By Victor Salazar 

New York, NY- The last undisputed heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis was on hand for the final press conference promoting the WBC heavyweight title showdown between Deontay Wilder and Artur Szpilka, which takes place this Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Lewis expects an exciting fight but gives the edge to the incumbent champion Wilder in the matchup

“The one in the blue gloves is going to win,” Lewis joked as he spoke to BoxingScene.com.

“The guy that wins this fight has to be first to the punch. Deontay got an advantage because he’s got long arms and is a good boxer and he’s got a great trainer. I’m kind of edging him right now because he’s the WBC champion and I’m the WBC champion too. He’s defending my belt now.”

Lewis feels the excitement in the heavyweight division picked up as soon as Tyson Fury’s hand was raised in Fury’s decision victory over long standing champion Wladimir Klitschko. Because of Fury’s victory, Lewis says more heavyweights have a shot to be a champion.

The heavyweight division has opened up because Tyson Fury opened it up,” stated Lewis. “I’m not sure what’s up with Klitschko if he’s going to come back and fight or if that’s it for him. I’m sure all the other heavyweights are saying, ‘hey now I have a chance since the Klitschko’s are dying out from the landscape.”

Though Fury’s feat impressed Lewis, he feels it will be even tougher for Fury to defend his titles.

“Tyson Fury did a good fight,” Lewis said. “I was shocked and I was at ringside. I was asking myself if Wladimir is going to get started but Tyson Fury had him from the beginning, dancing around. He was able to box and he won the fight. Whether he can stay there or now is what we’ll have to see.”

Lewis also has high hopes for another British Heavyweight in Anthony Joshua, whose victory over Dillian Whyte in December was important at this stage in his career.

“Anthony Joshua is looking strong. He just beat Whyte. It was an important fight for him because Whyte beat him in the amateurs, so as a professional he needed to come back and beat him. I remember doing the same with Tyrell Biggs. He beat me in the Olympics and then I beat him three years later on the undercard of Evander Holyfield.”