Is Dave Allen even British level, surely beating him just proves you are at least at British level? Does Dave Allen beat a David Adeleye? He could not beat Fraser Clarke who just lost to Jamie TKV!
Does Allen beat TKV. is probably a better question.....I don't rate TKV at all but he did OK Saturday night and he almost had Clarke out of there late on. It wouldn't have taken much more to put him over. He's probably just mentioning Allen because barely anyone will know who RR is but he's a former champ and bloody powerful.
Of course, beating Dave Allen doesn't prove world level. Even if you KO'd him in 1, which would be impressive. It would be premature to call that proof of world level Allen lost to a washed-up David Price, who clearly fell short of world level. Lost to Frazer Clarke, who is smack bang in the middle of 'British domestic' level. Lost to Tony Yoka, who hasn't achieved world level as a pro either.