Tonight’s Top Rank on ESPN card was headlined by an unofficial title fight, as lineal Heavyweight champion of the world Tyson Fury took on the challenge of Otto Wallin. In the end Fury remains undefeated, taking home a unanimous decision win, but he certainly had to work for it.
The story of the fight was a serious cut suffered by Fury early in the fight. In the 3rd round, Wallin landed a clean punch above the right eye that sliced Fury open with a serious gash. Initially, it was ruled as the result of a headbutt, by the commission took a look and determined it was indeed from a clean punch, meaning a cut stoppage would be a TKO win for the challenger.