Cyclops wrote: ↑22 Jan 2023, 04:51
Wallin on points. Wallin has a good beard but is not a puncher so I can't see him being knocked out or knocking out Whyte. Whyte is suitably diminished that I think he's ready to be taken by the fresher man.
Neither of them are interesting fighters to me at this point, but both have been talked of as potential opponents for Joshua's triumphant Summer Stadium Extravaganza, and it wouldn't surprise me that a guaranteed shot at AJ is in the contract somewhere for the winner.
Wallin would be up there as one of Whyte's better wins.
Cyclops wrote: ↑22 Jan 2023, 04:51
Wallin on points. Wallin has a good beard but is not a puncher so I can't see him being knocked out or knocking out Whyte. Whyte is suitably diminished that I think he's ready to be taken by the fresher man.
Neither of them are interesting fighters to me at this point, but both have been talked of as potential opponents for Joshua's triumphant Summer Stadium Extravaganza, and it wouldn't surprise me that a guaranteed shot at AJ is in the contract somewhere for the winner.
Wallin would be up there as one of Whyte's better wins.
Think he'd be about Whyte's fifth best win
Parker
Chisora
Povetkin
Helenius
Wallin
?
Probably that in one order or another with Rivas possibly in the mix aswell. He could be better if he proved it and bothered to rack up some decent wins but on paper his best win is Breazeale which is pretty poor.
i think wallin's better than helenius tbh, about same level as parker and chis, though obviously less of a resume. at this time, he has a good chance of beating whyte
“Whyte didn’t look world class in his last two fights,” Salita told Boxing Scene. “For him to compete at the elite level and to warrant him getting a fight against Joshua, he needs to fight somebody legitimate. I obviously represent Otto, and their fight has a lot of history. It’s a natural because the winner would have many options.”
“It is a fight that has some history,” Salita said. “Dillian did accept it once because he thought he would beat Otto. And Otto accepted it because he felt he would beat Dillian. The winner of Otto versus Whyte would be eligible to fight all the elite heavyweights.
“If Otto wins, it would make sense for him to fight the winner of Usyk versus Fury or to fight Joshua. But if Whyte wins, it would make sense for him to fight Joshua or Jermaine, really, because of their controversial fight. So, I feel like these four are kind of connected to each other and the winners would get tremendous benefits from a victory.”
“As a promoter, I made a commitment to my fighters to make sure they stay busy and progress themselves,” Salita said. “I always work to make the biggest and the best fights. However, when the big fights fall through, it’s my responsibility to keep my fighters busy. We did it with Claressa [Shields] during COVID, when we did an all-women’s pay-per-view show in Flint, and we did it with Otto.”
Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑06 Feb 2023, 17:15
“Whyte didn’t look world class in his last two fights,” Salita told Boxing Scene. “For him to compete at the elite level and to warrant him getting a fight against Joshua, he needs to fight somebody legitimate. I obviously represent Otto, and their fight has a lot of history. It’s a natural because the winner would have many options.”
“It is a fight that has some history,” Salita said. “Dillian did accept it once because he thought he would beat Otto. And Otto accepted it because he felt he would beat Dillian. The winner of Otto versus Whyte would be eligible to fight all the elite heavyweights.
“If Otto wins, it would make sense for him to fight the winner of Usyk versus Fury or to fight Joshua. But if Whyte wins, it would make sense for him to fight Joshua or Jermaine, really, because of their controversial fight. So, I feel like these four are kind of connected to each other and the winners would get tremendous benefits from a victory.”
“As a promoter, I made a commitment to my fighters to make sure they stay busy and progress themselves,” Salita said. “I always work to make the biggest and the best fights. However, when the big fights fall through, it’s my responsibility to keep my fighters busy. We did it with Claressa [Shields] during COVID, when we did an all-women’s pay-per-view show in Flint, and we did it with Otto.”
In the words of my Jewish grandfather, Salita is a 'Yiddishe Kop'
