Otto Wallin

Einar Otto Wallin (born 21 November 1990) is a Swedish professional boxer. He held the WBA Continental heavyweight title in 2017 and won the EBU European Union heavyweight title in 2018.

Otto Wallin
Statistics
Real name	Einar Otto Wallin
Nickname(s)	"All In"[1]
Weight(s)	Heavyweight
Height	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Reach	1.98 m (78 in)
Nationality	Swedish
Born	21 November 1990 Sundsvall, Sweden
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	23
Wins	21
Wins by KO	14
Losses	1
No contests	1
Medal record Swedish Youth National Championships 2009 Nyköping Heavyweight Ruska Tournament 2009 Rovaniemi Super-heavyweight Swedish National Championships 2010 Norrköping Super-heavyweight Haringey Box Cup 2010 London Super-heavyweight Ruska Tournament 2010 Rovaniemi Super-heavyweight Swedish National Championships 2011 Sundsvall Super-heavyweight Nordic Championships 2011 Lahti Super-heavyweight Algirdas Socikas Tournament 2011 Kaunas Super-heavyweight Haringey Box Cup 2011 London Super-heavyweight Riga Open Tournament 2011 Riga Super-heavyweight Gee-Bee Tournament 2012 Helsinki Super-heavyweight

Amateur career

Wallin comes from a working-class family. His father and one of his brothers boxed, and he began boxing when he was 15.[2] As an amateur, he won the Swedish championship for beginners in 2008.[3] There were few heavyweights available to fight in Sweden, where professional boxing was banned until 2007,[4] so Wallin would often fight whoever and whenever in order to stay active.[5][6]

In 2009, Wallin won a bronze medal at the Swedish Youth National Championships in the heavyweight division,[7] and won the Ruska Tournament in the super-heavyweight division.[8] In 2010, Wallin won silver at the Swedish National Championships,[9] and silver at the Haringey Box Cup, losing to Anthony Joshua on points in the final.[10] He also won silver at the 2010 Ruska Tournament.[11]

Wallin lost to Joshua on points again in a Sweden–England dual match in Stockholm in January 2011.[12] He then won bronze at the Swedish National Championships in February,[13] silver at the Nordic Championships in March,[14] gold at the Algirdas Socikas Tournament in May,[15] gold at the Haringey Box Cup in June,[16] and gold at the Riga Open Tournament in December.[17]

In January 2012, Wallin defeated Frazer Clarke 32:11 in a Sweden–England dual match in Uppsala,[18] which qualified him for the 2012 European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament.[19] Wallin won bronze at the Gee-Bee Tournament in March, losing to Magomed Omarov in the semi-finals.[20] At the European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament in April in Trabzon, Turkey, he was eliminated in the round of 16 by Mihai Nistor.[21] Wallin finished with an amateur record of 34–12.[22]

Professional career

Wallin turned professional at the age of 22, in 2013. He 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. Wallin followed Gamache to New York after Gamache left Denmark.[23]

After racking up a 19–0 record and winning the WBA Continental heavyweight title, Wallin defeated Adrian Granat (15–1, 14 KOs) to win the vacant Swedish and EBU European Union heavyweight titles in April 2018. Wallin won by unanimous decision 117–111, 117–112, and 118–110.[24] As a tall southpaw, he has also been a sparring partner for Anthony Joshua, Jarrell Miller and Adam Kownacki.[25]

Wallin then made his United States debut against Nick Kisner (21–4–1, 6 KOs) 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.[26] He was set to fight BJ Flores (34–4–1, 21 KOs) in July, but Flores was ruled medically unfit to fight on the day of the scheduled bout.[27][28]

On 14 September 2019, Wallin faced the former unified heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury (28–0–1, 20 KOs) at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.[29] Wallin lost the fight by unanimous decision, with the scorecards reading 116–112, 117–111, and 118–110. He 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. A ringside doctor examined the cut in the sixth and deemed Fury able to continue. The examination by the doctor seemed to motivate Fury, as he poured on the pressure afterwards, hurting Wallin repeatedly with solid shots. Despite fatiguing in the second half of the fight, Wallin came back in the twelfth and landed a strong left hand which seemed to trouble Fury. Commentators stated Wallin's performance had defied the odds despite the loss, as he came in as an over 10 to 1 underdog.[30][31]

