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Darin Allen was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1965 and started boxing at the age of ten. He won the Amateur Boxing Federation Championship in 1985 and also the World Amateur Championship in 1986. He went on to box for the IBF light Heavy Weight Title as a Professional losing a third round stoppage to William Guthrie. In 1988 was a frustrating year for Darin just two weeks befor the 1988 Olympic Trials Darin's mother Sharon Allen passed unexpected from a massive heart attack. He did make it to the finals losing to amateur rival Anthony Hembrick who Allen had beat four times previously. In 1988 Henery Maske of East Germany won the 1988 Olympics in Seoul Korea, Henery Maske was who Allen beat in the finals in the 1986 World Amateur Championship Boxing Tournament in Reno, Nevada. His professional career was not as productive but he did get a shot at the IBF Light Heavy Weight Title earlier mentioned. He never did compete again after losing to William Guthrie in 1997.