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title: "Huge Shift In Odds For Anthony Joshua-Otto Wallin After Fiery Press Conference"
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published: "2023-11-20T15:00:45Z"
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# Huge Shift In Odds For Anthony Joshua-Otto Wallin After Fiery Press Conference

Anthony Joshua will face Otto Wallin in December as the co-main event of a mammoth card in Saudi Arabia, and some punters reckon that the two-time champion may be in for a surprise.

Joshua has twice defeated Wallin as an amateur and sparred the Swedish heavyweight as preparation for Charles Martin in 2016.

Despite neither being a known trash-talker, [the press conference](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/live/article-12753003/Anthony-Joshua-vs-Otto-Wallin-Press-Conference-Deontay-Wilder-Dimitry-Bivol-Live-Updates-2023.html) for the contest turned from respectful to fiery after Wallin claimed that ‘AJ’ was well past his peak, to which the Brit stated that his opponent has ‘never seen a peak.’  [The pair then engaged in a fierce face-off.](https://wp.boxing-social.com/news/audio-anthony-joshua-and-otto-wallin/)

As the press conference was heating up, the betting odds for the bout saw a massive shift, with fans clearly believing that the underdog, who gave Tyson Fury one of his toughest fights to date, was being massively underrated.

Joshua opened at odds of around 1/12 (-1250) when the event was confirmed, whilst Wallin was given little chance of pulling off the upset at almost 13/2 (+650), on US betting site FanDuel.

However, in just hours those lines saw a dramatic shift, with Wallin backed in to around 3/1 (+310) to become the third man to triumph over Joshua, who drifted out to 2/9 on the site, as shown in a tweet shared by Fight Ghost.

> Opening and current odds at Fan Duel for the December 23rd [#BOXING](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BOXING?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) match between Anthony Joshua and Otto Wallin – AJ opened -1250 and money has flown in on Wallin – adjusted numbers drastically [#RiyadhSeason](https://twitter.com/hashtag/RiyadhSeason?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Day of Reckoning [#BOXING](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BOXING?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/ink9yLu4aF](https://t.co/ink9yLu4aF)
>
> — Fight Ghost (@Fight\_Ghost) [November 15, 2023](https://twitter.com/Fight_Ghost/status/1724911520147272186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

In the United Kingdom, confidence in the Brit seems to have dropped even further, with the best price for Joshua to win, as of writing, at 2/7 (-350) and Wallin at 11/4 (+275). At those odds, Joshua’s chances of winning are deemed closest to when he first faced Oleksandr Usyk, when comparing his fights since he faced Wladimir Klitschko in 2017.

Helenius – 1/16\
Franklin – 1/12\
Usyk 2 – 13/8\
Usyk 1 – 4/11\
Pulev – 1/10\
Ruiz 2 – 1/2\
Ruiz 1 – 1/25\
Povetkin – 1/9\
Parker – 1/9\
Takam – 1/33\
Klitschko – 2/5

[Joshua-Wallin will take place on December 23 in Riyadh](https://wp.boxing-social.com/news/card-confirmed-for-joshua-wilder/) as ‘AJ’ aims to prove his doubters wrong and score what will be seen as a solid win.