Wallin was set to make his return to the ring against former WBA (Regular) heavyweight world champion Lucas Browne (29-2, 25 KOs) on 28 March 2020 at the Park Theater at the Park MGM in Las Vegas. The fight was scheduled for 10 rounds.[32] On 26 February, Wallin was removed from the card due to a foot injury and was replaced by Apti Davtaev.[33] He instead made his return against Travis Kauffman on 15 August 2020. Wallin dominated the fight, and Kauffman retired in the fifth round due to injury.[34]

Personal life

Wallin was born in Sundsvall, Sweden, but has lived in New York City since 2017.[35][36] Wallin's father died of a sudden heart attack shortly before the announcement of Wallin's fight with Tyson Fury. 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,[37][38] similar to Buster Douglas losing his mother before fighting Mike Tyson.[39] Despite ultimately losing the bout, Wallin's performance was praised. Fury said in his in-ring interview, "Big congratulations to Otto and I just wanna say rest in peace to his father. I know he would be very, very proud of his performance."[40][41]

Professional boxing record

Professional record summary

22 fights	20 wins	1 loss
By knockout	13	0
By decision	7	1
No contests	1

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
23	Win	21–1 (1)	Travis Kauffman	TKO	5 (10), 2:32	15 Aug 2020	Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut, US
22	Loss	20–1 (1)	Tyson Fury	UD	12	14 Sep 2019	T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, Nevada, US
21	NC	20–0 (1)	Nick Kisner	NC	1 (10), 3:00	13 Apr 2019	Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, US	No contest after Kisner was cut by an accidental headbutt
20	Win	20–0	Adrian Granat	UD	12	21 Apr 2018	Gärdehov, Sundsvall, Sweden	Won vacant EBU European Union and Swedish heavyweight titles
19	Win	19–0	Srdan Govedarica	KO	3 (8), 1:01	27 Jan 2018	Arēna Rīga, Rīga, Latvia
18	Win	18–0	Gianluca Mandras	TKO	5 (10), 1:18	22 Apr 2017	Sundsvalls Sporthall, Sundsvall, Sweden	Won vacant WBA Continental heavyweight title
17	Win	17–0	Raphael Zumbano	UD	10	3 Dec 2016	Arena Armeec, Sofia, Bulgaria
16	Win	16–0	Osborne Machimana	UD	8	10 Sep 2016	Hovet, Stockholm, Sweden
15	Win	15–0	Irineu Beato Costa Junior	TKO	3 (8), 0:35	23 Apr 2016	Hovet, Stockholm, Sweden
14	Win	14–0	Samir Kurtagic	UD	6	19 Dec 2015	Rosvalla Arena, Nyköping, Sweden
13	Win	13–0	Vladimir Goncharov	UD	6	19 Sep 2015	Rosvalla Arena, Nyköping, Sweden
12	Win	12–0	Oleksiy Mazikin	KO	2 (8), 2:26	20 Jun 2015	Ballerup Super Arena, Ballerup, Denmark
11	Win	11–0	Beka Lobjanidze	KO	4 (8), 0:52	2 May 2015	Frederiksberghallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
10	Win	10–0	David Gegeshidze	TKO	2 (8), 2:32	14 Mar 2015	Ballerup Super Arena, Ballerup, Denmark
9	Win	9–0	Ivica Perkovic	RTD	4 (8), 3:00	6 Dec 2014	Große EWE Arena, Oldenburg, Germany
8	Win	8–0	Vjekoslav Bajic	TKO	2 (8)	29 Nov 2014	Falkoner Center, Frederiksberg, Denmark
7	Win	7–0	Maksym Pedyura	TKO	4 (6), 2:50	30 Aug 2014	Gerry Weber Stadion, Halle, Germany
6	Win	6–0	Ladislav Kovarik	TKO	4 (4), 1:00	15 Feb 2014	MusikTeatret, Albertslund, Denmark
5	Win	5–0	Ferenc Zsalek	PTS	4	25 Jan 2014	Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Germany
4	Win	4–0	Tomas Mrazek	PTS	4	23 Nov 2013	Stechert Arena, Bamberg, Germany
3	Win	3–0	Gabor Farkas	TKO	3 (4), 2:53	26 Oct 2013	EWE Arena, Oldenburg, Germany
2	Win	2–0	Valeri Semiskur	TKO	2 (4), 0:55	7 Sep 2013	Arena Nord, Frederikshavn, Denmark
1	Win	1–0	Roman Cherney	TKO	1 (4), 2:57	15 Jun 2013	NRGi Arena, Aarhus, Denmark

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External links

• Boxing record for Otto Wallin from BoxRec