By Gabriel Princewill-
Tyson Fury has weighed in at one of the lightest of his career for his second American fight in Las Vegas on Saturday night. Fury takes on little known Swedish Otto Wallin who is unbeaten in 20 fights with 13 coming inside the distance. Fury (28-0-1 20 KOs) weighed in at 254 1/4 pounds (18 stone.3 kilograms) while Swede Wallin (20-0 (13 KOs) weighed in at 227 pounds (16 stone 2).
The fight is a warm up fight for the Manchester born brit who is preparing to face Deontey Wilder in a February rematch next year after their first fight resulted in a controversial draw in December 2018. Boxing fans are not excited about the choice opponent facing a big awkward and agile Southpaw like Tyson Fury who has always claimed to be the greatest heavyweight who ever lived. Fury’s self belief has always been equally amusing with the level of exaggeration that accompanies his lofty claims, but he is yet to be beaten. He has stepped up to the plate in big fights, enough to remain unbeaten so far.
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Wallin does not bring a level of danger comparable with that of Louis Ortiz who takes on Deontey Wilder in November, or Andy Ruiz who destroyed well loved Anthony Joshua in June and poses another theoretical danger when the pair square up again in December. He is here to make Fury look good and gain some rounds after the last short lived contest which saw overmatched Tom Shwatz stopped in just two uninspiring rounds. Though largely unknown, the Swede should not be dismissed as a push over. Having never tasted defeat so far, he will come to win.
GAME
Wallin can be game when on the attack, sometimes feinting and being elusive when coming forward on the attack. It is doubtful that he has enough to seriously threaten Fury’s heavyweight journey. Notwithstanding, the match up is not as bad as Wallin’s obscure name would suggest. Bob Arum simply does not fancy taking the serious kind of risks with Fury which saw Anthony Joshua clueless and bashed to humiliating surrender by Andy Ruiz Jnr for his American debut. Hearns knew he was taking a risk, but wanted to give fans a legitimate show. He did not expect the disaster that followed. Wallin is a relatively safe and measured risk who will try to win, but fail in the end.
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Fury’s more varied arsenal should see him win in style, as he forces a determined but limited Wallin to surrender inside six rounds. Fury will have no real song to sing if the fight goes the distance.
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