Now, a full week has passed since the Anthony Joshua vs. Otto Wallin fight, and in the fight a week ago, the left-handed boxer from Sweden was beaten to the ground, and finally when the fifth round was over, he gave up the fight with a bruise, and Joshua won strongly, bringing the 2023 boxing campaign to a close in a near-perfect way.
Now, the 33-year-old Wallin has appeared publicly through online interviews after a week's absence. In the confrontation with Joshua, Valin lost every round and was injured in the nose, causing the bridge of his nose to swell high, and according to relevant media reports, he suffered a fracture on the bridge of his nose, which can be described as quite tragic.
In the latest interview, Varin seems to be in good shape, but he is emotionally lost, and the bridge of his nose and cheeks are still covered with adhesive tape. In the interview, Wallin admitted the defeat and was convinced of the defeat to Joshua, while praising the opponent that Joshua has improved significantly under the new coach Ben Davidson and is already a good fighter.
"I don't really have any excuses, Joshua was just better, he did some really good attacks and hit me," Wallin said. ”
When I predicted this game before the game, I said that as long as everything is normal, Joshua will definitely win, the reason is that Wallin's strength is overestimated, and his only bright spot so far is that he broke Tyson Fury's eye socket in 2019, and it did not leave any impression on people, but it was with his good performance in the confrontation with Fury that the outside world thought that there was a certain suspense in the battle between Wallin VS Joshua, but unfortunately in the face of absolute strength, Wallin quickly showed his stuffing.
"The battle with Joshua was a lot more intense than my fight with Fury, and maybe he found a real home with Ben Davidson," Wallin said. ”
It has to be said that Joshua's choice to go head-to-head with Wallin shows the brilliance of his promoter, Eddie Hearn. When Joshua first finalized the battle with Wallin, a group of "Wolong Phoenix Chicks" shouted surprise, believing that it was entirely risky, fearing that Joshua would be unpopular, but as mentioned earlier, Wallin was overrated, and Joshua was underestimated to a certain extent.
It is no accident that Wallin suffered a heavy defeat in front of Joshua, according to his comprehensive strength, he is indeed inferior to Joshua, but unexpectedly, Joshua's performance in this game is quite outstanding, not as cautious as the first two games, the two sides can see the clues in the first round of competition, the strength and state of the two are not at the same level at all. In addition, according to sources, Wallin didn't train well when preparing for Joshua, which can be concluded from his thin, muscular physique, and it is also very important that Wallin talked too much nonsense before the game, and seemed to focus most of his energy on provoking Joshua, so he put the cart before the horse.
Now, Wallin has suffered the worst defeat of his career, I wonder if he regrets it? I don't know how much Wallin will get in this fight? But his regret may be that he didn't take Joshua seriously, and as a result, he was completely tested for water, because the contest was one-sided, the label belonging to Wallin was shattered, which is not good for future development, it depends on whether Wallin can seek a breakthrough after summing up his experience? Good luck to him!