{"id":299326,"date":"2023-12-02T12:24:11","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T12:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=299326"},"modified":"2023-12-02T12:24:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T12:24:11","slug":"boxing-star-claims-joshua-might-be-making-a-mistake-fighting-wallin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/boxing\/boxing-star-claims-joshua-might-be-making-a-mistake-fighting-wallin\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxing star claims Joshua 'might be making a mistake' fighting Wallin"},"content":{"rendered":"
Anthony Joshua will continue his quest to become a three-time heavyweight world champion when he takes on\u00a0Otto Wallin later this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Brit will lock horns with the accomplished southpaw on the same card as Deontay Wilder v Joseph Parker in Saudi Arabia on December 23.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The fight will be the sternest test yet on Joshua’s comeback trail following comfortable victories against Jermaine Franklin and Robert Helenius.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As Wallin, who boasts a 26-1 record, is coming off the back of impressive wins over fighters including\u00a0Murat Gassiev and Dominic Breazeale.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Additionally, he is a left hander like Oleksandr Usyk and along with the Ukrainian’s speed and intelligence, Joshua looked incredibly uncomfortable against his stance.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The 34-year-old will take on Sweden’s Otto Wallin (right) in the Saudi capital\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Wallin dealt major damage to Tyson Fury in a 2019 unanimous decision loss, the only defeat on his record\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Jarrell Miller believes Joshua may have made a mistake picking the Swede for his next clash<\/p>\n
As a result, Jarrell Miller, who was due to fight Joshua in 2019 before testing positive for multiple banned substances, reckons the 34-year-old may have made a blunder in agreeing to face the Swede.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘I feel honestly that [Joshua] might have made a mistake with picking Otto Wallin,’ the American told\u00a0SecondsOut.<\/p>\n
‘Even though Otto Wallin is not a one-punch knockout kind of guy, he is durable, he comes to fight, he is not a quitter and it is going to be a tough fight for [Joshua]. I don’t think that it is going to be easy, at all.<\/p>\n
‘The mental mind state that [Joshua]has, is he going to hold up?<\/p>\n
‘When he fights in the UK, he has a little more oomph in his step a little bit, but when he fights outside of the UK, we don’t get the same fiery person, the playing ground is going to be a little bit more even out in Saudi.<\/p>\n
‘I wish all of the luck to Otto Wallin, I want to really be the one to knock out [Joshua], but may the best man win, it is what it is.’<\/p>\n
Miller and Joshua have been engaged in a bitter feud ever since their ill-fated clash. The pair almost came to blows at the press conference event for ‘Day of Reckoning’, which will also include the American’s fight with Daniel Dubois.\u00a0<\/p>\n