GUYANESE light heavyweight Lennox `2 Sharpe’ Allen picked up the second knockout victory for the year following a sensational win over American Paul Gonsalves last Friday.Allen stopped Gonsalves in the seventh stanza of a fight scheduled for eight rounds.

However, the event was not all smooth sailing for the Guyanese who suffered a flash knockdown at the end of round six.
Allen returned in the following round and halted his opponent’s charge with a straight left to the chin.
Gonsalves weighed in at 170 pounds while Allen was one pound lighter. The contest was held at Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut and was Allen’s second for the year. A former CABOFE super middleweight champion, Allen secured his 18th professional win in January after knocking out Kojo Issah in the second round.
The Ghanaian, the holder of the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Africa middleweight title, was stopped at 51 seconds of the round. Gonsalves, four years Allen’s senior, has now been defeated four times in his last five fights, with the other ending in a draw.
The southpaw Allen is yet to taste defeat in 20 fights and has won 12 by knockouts. The 29-year-old 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.