbury, and I accepted.”

Allen said: “I’m not a big puncher at the highest level. I’m clever, I’m tough, I’m awkward.

“I think, with Filip, I’m not gonna try and knock him out. I want to irritate him. I’m gonna make him miss, I’m gonna push him back.

“He’s gonna turn up on May 16 and think he’s in for an easy night, and when we get two, three, four, five rounds in, he’s gonna think, ‘Wow, I can’t really hit this fella.’

“A lot of people in boxing – the [Oleksandr] Usyks, the [Tyson] Furys, [Anthony] Joshua – go and ask them about me.

“They’ll tell you, ‘He’s a very good fighter on his day.’ And if I have my best day and Filip turns up anything short of 100 per cent, I’m gonna beat him.”