By Edward Chaykovsky
Johnathon Banks, head trainer for WBO/IBO/WBA/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (64-3, 53KOs), is very confident that a knockout victory is coming up this Saturday night in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Klitschko will defend his titles against mandatory challenger Tyson Fury (24-0, 18KOs) at the ESPIRIT Arena.
Fury has promised to come in there swinging away for a homerun punch, because he believes the judges will rob him if the fight extends to a twelve round distance.
Klitschko rarely goes the full distance. In the last decade, only six opponents have been able to make it to the twelfth round and most of them took a lot of punishment to get there.
In the opinion of Banks, Fury is attempting to make excuses before the two boxers step in the ring.
Fury went down in his 2013 fight with Steve Cunningham, who is not a puncher and a much smaller fighter than Klitschko. Cunningham was knocked out in seven rounds.
"In my personal opinion, I think it will be a knockout. That’s my personal opinion because Tyson Fury has said over and over again that there’s no way in the world that he can get a decision in Germany. He guaranteed that he can’t get a decision in Germany, so Tyson Fury is coming for a knockout," Banks told On The Ropes Boxing Radio .
"I think the judges of the sanctioning bodies don’t care who wins, as long as someone wins, there’s no bias here. I just think that it’s sounding like excuses before we start fighting. Tyson said he’s coming for the knockout, so we’ll see what happens. Wladimir will be prepared for that."
