WBA, IBO, IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs) believes he's got a very good read on the boxing style of WBC champion Deontay Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs).
The two heavyweights are hoping to fight each other in 2018 - provided they are able to defeat their upcoming opponents.
Joshua was in action back in October, when he stopped mandatory challenger Carlos Takam in Cardiff, Wales. While Wilder took care of a mandatory defense of his own, when he demolished Bermane Stiverne in the first round at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
They head in different directions at the start of the new year.
Joshua is in deep negotiations to fight WBO champion Joseph Parker in the early part of the year, likely on a date in March or April.
And Wilder is likely heading to a showdown with undefeated Cuban puncher Luis Ortiz, also at the Barclays Center. Wilder is hoping they both come through with victories and are able to fight each other in the summer.
That contest taking place will depend on the financial negotiations. Wilder wants to get at least an even 50-50 split, while Joshua's side are not even thinking of a split in that realm. Currently, Parker is going to receive somewhere between 30-35% of the revenue while Joshua is going to mop up the rest of the money.
Joshua believes that Wilder's biggest weapon is the right hand - and if he takes that punch away then Wilder will mentally break down.
"His record proves he has a powerful punch, but his powerful punch doesn't come with an uppercut, it doesn't come with a peach left hook," Joshua told Stuff.
"It just comes with a straight right hand. So you eliminate one or two of his main weapons, you kind of chip the tree down with Wilder and I think he starts to lose his confidence."