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title: "Otto Wallin’s Verdict On Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua After Facing Both: “It’s Changed My Mind”"
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# Otto Wallin’s Verdict On Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua After Facing Both: “It’s Changed My Mind”

Anthony Joshua capped off 2023 with a third win – this time over former Tyson Fury foe, Otto Wallin.

The 34-year-old topped the Day of Reckoning card in Saudi Arabia against the tricky southpaw, who previously had a bloody battle with Fury.

Wallin went twelve with ‘The Gypsy King’ back in 2019, causing a cut above the Brit’s right eye that would subsequently require 47 stitches. Given the wound came from a legitimate punch, there was a real danger of the fight being called off in the Swede’s favour.

Fury rallied and boxed well with impaired vision, [ultimately winning a unanimous decision](https://www.bt.com/sport/watch/video/clips/2019/september/highlights-tyson-fury-v-otto-wallin) and keeping his rematch with Deontay Wilder alive. He would switch trainers from Ben Davison to SugarHill Steward and beat the long-reigning champion to win the WBC world title five months later.

Wallin built up six wins – the most recent against Murat Gassiev – before facing ‘AJ’, who had also recently enlisted the coaching of Davison.

[The partnership gelled and Joshua, who looked back to his best, dominated Wallin over five rounds](https://wp.boxing-social.com/news/boxing-reacts-anthony-joshua-otto-wallin/) before his corner pulled him out. Speaking to [Boxing News](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYNCbkQkZUY), a bruised Wallin confirmed that Joshua’s work was ‘much tougher’ than Fury’s.

> “He hit me with some good body shots. I’m always ready for that, of course, but I think they had a good game-plan. I haven’t watched the fight, but he felt like a very good fighter. Obviously it was a much tougher fight than what I had with Fury. He did really well. Maybe he’s found his home with Ben Davison.”

Wallin, previously convinced Fury would win an all-British heavyweight showdown, now says he can’t pick confidently.

> “Well, I would say that this fight with Joshua was a lot tougher than the fight I had with Fury. It’s hard to say. I think that Fury’s a very good fighter. Can probably pick it up from what he was doing in his last fight. It’s a decent fight. We’ll see what happens with Joshua now.
>
> He might be on to something really good with Ben Davison, and Ben obviously knows Tyson. I don’t know. There’s a lot of variables. I always said that Fury would win that fight, but now just being in with Joshua, I feel a little bit different. It’s hard to go against Tyson I think. But, I don’t know, it’s changed my mind a big after this fight.”

Joshua is now expected to look to fight for a vacant world title in the first half of 2024, made possible by Fury’s undisputed fight with Oleksandr Usyk having a rematch clause that will mean at least one of the belts will be stripped in the aftermath.

Should both keep winning, a the fight remains alive.