Ronnie O’Sullivan has tipped Mark Allen to one day become world champion following his remarkable weight-loss transformation. Former Masters champion Allen has followed in the footsteps of Scottish legend John Higgins and Shaun Murphy by shedding the pounds.
World No 10 Allen dropped a whopping four-and-a-half-stone after some advice on his weight from the Rocket. The Antrim ace sat in O’Sullivan’s hotel room for an hour after losing to him at the Crucible.
And a grim warning from a close pal who told him he might miss seeing daughter Harleigh walk down the aisle sprung him into action. Allen showed his vintage class to beat four-time world champion Mark Selby and world No 2 Judd Trump at last week’s British Open.
