Much better than the likes Wallin, Franklin, Arreola and Charr that have been linked to fights. Hrgovic has been the most ducked HW in the divison (ducked by Hunter, Parker, Ruiz, Ortiz and Martin). Zhang is one of most hardest punchers in the divison but unlike Wilder, Zhang has decent jab and defence.
This content is protected Disspointing fight, yes he caused Fury all sorts problems but he wouldn't even be amongst the top 7 guys AJ has beaten. Going from the start of the year having AJ vs Usyk and Whyte vs Fury to the end of the year having AJ vs Wallin and Fury vs Chisora 3 is depressing.
To be honest I haven't a clue how good Wallin really is. It's a shame that the Whyte fight fell through.
I blame Hearn for all of this. AJ would be fighting Fury now if Hearn hadn’t deliberately slowed things down, he clearly didn’t want it. I think AJ did. I actually don’t mind Fury having a keep busy and AJ regaining his confidence vs a bum (I won’t be watching either) but to tease the fans with the big fight for it to fall through again, on the back of the Conor Benn shambles just paint the sport in a pathetic light.
Considering how people on here rave about Wallin, it should be a good test for Joshua, even though I don’t personally rate Wallin. He’ll gain confidence by beating him in better fashion than Fury.
I would like to see Joshua vs Wallin. It can be a difficult nut to crack so I don't believe the fight will become a reality.
I would like to see Wallin, He gave Fury a cut so bad that he could and maybe should have a TKO win over Fury, lets be honest the only reason that fight wasn't stopped on a cut caused by a punch was because it was Fury. I know Fury boxed the lugs off Wallin but he was still causing Fury some trouble probably because of the cut but it for me was probably Furys toughest fight. Wallin has good fundamentals and is pretty durable i think AJ would gain a heap of confidence if he beats Wallin going into 2023. If it isn't Fury, Wilder or Joyce, Wallin is a pretty good choice to see where AJ is at, Wallin could beat AJ at this point.