Although I am not enthused by this match up, I think you are overexagerating quite a bit.Ilya Muromets wrote: ↑14 Aug 2019, 04:35 This fight should not be sanctioned. Wallin hasn't ever even fought ayone ranked as high as #200 before. Where does Boxrec get off ranking him #47? I see many below him with much better credentials.
PBO are seen as a fairly accurate non-affiliated rating group:
Wallin is ranked #25 by PBO. Adrian Grant was ranked #26 when Wallin beat him for a Euro title.
To put that into some perspective, Washington - who some people would prefer - is at his highest ever ranking of #21 atm. When he fought for the WBC title he was ranked #32 by PBO.
But it is what it is, Wallin is an unbeaten euro level opponent in a keep busy fight. Fury is on for 3 - 4 fights within a calendar year.
When the WBC Champion was defending his title 2-3 times a year, he wasn't really facing top 25 fighters either.
Again I'm not particularly excited about the fight, but as others have said, Fury is fighting regularly and really who was available that was an appropriate opponent?
Young, big, euro-belt holder, 20-0 = ticks a lot of boxes