Tyson Fury’s next opponent Otto Wallin is insisting that the criticism he received from the former unified world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua isn’t bothering him.
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Wallin, an unknown fighter just a month ago, is set to fight another former unified world heavyweight king – Tyson Fury on September 14 in Las Vegas. The undefeated Swedish is gonna be the warm-up fight for “The Gypsy King” before his highly anticipated rematch with Deontay Wilder in 2020.
Fury received a lot of criticism for choosing the 28-year-old Wallin instead fighters like Kubrat Pulev or Adam Kownacki. Anthony Joshua also spoke on the topic, stating that nobody will allow him to fight Otto Wallin.
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“I fought Wallin as an amateur. These guys are cream of the crop, they shouldn’t be fighting them type of people… I can’t fight Wallin, don’t think I can ever fight lower-tier heavyweights”, Joshua said.
Now, Wallin has responded by telling BBC Sport: “I don’t care too much. He probably means I haven’t been at that elite level.
“I haven’t been at the elite level in fights but I have sparred big names and know I am at their level – Anthony Joshua, Kubrat Pulev, Adam Kownacki, Jarrell Miller, all different guys, and I know I am on this level.
“I am not worried about that, it’s just that people haven’t seen. Anthony knows I am a good fighter. Yes, it helps a little with motivation. I have no pressure at all – I can only go in there and do my best.”