“If you look at Brendan Allen, he fought a newcomer his last fight, a debut guy, and you can argue that he lost that fight,” said Heinisch. “He took a lot of damage, too, and I saw a lot of holes in his game. I feel like someday he’s gonna be a great fighter, but right now it’s my time and I’m gonna expose him and really put him in his place, humble him, shut him up and move on.”
That last statement is an example of the heat between the two middleweights, adding to the anticipation for their showdown, but in a year in which he nearly lost the Meerschaert fight two days before it happened due to a false positive COVID-19 test from one of his cornermen, then saw a fight with Allen scrapped due to a knee injury, the Denver native will be happy to punch anyone in the face come Saturday night.
