Anthony Joshua vs Otto Wallin: TNT Sports pundits predict winner of heavyweight showdown in Saudi Arabia

Joshua and Deontay Wilder take part in heavyweight fights against Wallin and Joseph Parker respectively in the two co-main events on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

It is widely anticipated that former world champions Joshua and Wilder will go head-to-head in 2024 should they win their respective bouts – potentially on the same night Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk fight to unify the heavyweight division on February 17.

Joshua is slowly restoring his reputation after consecutive defeats against Usyk in 2021 and 2022. He was also stunned by Andy Ruiz in Vegas when WBA, IBF and WBO champion before edging a rematch with the Mexican in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia.

Earlier this year, Joshua beat Jermaine Franklin Jr by unanimous decision on April 1 before producing a knockout win in the seventh round against Robert Helenius on August 12.

Ahead of the highly-anticipated showdown between Joshua and Wallin on Saturday, TNT Sports’ boxing pundits have given their predictions on how the fight will go.

Anthony Joshua to win. Now I don’t know if he’s going to knock him out or win on points but I thoroughly expect Anthony Joshua to win that fight. There’s so much on the line. If he loses it’s game over for AJ.

It’s a hard fight, it’s a tricky fight but AJ comes through. I think he stops big Otto late in the fight.

Wallin is going to come in and try and be cautious. He’s going to try and box and keep it long, pick the shots and might even after a few rounds be thinking about a points win.

I think Joshua will catch him at some point. I think Joshua stops him.

Coming out I think it’s going to be a very tricky one for AJ. A bit tentative with a southpaw but eventually he’ll settle into the fight and probably finish with a knockout in eight or ten rounds.

I think AJ is going to knock Otto Wallin out.

AJ by knockout in around seven or eight rounds.

On Saturday 23 December, fight fans will witness boxing’s greatest champions, head-to-head in what promises to be an action-filled night of entertainment, as part of Riyadh Season. In a UK broadcast first “Day of Reckoning” will be available live on both DAZN and TNT Sports Box Office for fans to watch in the UK and Ireland.

“Day of Reckoning” costs £19.99 in the UK and can be watched through DAZN or TNT Sports Box Office and is available via the DAZN app on Smart TVs, streaming sticks, tablets, laptops and game consoles, Virgin Media TV, Sky and EE TV.

Virgin Media TV customers in the UK: customers with a TiVo and/or V6 set-top-box should visit the On-Demand section and choose Live Events; customers with a Virgin TV 360 and/or Stream set-top-box should go to the Pay Per View Events rail.

EE TV customers can go to channel 495 and pay using their remote control.