“Yeah, I know where it leaves me,” Allen, 24-7-2 (19 KOs), says. “I’ve got an eight-rounder fight and then either [a trilogy with] Johnny Fisher, or hopefully a British or Commonwealth title fight – that’s all been agreed. I know what it is, I know it’s a hard fight. I can win, I can lose. I’m half business-minded these days, I know I might lose, and I wanted something in place if I did. That doesn’t make me a pessimist, it’s just the game. I’ve been beat before. I could win this fight and never box again, you know what I mean? We’ll have to see.”