I think he's a top-20 fighter at heavyweight. Unlike the prospects (Hrgovic, Yoka, Sanchez, etc.), Wallin has competitive world level experience. He's also been relatively active and is fresher than a number of other guys populating the ranks. To me, he looked good in outboxing Breazeale. I know Breazeale is no world-beater, but Wallin dominated behind a sharp jab, good counter-punching, smart leads, and quality footwork. He was a surprisingly good body puncher in that bout, too. It showed that Wallin is well-rounded. I think it's fair to favor Whyte here, but a Wallin decision wouldn't shock me. In fact, Wallin stopping Whyte wouldn't surprise me. Whyte has taken his fair share of bumps and bruises, and he has been inconsistent, even at his best. If Wallin boxes smartly and puts more steam on his shots, namely those counters and body shots, he could pull it off.
This is actually a very interesting fight. I'll actually pay to see it. Whyte needs to make a statement. Wallin has been given a good opportunity to prove himself. He was well beat on points vs Fury, but no shame in that. He showed a threat to him early on and faired much better than Wilder.
I think it will be a genuinely competitive fight, right up to the point where Whyte stiffs him with that left hook; it's a genuine fight ending punch that sent the normally iron chinned Chisora into the shadow realm and had Parker in the worst trouble we've ever seen him.
It wasn't that he wasn't motivated. He overtrained and his weight was falling off big time. He made the same mistake just recently in his "covid" camp. Vegas heat sapping him. If you see Fury in that Wallin fight and think that's Fury at his best I don't know what to tell you. He was flat as anything. Wallin still put on a great gameplan & didn't let Fury phyc him out. & that's still the best Wallin I've ever seen, gameplan was on point. Wallin looked slow and tentative against Brezeale, probably wasn't as fit.
Nonsense. Wallin gave him kittens, end of. So he hasn't learned from his mistakes? Yeah, okay. And for someone who constantly needs to be busy, why does he struggle so much with these guys? He's hardly rusty.
Experience is what won him that fight. Fury has been through many phases in his career in regards to his training regime. Easy to make misteps. Especially for someone who is 100% or 0%. He has the formula right now though. Even with the right Formula he nearly messed up with the Wilder 3rd bout again overtraining and training 50 celcius Vegas heat caught him out but "covid" saved the day. It's just boxing, you can have the greatest camp ever and still turn up to a fight and not perform to your best. Timing is everything.
