JUNIOR welterweight (super lightweight) Donald Allison improved to three victories from four fights when he defeated American Louis Palombo on March 24, 1989 at the Gleason’s Arena in Brooklyn, New York. Allison won the six-rounder on points and it marked the first occasion that he had gone beyond four rounds. Born in Guyana, Allison competed mostly in the USA. He was crowned New York State junior welterweight champion in July 1990 following a unanimous win over Jose Avila.

In February 1991 Allison made an unsuccessful attempt to win the International Boxing Council (IBC) title.
The Guyanese lost by a unanimous decision to American Tony Martin. 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 had a life of six years during which time he recorded 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, turned to the Rastafarian faith and opened a gym in Agricola.
The gym was a magnet for youths in the area including Dexter `Chucky’ Wray, a talented amateur. Allison was a few months short of turning 42 when he was gunned down in September 2005.