Final seen being manhandled and stopped by Anthony Joshua, Swedish heavyweight contender Otto Wallin will return to motion later this month in Atlantic Metropolis. The tall southpaw, crushed solely by Joshua and Tyson Fury, will face potential hazard man Onoriode Ehwarieme of Nigeria. The combat, scheduled for eight rounds, is one Wallin hopes will lead him again into one other huge combat.
36-year-old Ehwarieme, 20-4(19), is an enormous dude (6’7”) who can punch, but “Godzilla,” because the Nigerian is thought, is coming off two back-to-back stoppage defeats. The time period ‘chinny banger’ may maybe be acceptable for Ehwarieme. All 4 of Ehwarieme’s losses have come by way of stoppage, with him being stopped by Rodney Hernandez, Zhan Kossobustkiy, Bakhodir Jalolov, and, final trip in April of this yr, Deontae Pettigrew.
An in depth have a look at Ehwarieme’s document exhibits that he has zero wins over notable opponents. He has crushed a minimum of 12 fighters who had a dropping document when getting into the ring with him. A former Olympian, Ehwarieme was matched fairly smooth all through his first 18 or so fights, and he misplaced when he did step up.
Wallin ought to win this one with relative ease on paper, however how a lot of a dent in his confidence did that one-sided stoppage loss to AJ make? Wallin gave Fury a tricky time, taking Fury all the way in which and leaving Tyson with a badly reduce eye. However since then, Wallin has executed okay however not nice, his huge win being his determination win over Murat Gassiev in September of 2023. There’s, in fact, no disgrace in dropping to Joshua, a real power-packed heavyweight, and perhaps 33-year-old Wallin can bounce again and work his approach into one other huge alternative.
Presently 26-2(14), Wallin can say he has been crushed solely by two of the most effective huge males on the planet. Wallin ought to be capable to get his first win of 2024 after a handful of rounds. Search for Wallin to cease Ehwarieme inside 4 or 5 rounds on July twenty sixth.
