Comments Thread For: Wallin on Joshua: Coming In on Short Notice Against a Southpaw, It's Not a Good Idea; I'm Gonna Show Him

[SUBZER0ED]

A lefty with a 53.85 KO percentage, against a heavy-handed, orthodox fighter, with an 88.46 KO percentage, longer reach, and is experienced at fighting one of the best lefties in the business. Forget it Wallin, AJ will KO you in 8, if his head is in the right place.

[Tecnoworld]

If AJ can come close to beating Usyk, I do not see how he does not handle Wallin easily.

We definitely watched 2 different matches

[Plick647]

we can all hope, Otto!

[Wacked_Out]

I dont like AJ at all. But its obvious this is a set up fight and Wallin doesnt have a chance in hell.

[Voodoo Ray]

It's true Joshua was having to weather a storm in the twelfth of the first, putting all his focus on just finishing rather than even attempting to attack Usyk by that point. It's also true, though, that in the second fight, Joshua had Usyk in trouble in the ninth. What was so remarkable for Usyk was how well he was able to come back in the tenth -- and was the point that Joshua must have known he wasn't going to win the second fight either.

Wallin's claims of short notice are empty regardless. First, the fight was announced on 15 Nov, five and half weeks before the fight. Presumably Joshua had already decided on Wallin before then, so no reason to think he won't have had a full six week camp to prepare. Second, this will be his third fight against a southpaw in his last five, so it's not exactly ****** territory.

I'd take a closer look at that 9th round if i was you,Usyk slipped most of AJ's punches.

[_Rexy_]

If AJ can come close to beating Usyk, I do not see how he does not handle Wallin easily.

Too bad he never came close to beating Usyk...

[_Rexy_]

A lefty with a 53.85 KO percentage, against a heavy-handed, orthodox fighter, with an 88.46 KO percentage, longer reach, and is experienced at fighting one of the best lefties in the business. Forget it Wallin, AJ will KO you in 8, if his head is in the right place.

This is like Deja Vu reading posts before the first Usyk fight

[_Rexy_]

Huh? The second was a close split decision. The first was not a blowout

Did you WATCH them? Or just looked up the scorecards?

[M312]

Wallin is a sneaky southpaw, who caught Tyson Fury left (pardon the pun), right and centre, cut him up so bad that the fight should've been stopped and had him hanging on for his life in the final round.

But despite losing to Usyk, AJ showed a serious ability with southpaws imo. Especially the second fight. The straight, lead right, and body work will be money shots for him against Wallin. He was up against Usyk until he tired, which is no easy thing to do.

It's an intriguing matchup.

[NoConcoms]

I don't see the version of AJ who fought Jermaine Franklin winning this fight. The AJ from Usyk 2 will win tho. This is not going to be a cakewalk for AJ. I still say it's a bad fight for him. He has absolutely nothing to gain if he wins.