Briton Joshua boxed magnificently in Saudi Arabia, dominating Wallin before the Swede’s corner pulled him out of the fight at the end of the fifth.
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Heavyweight Joyce has been talking up a possible fight against Joshua because his rematch against Oleksandr Usyk is now on ice amid Russia’s ongoing conflict against Ukraine, with Sweden’s Otto Wallin also in the running.
Wilder slumped to the canvas for the third and final time in the 11th round of Saturday’s WBC Heavyweight title fight in Las Vegas, failing to get back up and was taken to hospital after.
Heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has backed Tyson Fury to overcome Deontay Wilder in their rematch next month.
Fury overcame a bad cut above his right eye to outpoint Otto Wallin in September, which initially looked like it could disrupt plans to fight Wilder again.
The British fighter was cut twice by the Swede, with cutsman Jorge Capetillo stemming the bleeding during the bout before 47 stitches were applied afterwards
Tyson Fury insists he is “ready for war” with Deontay Wilder despite his bloody battle with Otto Wallin on Sunday.
A bloodied Tyson Fury beat the previously undefeated Otto Wallin on an unanimous points decision after overcoming a significant early double-cut above his eye in Las Vegas.
Tyson Fury said he is willing to put a blockbuster fight with Anthony Joshua to one side, if the former heavyweight champion is unable to regain his belts in a rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr.
Tyson Fury takes on Otto Wallin in Las Vegas this Saturday in what should be a fairly academic affair before he moves onto his rematch with Deontay Wilder in February 2020.
The Gypsy King will face unbeaten but barely-known Swedish heavyweight Otto Wallin at the T-Mobile Arena in what is expected to be a repeat of his quick-fire KO of the equally unheralded German Tom Schwarz in Vegas earlier this summer.