Comments Thread For: Otto Wallin, Jermaine Franklin in Separate Showtime Fights, 4/13

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Two undefeated heavyweight prospects will put their unblemished records on the line when they fight in separate bouts on Saturday, April 13 live on SHOWTIME from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J on the undercard of the Claressa Shields-Christina Hammer groundbreaking event. Top American heavyweight prospect Jermaine Franklin will take on former No. 1-ranked U.S. amateur Rydell Booker in the 10-round co-featured bout while undefeated Swedish heavyweight Otto Wallin will battle highly decorated amateur Nick Kisner in a 10-round clash that will open the SHOWTIME BOXING: SPECIAL EDITION tripleheader at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
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[Cobracmndr6193]

I'm interested in seeing Booker fight again. I remember watching James Toney beat him years ago and then he went to prison. A win on Showtime would be an awesome comeback story. ShoBox!

[mlac]

Dont understand why Wallin left Sauerland promotions for the lesser known and surely lesser funded salita promotions? he was going to fight and likely win the european title and be 3-4 fights away from a world title shot and now hes going to spend years fighting cans?

[joe strong]

Dont understand why Wallin left Sauerland promotions for the lesser known and surely lesser funded salita promotions? he was going to fight and likely win the european title and be 3-4 fights away from a world title shot and now hes going to spend years fighting cans?

he was already only fighting euro cans & had stepped up once to fight a guy who got creamed by Dimitrenko in a round. He will get better sparring & training camps in the US. He might fight a few US journeymen first but US journeymen are better than Euro JM. Half the world’s HWs at all levels live in the US. I think Wallin wasn’t getting any really good fights in Europe for whatever reason so he came to the States. There are several big TV platforms to fight on in the US. His first bout is on Showtime which is the biggest stage he has ever fought on.

[BigZ44]

Dont understand why Wallin left Sauerland promotions for the lesser known and surely lesser funded salita promotions? he was going to fight and likely win the european title and be 3-4 fights away from a world title shot and now hes going to spend years fighting cans?

Salita works pretty well with Hearn, wouldn't be shocked to see him have a few fights on DAZN at some point considering Matchroom's HW stable