Rock Allen is a boxer in the Welterweight

Welterweight

Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

 division. Rock is a twin and son of famous boxing trainer Naazim Richardson

Naazim Richardson

Naazim Richardson is an American boxing trainer most notable for training "Sugar" Shane Mosley and Bernard Hopkins, and for catching Antonio Margarito with a plaster-like substance in his handwraps prior to Margarito's fight with Mosley, leading to Margarito's eventual suspension from the sport of...

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Amateur career

Philly-fighter Allen started boxing at 7 and had his first bout at 9. He had a stellar amateur career, and was the 2002 United States Amateur Light Welterweight Champion and National Golden Gloves Light Welterweight Champion.

Allen was also a member of the 2004 United States Olympic Team, competing in the Light Welterweight (64 kg) class. He qualified for the Olympic Games by ending up in second place at the 2nd AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

2nd AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

The 2nd AIBA American 2004 Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from April 4 to April 11, 2004. The competition was the final opportunity for amateur boxers from North-, Central- and South America to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics...

 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Allen was eliminated in the 2nd round. His results are as follows:

• Round of 32 - Allen received a bye
• Round of 16 - Lost to Boris Georgiev
  Boris Georgiev
  Boris Georgiev is an amateur boxer from Bulgaria who won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Light Welterweight class.- Career :...
  
  of Bulgaria (30-10)

His record was 168-10.

Professional career

Allen turned pro in 2005 and is undefeated thus far in his career, albeit against limited opposition.

Accident

Rock and his brother Tiger were severely injured in June 2011 in a car accident in a suburb of Philadelphia, and are both currently hospitalized.