Fresh off a second round knockout of Ghanaian Kojo Issah, local southpaw super middleweight Lennox `2 Sharpe’ Allen has signed to fight American Paul Gonsalves. The contest is down for Friday April 17 at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut. Allen and Gonsalves are scheduled to battle over eight rounds. The bout would be the second this year for Allen who remained `fight less’ in 2014. The power punching Guyanese fought only once in 2012 and had a similar amount of fights the following year.

Gonsalves, four years Allen’s senior, has been defeated three times in his last four fights with the other ending in a draw. Allen on the other hand is yet to taste defeat in 19 fights and has won 11 by knockouts.
A former CABOFE super middleweight champion, Allen made his last appearance in the ring in January when he secured his 18th professional victory following the knockout of Issah. The Ghanaian, who holds the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Africa middleweight title, was stopped at 51 seconds of the round.
The six-foot one-inch Allen has since indicated that he will move up to the light heavyweight division. Last October, the 29-year-old southpaw had signed to match gloves with Julio Garcia. However, the fight was cancelled when his opponent weighed in 15 pounds over the168 pound super middleweight limit.
Allen turned pro in 2004. He secured the vacant World Boxing Council, Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) title in 2011 following a unanimous 12-round decision over Kwesi Jones at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.