Deontay Wilder believes he only showcased half of his full potential the first time he met Tyson Fury in 2018 when he battled his way to a highly disputed split decision draw.

“I was anxious and overly excited in the first fight. It wasn’t me. It was 50 percent. This time it’s going to be all me, and people can expect a knockout in devastating fashion and nothing but greatness,” Wilder told BoxingScene.com in an interview. “I love to be who I am and the mindset that I have. I can turn boxing on or off as needed.”

Wilder (42-0-1, 41 KOs) meets Fury (29-0-1, 20 KOs) on Saturday in a highly anticipated heavyweight showdown at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas as part of a Fox Sports and ESPN pay-per-view promotion.

If the WBC champion wants to end up as the victor, he’ll need to up his punching output from a total of 71 that he tallied in the first fight. The Alabaman US Olympic medalist in 2008 averaged just 5.9 punches landed per round over the course of his 12 round fight.

Fury was not much better, landing a total of 84 punches himself.

The British boxer did succumb, however, to two of Wilder’s powerful punches and was dropped twice, once in the ninth, and the other in the twelfth.

Fury is promising to amp up the pressure in the rematch himself, and has even declared that he will end the fight with a second round knockout.

Both fighters are promising a decisive finish, and a clear and competitive win for either fighter could very well set the table for a trilogy later down the line.

Manouk Akopyan is a sports journalist and member of the Boxing Writers Assn. of America since 2011. He has written for the likes of the LA Times, Guardian, USA Today, Philadelphia Inquirer, Men’s Health and NFL.com and currently does TV commentary for combat sports programming that airs on Fox Sports and hosts his own radio show in Los Angeles. He can be reached on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube at @ManoukAkopyan or via email at manouk.akopyan@gmail.com.