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'Chilled out!' - Johnny Fisher not feeling the emotion before Dave Allen rematch

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13, May 25

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Johnny Fisher is "chilled out" ahead of his rematch with Dave Allen, with the star stating that he does not look backwards or forward before his anticipated return to the ring.

'The Romford Bull' scored a split-decision victory over the 'White Rhino' in Riyadh last December to preserve his unbeaten professional record, despite being dropped in the fifth.

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Fisher, who had looked to be on a fast-track towards the top of the British heavyweight division with his fast knockout style, will hope to improve on his performance this Saturday.

But speaking ahead of the bout at London's Copper Box Arena, live on DAZN, the star insists he is not feeling any pressure, and says he is "emotionless" on the task at hand.

"I'm chilled out," he told The Stomping Ground. "I'm excited and I'm ready to go in there and have a great fight. This is what I dreamed of doing when I was a university student.

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"He's my enemy right now. That's how it's got to be. He's trying to take what I've got, he's trying to derail what I've built. I've got to stop that happening. I've got to win at all costs.

"I was too nice, too friendly. I still don't have any hard feelings towards the bloke. I've just got to go in there and do my job. I don't think he's a bad bloke. I feel emotionless.

"It's a boxing match. [Camp] is all done now. The old fight, the old version, it is irrelevant. This is a new fight. It's a man with a pair of boxing gloves fighting another man.

"I don't look back, I don't look forward. I've got to beat this guy who is in front of me. It doesn't matter if I've fought him before, it doesn't matter if I've fought him five times before.

"It's the same thing. I've got to win a boxing match."

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