Dillian Whyte vs. Otto Wallin

Dillian Whyte vs. Otto Wallin was a scheduled heavyweight professional boxing match contested between the defending WBC interim champion, Dillian Whyte, and former WBA Continental champion, Otto Wallin. The fight was scheduled to take place on October 30 2021 at The O2 Arena in London, England.

Dillian Whyte vs. Otto Wallin
DateOctober 30 2021
VenueThe O2 Arena, London, England
Title(s) on the lineWBC interim heavyweight title
Tale of the tape
Boxer Dillian Whyte Otto Wallin
Nickname The Body Snatcher All In
Hometown Brixton, London, England Sundsvall, Sweden
Pre-fight record 28–2 (19 KOs) 22–1 (1) (14 KOs)
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 6 ft 5+1⁄2 in (1.97 m)
Style Orthodox Southpaw
Recognition WBC interim heavyweight champion Former WBA Continental heavyweight champion

The fight was cancelled after Dillian Whyte sustained an injury in training. [1]

Background

Dillian Whyte first won the vacant WBC interim heavyweight title when he defeated Óscar Rivas on 20 July 2019, in a bout in which he survived a ninth-round knockdown to claim a unanimous decision victory.[2] He subsequently lost the title when he suffered a brutal knockout loss against Alexander Povetkin on 22 August 2020,[3] before avenging his loss in an immediate rematch against Povetkin on 27 March 2021 to regain his title.[4]

Otto Wallin had suffered his first professional defeat against former unified heavyweight champion Tyson Fury on 14 September 2019,[5] but rebounded with a two-fight win streak coming into the fight against Whyte, having defeated American duo Travis Kauffman and Dominic Breazeale since his sole loss against Fury.[6]

Fight card
Weight class vs. Method Round Time Note
Heavyweight Dillian Whyte (ic) vs. Otto Wallin – (12) Note 1
Light welterweight Chantelle Cameron (c) vs. Mary McGee (c) – (10) Note 2
Heavyweight Alen Babić vs. Éric Molina
Light heavyweight Craig Richards vs. Marek Matyja
Super featherweight Youssef Khoumari vs. Jorge David Castaneda Note 3
Heavyweight Johnny Fisher vs. Alvaro Terrero
Cruiserweight Jordan Thompson vs. Piotr Podlucki
Super bantamweight Ellie Scotney vs. Eva Cantos
Super middleweight John Hedges vs. Antony Woolery

^Note 1 For WBC interim heavyweight title
^Note 2 For WBC, IBF, and inaugural The Ring female light welterweight titles
^Note 3 For WBC International super featherweight title

References
  1. "Dillian Whyte to fight Otto Wallin on October 30 | DAZN News UK". DAZN. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  2. "Whyte survives knockdown to beat Rivas". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  3. "Whyte vs Povetkin: Dillian Whyte knocked out by Alexander Povetkin in a brutal twist to his world title chase". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  4. "Whyte vs. Povetkin 2 results: Dillian Whyte blows out Alexander Povetkin to regain interim WBC heavyweight title | DAZN News UK". DAZN. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  5. Taylor, Declan; Graham, Chris (2019-09-15). "Tyson Fury defeats Otto Wallin on points in bloody Las Vegas battle". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  6. "Tyson Fury's former opponent Otto Wallin defeats Dominic Breazeale by unanimous decision". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
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