Comments Thread For: Otto Wallin taking his swings as he waits his turn at heavyweight

[TMLT87]

Hes never going to get another turn. He had a decent night against Fury, rode on it for like 5 years then got slaughtered by AJ.

[Toffee]

He must earn his next big fight, that is how it is. He must beat one of these guys in the same position. Mahmudov, Sanchez, Joyce, Hrgovic..

I wouldn't necessarily put it past him to compete at that level.

Unfortunately, post Fury, he seemed to decide he didn't need to.

He's pretty clearly not able to compete at the the very top 3 or so level, but he's probably not too far off the next grouping.

[Left Hook Louie]

He hurt Fury in the final round.

I couldn't find the full three minutes of Round 12 but the highlights I saw did show Wallin landing a good combination that had Fury holding on afterwards, so yeah, it's arguable for sure.
But Usyk and Joshua clipping Fury with those same clean shots - in my opinion - would likely do far more damage.
Hopefully we'll get to see Wallin against another top-tier HW and he can answer the questions for us.

[JakeTheBoxer]

I wouldn't necessarily put it past him to compete at that level.

Unfortunately, post Fury, he seemed to decide he didn't need to.

He's pretty clearly not able to compete at the the very top 3 or so level, but he's probably not too far off the next grouping.

But this is the level he should fight at. But I guess he will continue fighting nobodies and calling out top 5 guys.

Top guys have zero reason to fight Wallin. he must fight guys ranked between 10 -30 by boxrec.