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Boxing fans will be treated to a festive feast when heavyweight fights Deontay Wilder vs. Joseph Parker and Anthony Joshua vs. Otto Wallin top a card of rare quality on December 23. Named “Day of Reckoning,” the showcase event will have eight fights featuring world champions, former world champions, and contenders at heavyweight, cruiserweight, and light heavyweight, taking place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Few boxing cards in recent history can match the depth in quality that will be on show in the desert. Now, let’s focus on the Joshua vs. Wallin matchup.
Online Boxing – Heavyweight Match – Anthony Joshua vs. Otto Wallin
On December 23, 2023, Anthony Joshua will face Otto Wallin in a heavyweight Vegas Odds on Fight matchup at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh. The matchup is scheduled for 12 rounds.
Anthony Joshua opened as a -385 favorite, with Otto Wallen as a +270 Fight Odds underdog. For the latest odds and to bet on all the current and future top boxing matches, go to BetRivers.
Anthony Joshua has a career record of 26 wins and three losses. Joshua, age 34, is a native of Watford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, where he still resides. He stands at six feet, six inches tall with a reach of 82 inches and fights from an orthodox stance. Joshua is the second-ranked heavyweight in the world.
Previously, Joshua was a two-time unified world heavyweight champion. He held the World Boxing Association, International Boxing Federation, and World Boxing Organization championships twice between 2016 and 2021. Additionally, he held the International Boxing Organization title twice in that same span. Since 2014, Joshua was ranked in the top ten of the heavyweight division, ranking number one in 2016 and 2017.
In his most recent bout, Joshua faced Robert Helenius at the O2 Arena in Greenwich. Joshua won a 7th-round knockout. On April 1, 2023, Joshua faced Jermaine Franklin Jr at the O2 Arenda in Greenwich. Joshua won a 12-round unanimous decision. It was a nice recovery for Joshua after losing two fights to Oleksandr Usyk on August 20, 2022, and on September 25, 2021. Both fights with Usyk were for the unified heavyweight title.
Otto Wallin has a career record of 26 wins and one loss. Wallin, age 33, is a native of Sweden and now resides in New York City. He stands at six foot 5.5 inches tall with a reach of 78 inches from a southpaw stance. Wallin ranks 5th in the world heavyweight rankings.
Previously, Wallin was the World Boxing Association continental heavyweight champion (2017), the European Union heavyweight champion (2018), and the World Boxing Association international continental heavyweight champion (2023).
Wallin is riding a six-bout winning streak. He is coming off a split decision over Murat Gassiev on September 30, 2023. That Bout took place at Regnum Carya Hotel in Antalya.
Joshua is taking a Bet on Fights risk by facing Wallin. He has just six weeks to prepare for a southpaw after weeks, or months, of speculation he would be facing destructive right-hand KO machine Wilder on December 23. If Joshua loses to Wallin, he has little chance of facing the likes of Wilder or Fury next year. Wallin has been calling to fight Joshua for years, believing he can get the better of him.
Joshua has limited Fight Betting experience against southpaws, and discovering how he fares against Wallin will be interesting. The last port-sider Joshua faced was Usyk, who beat him on points in successive fights (2022 and 2021).
Wallin, gave Fury a fright in 2019, taking him to points after Fury suffered a cut early on, which later required nearly 50 stitches. Since then, Wallin has compiled six wins, some against limited opponents, and he squeezed past former world cruiserweight champion Murat Gassiev by a split points decision in September.
Fury and Gassiev failed to stop Wallin, and perhaps that was the motivation for Joshua to take this risky assignment. But expect Joshua to box like he did against Robert Helenius in August, at range and cautiously in the early rounds before opening up his offense in the latter rounds.
Fight Odds Vegas – The Pick
Although Anthony Joshua is expensive, he has the best body of work and is the better choice.
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