Wallin decisions slow-starting Breazeale

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21/02/2021

Wallin decisions slow-starting Breazeale

Otto Wallin W12 Dominic Breazeale ... In the Showtime co-feature in Connecticut, Swedish heavyweight Otto Wallin (22-1, 14 KOs) continued his rise in the division with a unanimous decision over Dominic Breazeale (20-3, 18 KOs). The judges scored the fight 117-111, 116-112 and 118-110. The veteran Breazeale, whose only previous two losses came to unified champion Anthony Joshua and former WBC titlist Deontay Wilder, showed signs of ring rust after a 21-month layoff. He started slowly and it was Wallin who was able to get his offense on track early and often. The southpaw Wallin landed a huge left hand that caused swelling over Breazeale’s right eye in the fifth round. He out-jabbed Breazeale 103 to 37 and landed more than twice the number of power shots than Breazeale did (129-54).
 
Wallin, who constantly stated his desire to move past the Tyson Fury fight that he nearly won in 2019 in the pre-fight leadup, earned the best win of his career in his second appearance at the Mohegan Sun “Fight Sphere”. “I think I had an advantage because I fought here before,” said the 30-year-old, who lives and trains in New York City under former world champion Joey Gamache. “I was more focused this time and I think I came out better than what I did last time.  We knew coming in that I had better footwork, better speed so I wanted to use that. And I have good defense too. He hit me here and there but nothing too serious. I said before the fight that I just gotta do what I’m good at and that’s what I tried to do.
 
“My ultimate goal is to be champion. But I have to keep improving, I’m not there yet. I’ve got a lot of work to do, I’m getting better. I’m not so focused on who I fight, I just want to fight, keep it stepping it up and when I get another shot, I’ll be ready for it.”
 
“I let the early rounds get away from me,” said the 2012 U.S. Olympian Breazeale. “Otto is a good boxer and did a good job of sticking and moving the whole fight. I did a little bit too much head-hunting at the start and paid for it on the back-end. source: showtime