Why is Anthony Joshua facing the worst possible opponent next?

Cause boxing is crap

Just make sure you don't buy it.

 

Who the hell is scared of Otto Wallin? Lol

Anyway hopefully he's next opponent is someone a lot better than Wallin.

 

Whyte when he pulled out with a fake injury.

Good to see you back mate not seen you on here in a while.

 

Uh, Tyson-Tillman ring a bell?

It is traditional to start a badly toppled champion slow.

 

Whyte pulled out to enforce the mandatory with Fury. Unless you implying Fury is easier opponent than Wallin.?

Haven't been here as they just hasn't been much boxing news/ fights being made recently and generally been quiet.

 

Joshua was never great to start with and he was always going to come up short when he moved out of the puddings aisle.

The evidence was there in round 2 v Pudding Whyte and the Ruiz fights proved this beyond any doubt.

No chin, no heart, no stamina, limited power = pain and tears when fighting anyone decent.

 

It feels like Joshua has become a peripheral figure in the division. You do wonder if his casual fanbase will still follow him. Surely they're not all going to download the app to watch him fight some random no name Australian.

 

Whyte pulled out because he was afraid he would lose to Wallin, despite having home and A-side advantage. And after Fury took Whyte apart without receiving a meaningful punch himself who did Whyte fight? Not Wallin but Jermaine Franklin, against whom Whyte got an A-side decision.

Likewise, Wallin's been calling Joshua out constantly, snake Hearn's talked about Wallin potentially being Joshua's comeback opponent. But at the moment it looks like it's going to be...Demsey McKean...

If Wallin was regarded as a soft touch by Hearn, Whyte or Joshua they'd have made the fight already. Wallin's a bigger name than Franklin or McKean and if someone managed to stop Wallin the narrative would be that they did a better job than Fury, instant kudos.

So all that can be reasonably concluded is that despite Wallin being the away fighter, the B-side and a relatively light puncher, he's regarded as being too high risk for Whyte and Joshua.

 

Mckean is signed to Matchroom, Wallin isn't. Both Wallin and Mckean aren't very good. Did you see Wallin against Sokolowski ? Wallin is probably better but not by much.

 

Was Franklin signed to Matchroom, or was he signed with Wallin's promoter? And how many of Joshua's opponents since Martin have been PBC alone? Enough with the lame excuses.

Wallin won 79-74 on short notice, out of shape and disinterested, against an experienced journeyman while taking next to zero damage. If we're going to judge fighters by that moronic standard than Lewis was clearly a bum because he came in shape and still lost to 24-5 crackhead gatekeeper McCall by KO2.

Breazeale is the 8th best opponent Joshua beat and Wallin schooled him. Wallin also gave Fury a far better fight than Chisora or Whyte. That's Wallin's level: somewhere in the chasm between Breazeale and Fury, dangerous enough for Hearn, Whyte and Joshua to avoid even though they can stack the deck.

 

Most his casual fans wont know dazn even is. Think Dazn are massively underestimating the drawing power sky has for ppv etc the constant adverts and sky sports news coverage etc especially if he is fighting this guy who ever hard-core fans have never heard off. Eddie will need be at his best sell this crap fight

 

He may as well just call it a day if he's gonna take fights like this tbh.

 

Joshua Pulev 2 would be more a credible fight, If Hearn wasn't such an egomaniac he would take a long hard look in the mirror. The casuals will lap it up though. 'Undefeated', duh.