DONALD Allison was born in Guyana but competed mostly in the USA as a super lightweight boxer.
On February 1, 1991 he made an unsuccessful attempt to capture the International Boxing Council title. He was defeated by American Tony Martin who won by unanimous decision.
The fight was held at the Mark Etess Arena in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Allison was born on December 1, 1963 and had his first professional fight in June 1988.
His career lasted six years. During that time he secured a record of 14 victories, six losses and one draw.
Two of his 21 fights were staged outside the USA. In July 1992 he defeated Barrington Cambridge in Guyana, while in October of the same year Allison lost to Fabian Chancalay in Argentina. After retiring from fighting, he returned to Guyana and opened a gym in Agricola.
Allison was a few months short of celebrating 42 years when he was gunned down in September 2005.