Frank Warren has welcomed a fight between Dave Allen and Joseph Parker - and suggested it would land nicely on the next ‘5v5’ event.

Allen breathed new life into his career over the course of two fights with Johnny Fisher in the space of six months.

First, in December, he lost a split decision victory to the Romford Bull at the Kingdom Arena, Riyadh but many thought he had done more than enough to secure a huge upset victory.

Fisher accepted an immediate rematch in the following May and Allen left nothing to chance, clinically stopping his previously unbeaten opponent in the fifth round at the Copper Box Arena, London.

At 33, the (24-7-2, 19 KOs) Allen’s stock has never been so high and his promoter Eddie Hearn even made contact with Shelly Finkel about a potential fight with former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder.

But talk of a showdown with a mystery ‘top five’ heavyweight also circulated with Allen confirming there had been suggestions that he could fight title contender and current WBO mandatory challenger Parker next.

Parker is currently contracted to Queensberry Promotions and in line to get a shot at whoever wins between Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois in their Wembley Stadium undisputed fight on July 19. But with only his two-round blowout against Martin Bakole to show for the last 16 months, he may fight in the interim and Warren has now opened the door for that fight to be against Allen.

“Dave Allen is certainly a viable opponent for Parker,” Warren said. “It’s a good fight and I think a particularly good fight for Joseph Parker.

“He comes to fight, Dave, doesn’t he? He’s just resurrected himself with that win over Fisher and the way that he did it. So we’ll see. A year ago it’s not something we would have looked at but right now it could work.

“We have to sit down with DAZN to talk about what to do next, Maybe it could go on a 5v5.”

Parker did not feature on the original 5v5 card, when Queensberry Promotions beat Matchroom 10-0 at the Kingdom Arena on June 1, 2024.

That night Daniel Dubois and Zhilei Zhang were the two heavyweights to record victories for Warren’s team, with stoppages over Filip Hrgovic and Deontay Wilder respectively. Captain Hamzah Sheeraz, Willy Hutchinson and Nick Ball were also winners during the Queensberry whitewash.

The two teams are yet to arrange a second edition of the format but The Ring understands there is a hope between both Warren and Matchroom boss Eddie Hearn to ensure it does happen.