Lennox Lewis slams Otto Wallin for having ‘no definition in his physique’
Lennox Lewis believes that Anthony Joshua has huge struggle alternatives forward of him after stopping Otto Wallin within the fifth spherical of their Day of Reckoning struggle.
AJ was a dominant drive within the headline attraction of the day of boxing in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and a 3rd straight win signifies that there are a number of choices open to him for future fights, together with Tyson Fury and Zhilei Zhang.
The British boxer and Eddie Hearn each consider that the efficiency confirmed a return to type for AJ – however Lewis, a three-time heavyweight champion, mentioned that he wasn’t certain the struggle was the fitting one to guage whether or not Joshua was again to his finest.
Lewis advised TNT Sports: ‘I could not actually decide with this struggle if he is again or not. He positively seemed good. He did what he was alleged to do, go on the market and take out a man you’ve got taken out in fights earlier than.
‘The man did not have any definition in his physique. I do not know if he labored exhausting or if he was in coaching camp or no matter, and I did not see him throwing any punches that really linked, as a result of AJ seemed good after the struggle, like a film star, like he wasn’t even in a struggle.
Lennox Lewis mentioned he didn’t see any of Otto Wallin’s punches join with Anthony Joshua
AJ claimed that he was again – and eyed up huge potential fights – after stopping Wallin
Lewis believes Zhilei Zhang and Tyson Fury would each be ‘nice’ fights for AJ after three wins
‘I believe it does good for his psychological state, everyone saying he is again, however there’s nonetheless a protracted street forward, and a few exhausting fighters.’
Lewis mentioned that he thinks Zhang can be the fitting opponent for AJ to tackle subsequent, however there’s the continuous rumours of a Battle of Britain struggle which could ultimately be confirmed between Joshua and Tyson Fury.
‘He’s nonetheless acquired to go up towards Tyson Fury – if that struggle’s going to be made. I believe that is going to be a terrific struggle for him. Zhang from China can be a terrific struggle for him as nicely. There’s a few guys on the market nonetheless wandering round,’ Lewis mentioned.
‘I believe for this specific struggle, he did nicely.’
In an earlier struggle on the Day of Reckoning card, Joseph Parker dominated Deontay Wilder in each spherical to earn a unanimous resolution victory over the American.
Wilder had claimed that there was a two-fight cope with AJ on the playing cards, however this plan appears to be like prone to change following the end result of each of their fights on Saturday.
