Otto Wallin sounded actually disillusioned speaking about his loss to Derek Chisora on Saturday night time of their IBF heavyweight title eliminator on the Co-op Dwell Enviornment in Manchester, England.
Wallin’s View
Wallin stated he felt that his tripping induced his knockdowns within the ninth and twelfth; it did look that approach, however the referee, John Latham, dominated him down.
Wallin (27-3, 15 KOs) nonetheless would have misplaced as a result of he was taking huge pictures from Chisora (36-13, 23 KOs), and he didn’t possess the facility to reply again. He did do lots of injury to Chisora’s face round each eyes, and his mouth was swollen.
Derek blamed his reduce and swelling from a head conflict. It seemed like punches from Wallin did the injury. He hit Chisora usually sufficient along with his straight lefts and jabs to break his face to the purpose the place he seemed just like the loser of the combat afterward.
That was not a head conflict that did that to Chisora’s face. These have been punches. He can’t proceed taking these pictures in his subsequent combat. In case you’re Chisora, you bought to say one thing about why his face seemed like a Sherman Tank had run over it. Utilizing the previous head conflict excuse works for followers, however there was no headbutt. The reduce and the swelling got here from the left arms Wallin was hitting him with.
Many followers had picked the 34-year-old Wallin (27-3, 15 KOs) to defeat Chisora (36-13, 23 KOs) primarily based on his youth, technical potential, and novice background.
The scores have been 114-112, 116-110 and 117-109.
“I attempted. He’s a troublesome man. Derek is 41-years-old. He’s a troublesome man,” stated Otto Wallin to iFL TV after his bitter defeat towards Derek Chisora on Saturday night time in Manchester.
“I respect him rather a lot. I used to be just a little off stability [with the knockdown]. He most likely hit me on the similar time. I’m a southpaw, and generally your ft get snarled, and also you lose stability. I don’t know why. I’ve to take a look at the tape.
“He’s obtained good energy. He’s one of many greatest punchers I’ve been in with. I attempted. It wasn’t my night time. Derek fought a terrific combat. He’s a stable fighter. I need to thank everyone for the help,” stated Wallin.
Wallin didn’t say what he deliberate on doing now, as this defeat was horrible as a result of an previous low-level fighter beat him. His earlier losses have been towards Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury. Dropping to these guys is excusable, however to not Chisora.
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