Otto Wallin vs Jermain Franklin

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Who wins

  1. Wallin

    30 vote(s)
    71.4%
  2. Franklin

    12 vote(s)
    28.6%
  1. iceferg

    iceferg Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    This would be an interesting fight, both men have the same manager and are in danger of being in the who needs em club for a while. A fight between the two would be interesting and legitimise the winner quite a bit and potentially put them in line for a big fight.
     
  2. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

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    Wallin should outbox him but Wallin's mojo seems to have gone now. Really who turns up and has trained the hardest, you'd probably have to favour Franklin right now but could go either way. Wallin who showed up against Fury would beat Whyte and Whyte dodging him pretty much finished his career off I reckon.
     
  3. Chuck Norris

    Chuck Norris Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Wallin is the more fundamentally sound fighter with also more refined intangibles. Otto has also beaten better fighters than Franklin, so he should be the clear favorite. I think the only concern is Wallin's style, which could sway the judges to rob him in close fights, but Franklin isn't exactly the most famous guy in the heavyweight division, so it wouldn't be a problem if they ever fought.
     
  4. MrBoxLover

    MrBoxLover New Member Full Member

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    A good fight between technically solid fighters without too much power, Wallin should use his height and win on points.
     
  5. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member

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    Pick em fight.
     
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  6. ipitythefool

    ipitythefool Prediction ? Pain Full Member

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    Wallin wins a snooze fest by closeish UD.
     
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  7. OldSchoolBoxing

    OldSchoolBoxing Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Wallin is probably reading these forums and amazed that people are still talking about him years after his pathetic performance against Fury.
     
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  8. Rollin

    Rollin Boxing Addict Full Member

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    6:4 fight, but I'd bet on Franklin based solely on heart and guts. Even more so, now that he had gone 24 rounds against top 10 heavies and remained mentally and physically prime and ambitious.

    Wallin never did it for me.
     
  9. Pepsi Dioxide

    Pepsi Dioxide Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Throw it on the AJ Whyye 2 card!
     
  10. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The sad part is that I thought that this fight was just low-budget enough that you might have been talking about something that was pluasibly signed. But nope. Hypothetical, because "fighters" don't fight anymore.
     
  11. vast

    vast Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Wallin should win but it’s a close fight.
     
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  12. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I think Wallin is not good at all and Jermaine Franklin has enough to beat him on the cards.

    I don't know why anyone even talks about Wallin at all, as if he's a prime time guy :confused:
     
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  13. Bigcheese

    Bigcheese Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Franklin is better imo. Boring fight though, these guys are better off playing spoiler to raw prospects.
     
  14. Redbeard7

    Redbeard7 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Both are durable without much punching power. Wallin's longer, faster, more determined, southpaw and has better wins so he would probably win comfortably by decision.
     
  15. Wig

    Wig Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Gave a prime undefeated ATG hell and etched his name into the history books in the process. You need to have another think about your usage of the word pathetic here champ.
     
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