Tyson Fury survives huge scare to claim points win over Otto Wallin in bloody brawl
- Fury maintains unbeaten record, but is made to work for it against Wallin
- Manchester fighter suffers massive cut in round three
Tyson Fury perhaps has the miraculous work of his Mexican cutman Jorge Capetillo to thank for him maintaining his unbeaten record in Las Vegas on Saturday night where he survived a major scare against Swedish underdog Otto Wallin.
Fury got the nod unanimously from the judges, but the one-sided scores read out at the end of the fight didn’t tell the full tale.
Fury adopted a Mexican persona for the night on Mexican Independence Day weekend in the US, and he treated the packed T-Mobile Arena to a Mexican-style bloodbath.
Wallin, the bookmakers’ 30-1 underdog, tore up the script when he opened up a huge gash above the right eye of the lineal heavyweight champion in round three.
With the 28-year-old then switching his work from the body to target the gaping wound, Fury’s corner had their own battle at the end of each round to keep his eye in fighting condition with the ringside physician taking an increasing interest in the cut.
With the cut ruled to have been opened up by a punch by the Nevada Boxing Board of Control, a stoppage would have meant the fight went Wallin’s way by TKO and ruined the prospect of the much-hyped Fury-Deontay Wilder superbout early next year.