Otto Wallin held the WBA Continental heavyweight title in 2017 and won the European Union heavyweight title in 2018.
17 Facts About Otto Wallin
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In 2009, Otto Wallin won a bronze medal at the Swedish Youth National Championships in the heavyweight division, and won the Ruska Tournament in the super-heavyweight division.
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In 2010, Otto Wallin won silver at the Swedish National Championships, and silver at the Haringey Box Cup, losing to Anthony Joshua on points in the final.
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Otto Wallin turned professional at the age of 22, in 2013.
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Otto Wallin trained under Torsten Schmitz for six months in Berlin, Germany, then moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he met former two-weight WBA world champion Joey Gamache, who became his trainer.
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Otto Wallin followed Gamache to New York after Gamache left Denmark.
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Otto Wallin then made his United States debut against Nick Kisner in April 2019, but the fight ended in a no contest after an accidental clash of heads opened a cut above Kisner's eye in the first round.
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On 14 September 2019, Otto Wallin faced the former unified heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
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Otto Wallin opened up a large cut above Fury's right eye in the third round with a left hand, which affected Fury's vision for the rest of the fight.
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Commentators stated Otto Wallin's performance had defied the odds despite the loss, as he came in as an over 10 to 1 underdog.
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Otto Wallin was set to make his return to the ring against former WBA heavyweight world champion Lucas Browne on 28 March 2020 at the Park Theater at the Park MGM in Las Vegas.
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Otto Wallin instead made his return against Travis Kauffman on 15 August 2020.
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Otto Wallin dominated the fight, and Kauffman retired in the fifth round due to injury.
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Otto Wallin's next fight was against former IBF and WBC title challenger Dominic Breazeale on the undercard of Adrien Broner vs Jovanie Santiago on 20 February 2021.
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Otto Wallin was born in Sundsvall, Sweden, but has lived in New York City since 2017.
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Otto Wallin's father died of a sudden heart attack shortly before the announcement of Otto Wallin's fight with Tyson Fury.
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Otto Wallin said his father, an amateur boxer and part-time trainer, motivated him to get into boxing, and hoped to use his father's death as extra motivation to upset the odds and defeat Fury, similar to Buster Douglas's losing his mother before fighting Mike Tyson.