Wallin will win

Maybe. But it’s seems like we will be getting cards in February and March as well so it’s going to be good anyways.

 

I think this Wallin beating AJ narrative is coming from the Fury fans. If Wallin wins, then the Fury victory looks a lot better. I could be wrong.

 

AJ will win. Because Teddy picks Wallin to win in a decision. Which is insane. NO WAY Wallin can win a decision, too much money
on AJ for him to lose a decision.

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The problem I see is that even if Wallin does better than we expect and arguably does enough to win on points will he actually get a fair decision in a competitive fight ? Most likely not. Wallin's only shot is winning by decision and I just don't see how the powers to be would let Wallin win a decision unless hes dominant.

 

Wallin will have to score a ko to win. No way he gets a decision vs a Brit. Odds are he gets ko'd anyhow.

 

Unless you are writing metaphorically, the "odds are" that Wallin doesn't get KO'd. Joshua points is the most likely outcome according to the bookies.

 

Who cares?
Bodybuilder is done. Ruiz and Usyk crumbled his brain. It changes nothing. His career is at the end of the line like Fury by now. If it wont be Wallin, his executioner will be an old Wilder with a thunderous right hand.

 

Wallin is a good gatekeeper-level guy and a fringe contender - but that's still one step below AJ, even at his current state of decline.

Only two ways for Wallin to win:

a) AJ does something profoundly silly - like trying to force a KO and punching himself out.
b) Somehow Hearn has already decided that AJ is at the end of the road, and his net present value for a future cash out isn't worth his high maintenance. Under such circumstances, Wallin might get the nod on a close card.

But IMO

"a" is not impossible, but not likely enough for me to pick Wallin.

"b" seems very unlikely because I don't think Hearn is at the stage, nor do I think it's very likely that Wallin can outscore him over the course of 12 rounds. But AJ just scrapes by in this fight, I think Eddie's opinion of AJ will cross the rubicon and - aside from the prospect of a near-term low-risk cash grab involving Miller (and I think it's really unlikely Miller beats DuBois - his roadmap will be high-risk fights with Zhang/Wilder.

 

I would agree. I think AJ more or less needs to KO Wallin to reinvigorate his reputation, though, and if he's careless in pursuing that goal - there's always the chance that AJ could gas, punch himself out, or channel his inner Wilder and go off on a head-hunting expedition that lets his opponents win some rounds. Like yourself, I don't really see Wallin able to make this competitive over 12 rounds if AJ keeps his head, but that chip on his shoulder has grown mighty large.

 

Wallin's last stoppage was 3 years ago vs Travis Kauffman and that's the best opponent he's ever stopped, it would be very surprising if Wallin could get a stoppage over Joshua. Certainly nothing on his resume suggests he can stop any of the current top 10 Heavyweights, even with Fury's freak cut he still got the better of Wallin in 2nd half of the fight.

The mostly likely bet is that it will go the scorecards and no way Wallin wins a decision whether he deserves it or not.

 

AJ looked heavy. Even when he's light, by his standards, he risks gassing out and usually takes rounds of.

Wallin showed in the Gassiev that he can go 12 rounds with a pretty consistent tempo.

Wallin doesn't have the hammer of Thor, but if he carries Joshua into the later half of the fight, anything can happen. And if AJ tries to be aggressive, he risks getting countered. And if you walk into a good counter left at heavyweight it cold be goodnight, or at least a 10-8 that even Hearn can't score even.

 

I agee wallin on points is unlikely since it would ruin the big $$$ aj-wilder fight .