Dillian Whyte vs Otto Wallin - Discussion and Poll

Without a stacked deck I make this a real 50-50 fight should be good.

 

Except he can't block uppercuts and has been dropped by them his entire career. People he has wins over have dropped him with uppercuts.

1. Joshua sparked him with an uppercut
2. Oscar Rivas
3. Parker
   
4. Povetkin took his soul with one at age 40
5. Chisora

He just doesn't learn nor can he adapt in real time. If Wallin has a game plan Whytes going to lose. If Wallin goes in there like a tool, he will be knocked out.

 

Don't forget he was also knocked down hard and totally out on his feet to be saved by the bell against Parker who isn't a monster puncher himself.

 

I favour Whyte slightly but it is very dependent on how he takes Wallin's punches, his chin could be quite diminished at this stage after all. If Wallin proves he can hurt Whyte early I reckon he'd gain sufficient respect to outbox him or knock him out. If he doesn't have enough power I can see Whyte breaking him down with body shots and getting an exhaustion TKO or a latter half rallying points decision.
One thing I've seen from Wallin so far is a really solid chin so I wouldn't be surprised if he can take Dillian's bombs.

 

It's a 60 / 40 type fight in favour of Whyte in my eyes. I think Whyte has been overrated lately. Seems like he's been slipping, not getting better lately as well, whereas Wallin seems to be getting a bit better. I liked some of the work Otto did against Brezeale, but it is Brezeale. Iirc I saw Otto connect on a nice uppercut very similar to the one Povetkin landed against Whyte in their first fight. The way Dillian went down makes me wonder if his chin has been dented. Should be a good fight and frankly I'm surprised this fight got made.

 

After the Fury fight and seeing some other stuff from him I thought highly of Wallin, but that Brezeale fight soured me on him.

Brezeale looked like he hadn't practiced in any way for that fight, he clearly wasn't there to win.

Despite that, he not only survived the distance but he actually buzzed Wallin. I know there's fighting down to the level of your opposition but Wallin does not have such tremendous assets that he can get away with that.

If Whyte could just learn better lessons from the impressive amount of experience he's accumulated this would be an easy win.

Unfortunately he does make mistakes more than once so this is a very risky fight.

I think Whyte wins a close UD or mid round KO.

 

this forum can be a bizaro land sometimes.

I think whyte wins dont want him to.

 

I don't recall Parker dropping Whyte with an uppercut. It was a flurry after Whyte got hurt in the twelfth that put him down as I recall.

When did Chisora drop him?

And when did Wallin demonstrate any sort of prowess with this punch? He's mostly a straight down the middle guy from what I've seen of him.

 

Because that's the way he rolls. Unlike that ***** Ortiz.

 

It wasn't a runaway victory for Whyte, but I had him clearly winning enough of the middle rounds to take it on the cards. The twelfth round moment of success by Parker tends to colour people's perceptions of the fight I think, since prior to that it was mostly Whyte having the big moments.

 

Whyte is a risk taker though, both in and out of the ring. That puts him in dangerous situations sometimes since he'll go for a knockout before a fighter is sufficiently softened up to be ready for the taking. Against Parker he was putting a lot into hurting Joe and trying to take him out which led to him tiring and getting sloppy. The knockdown in the twelfth was as much exhaustion as it was Whyte being hurt, as well as Parker finally finding some fire in his veins after coasting through much of the fight.

Saved by the bell? I've heard that excuse before. Fighters are more likely to lay it all on the line in the final stretch since they know they won't have to fight on. "If Parker had an extra round he would have got Whyte out of there..." Yeah but he didn't did he?