{"id":299843,"date":"2023-12-12T19:24:16","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T19:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=299843"},"modified":"2023-12-12T19:24:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T19:24:16","slug":"otto-wallin-anthony-joshua-is-mentally-fragile-and-in-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/boxing\/otto-wallin-anthony-joshua-is-mentally-fragile-and-in-decline\/","title":{"rendered":"Otto Wallin: Anthony Joshua is &apos;mentally fragile&apos; and in &apos;decline&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Anthony Joshua is &#8216;mentally fragile&#8217; and in &#8216;decline&#8217; next opponent Otto Wallin claims on The Hook, with the Swede insisting AJ &#8216;knows he&#8217;s vulnerable&#8217; and switching coaches again is a bad sign<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wallin is set to face off with the British fighter in Saudi Arabia on December 23<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Swede turned heads when he took Tyson Fury the distance back in 2019\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Otto Wallin&#8217;s chance at Anthony Joshua is a &#8216;golden ticket&#8217; for his career&#8230; but this will be a new AJ when he walks out on December 23 &#8211; The Hook<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Anthony Joshua is &#8216;mentally fragile&#8217; and is on a clear decline his December 23rd opponent Otto Wallin has told Mail Sport&#8217;s boxing podcast, The Hook.<\/p>\n<p>Wallin will face-off against AJ on the star-studded card in Saudi Arabia looking for the biggest win of his career against the two-time heavyweight champion of the world.<\/p>\n<p>The Swede turned heads in 2019 when he took Tyson Fury the distance and caused the Gypsy King to require 47 stiches for a cut above his eye.<\/p>\n<p>That Fury defeat is still the only one of his career and with 26 wins to his name, he represents a dangerous a tricky foe for Joshua.<\/p>\n<p>AJ remains focused on his desire to win another world title, but Wallin believes a physical and mental decline in the Brit is already evident.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/12\/13\/78867817-0-image-a-11_1702387519902.jpg\" height=\"420\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Wallin believes Joshua isn&#8217;t the force that he used to be and now is the perfect time to fight him<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I would say he is still one of the best heavyweights out there and he&#8217;s made an amazing career for himself,&#8217; Wallin started.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There has been a decline and I think he has reached his peak already. I think he is mentally fragile, he&#8217;s not sure of himself. He&#8217;s changed trainer and I think things can be very tough for him. People are very critical of him, he&#8217;s got a lot of pressure. So I think that weighs on him.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Joshua is now on his fourth trainer in as many years since splitting from Robert McCracken.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Davidson, a man who previously worked with Fury, is the latest coach to get a chance, but none of Robert Garcia, Derrick James or Angel Fernandez could not make it work.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think it&#8217;s a problem for him, for sure,&#8217; Wallin said of AJ switching coaches. &#8216;I&#8217;ve had my trainer now for 10 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We know each other really well. We trust each other in and out of the ring. He&#8217;s been with me for all of my pro fights except two, so it&#8217;s really been a good journey together and it&#8217;s fantastic we get this chance now to prove to everyone what we&#8217;ve been working on.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/12\/13\/78867825-0-image-a-12_1702387526301.jpg\" height=\"410\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Wallin gave Tyson Fury plenty of problems when they clashed in the US back in 2019<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;For Joshua, it&#8217;s hard. When you keep changing trainer, it&#8217;s usually a bad sign and I think it&#8217;s a bad sign for him too.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Although Joshua is only one year older than Wallin at 34, he&#8217;s spent a lot longer at the top of the sport.<\/p>\n<p>Wallin believes AJ is not the frightening prospect he once was and he is getting his chance against one of the division&#8217;s marquee names at the right time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think it&#8217;s the perfect time to face AJ. He was a seek and destroy kind of guy, he was very aggressive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;When he first started, he had a short amateur career. He was knocking people out. Turned pro, knocking everybody out. Knocked [Wladimir] Klitschko out. And I think he felt invincible, pretty much.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/12\/13\/78867841-0-image-a-13_1702387555010.jpg\" height=\"905\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Swede remains one of the most dangerous heavyweights in the division with 14 KOs<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/12\/13\/78867855-0-image-a-14_1702387582649.jpg\" height=\"769\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Wallin insists Joshua&#8217;s decline started when Andy Ruiz Jr made him realise he&#8217;s not invincible<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And then he lost to Ruiz, he got stopped. He lost to Usyk twice. I think he knows now that he&#8217;s vulnerable.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He knows he can lose and he can get hurt and he doesn&#8217;t like that. He doesn&#8217;t like getting hit or getting hurt. He cares a lot about what people think of him and I think it&#8217;s hard for him when people are being critical or there are boos in the crowd, I think that&#8217;s really hard for him,&#8217; Wallin insisted.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Should Joshua win, he&#8217;d find himself on a collision course with Filip Hrgovic at the top of the IBF rankings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Should that belt be vacated by Oleksandr Usyk if the IBF enforce a mandatory challenger, Joshua will see that as his quickest route back to a world title and big money, unification fights.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/12\/17\/78877959-12854825-image-a-3_1702403260802.jpg\" height=\"183\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12854825\/Anthony-Joshua-Otto-Wallin-mentally-fragile-hook.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Joshua is &#8216;mentally fragile&#8217; 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