Anthony Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn, speaking to TNT Sports: "I believe this Anthony Joshua is the best heavyweight in the world. That was a punch-perfect performance tonight. A stunning performance. One that says he is back. With this mindset in this team, I think he is unbeatable. 2024 will be massive for him.
"It was a tough decision between the championship and Wilder. We signed for Wilder, he lost tonight, that's OK, it happens in boxing. Maybe it is a blessing because this guy is about championships. He wants to become a three-time heavyweight world champion. It will be Filip Hrgovic against AJ for the world title.
"I am so happy to see him smiling and performing so well. He is a dangerous man when he is in that kind of mood. 2024 is going to be very interesting, every heavyweight should be on notice - he is back."
Anyway, here's what Anthony Joshua had to say after tonight's encounter.
Speaking to DAZN, AJ said: "I can't rate my performance. Ben Davison, my performance team, I'll leave it up to them.
"Tonight was just another fight. I respect Otto. Not so much a throwback fight, just another day in the office. Victory by any means. Like Otto, you want to do whatever it takes to be victorious. That's all I want to be."
Asked about Wilder's loss, he added: "I wasn't watching. I just focused on myself. I know how important it was for me. I heard that Deontay lost. So what? He'll be back. Deontay, everything that he said about me, I could rip him apart right now, but I'm going to take the higher ground."
Always the same with boxing. The sweat is still pouring from the fighters and we're looking at who's up next.
Obviously Deontay Wilder was the plan in March, but his defeat to Joseph Parker earlier tonight might have killed that one. In my opinion Wilder sounded like he was considering retirement.
It certainly won't be Jarrell Miller. Daniel Dubois? Zhilei Zhang? Or the winner of the undisputed between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk?
Plenty of credit must go to trainer Ben Davison. The pair linked up for the first time for this contest, and it's no coincidence that we've seen the best version of the former heavyweight champion.
AJ didn't look ecstatic when winning his last fight, he does tonight. Yes, he'll be please with the victory, but he'll be even more pleased with the manner of his win. That was emphatic. Nasty Anthony Joshua is the best Anthony Joshua.
Wallin's corner knew their man had taken too much punishment. I suspect the Swede has a broken nose in addition to that cut right eye.
Otto Wallin's team throw in the towel and this one is over. AJ is back to his best with a confident, power and sharp performance - he was firing on all cylinders and Wallin simply couldn't handle it.
Well you wouldn't say this has been a difficult round to score. AJ has won every round. I don't want to speak too soon but it looks like the spiteful Anthony Joshua of old. The balance looks good and he's landing some big shots.
More brutal body shots. More jabs.
Bang! Is this the end? AJ executes a perfect right hook that wobbles Wallin, who runs for cover. Joshua picks his moments instead of rushing in and blasting the Swede out of there.
Just seeing a few replays of those body shots from AJ. Thunderous to say the least.
Wallin with a bloody nose and a cut under his right eye looks to land a right hook but it didn't connect and Joshua returns with an accurate right. The Swede almost looks afraid to really commit to the punch through fear of what's coming back.
Solid right from Wallin at the start of this round. You can hear his corner applauding that, but Anthony Joshua doesn't seem bothered.
"Oh Anthony Joshua," is the cry from about seven fans trying to generate some atmosphere. It doesn't last long.
AJ eventually found his range in the third round. So much so that there's markings on the right eye of Wallin. Some crunching body shots in there to from the former heavyweight champion.
My commiseration to anyone watching this on DAZN. The second the bell went, the sound went with it. They have a sign up apologising for the audio issues.
Solid left jab followed by a cracking overhand right from AJ against the Southpaw. He's confident tonight, hitting through his punches and setting himself nicely.
Wallin's got a bloody nose for his troubles. Clearly having difficulty breathing and having to breathe through his mouth instead. 2/2 for AJ.
Nice and assertive from Anthony Joshua in that opening round. Otto Wallin looks surprised by his power, he's backed up up once or twice with blocked efforts that still looked to do damage.
Ok then, it's the final fight of the night. The big one. The top dog. Anthony Joshua looking for a statement win over an extremely confident Otto Wallin, who thinks this is going to be a walk in the park.
Wallin enters to 'The Winner Takes It All' by ABBA. That's going to strike a chord with the floating voters. Not exactly an energetic track mind.
Yep, we're going to talk about Anthony Joshua's demeanour again…
It seems that everyone becomes a body language expert on AJ fight week, studying he way he moves and every utterance out of his mouth.
And this week has been no different.
He's been fairly quiet and has given a few one-word answers to questions, which has caused a stir. He's disengaged in interviews and media events but insists he's all business ahead of this contest.
"I want to fight. I want to perform well. Put that pressure on myself," Joshua said. "I'm here to fight, I'm not here to party and get caught up in the glitz and glamour.
"Of course I'm tense because I want to perform, I want to win. I've got that urge to win and I want to hurt my opponent as well."
Former mortal enemies turned best buddies in Saudi Arabia. And it only took a Sheik with access to a truckload of money to make it happen.
It's a modern fairytale.
Meeting for the first time on Wednesday, Hearn said: "I said we should forget the rubbish, that this is a big opportunity for Queensberry, Matchroom, for boxing and our fighters, so let's not mess it up. He said pretty much the same to me.
Joseph Parker, speaking to DAZN: "I have a lot of respect for Wilder but we trained very hard for this. Everyone had other plans but this is God's plan.
"I was really fit. I stayed calm, relaxed, stayed focused. There's always things to work on but I got the win. Merry Christmas to us.
"He did catch me a few times on the guard and it's very hard. If it landed clean then it could be a different story. Working with Andy and George and not getting out of shape was important.
"This is massive and the best opponent I've ever faced. Tyson Fury gave us his time with sparring and was massively important."
