Klitschko Coach: Jennings Will Be Heavyweight Champion

By Victor Salazar

High praise was given to Philadelphia's Bryant Jennings for his performance against Wladimir Klitschko last weekend. In a losing effort, Jennings managed to give Klitschko on of his better challenges in recent times. The man in the corner of Klitschko knew that when they signed to fight Jennings, it was not going to be an easy out.

“He’s a very strong competitor and I know Jennings was going to be a very tough from the start,” Johnathan Banks, the trainer of Wladimir Klitschko told Boxingscene.com after the fight.

In the post-press conference, Jennings told the media that he did feel Klitschko slowing down as the rounds wore on. He credited his body work in the clinches for it. Banks feels that whether Wladimir was tired or not, he weathered the fight and got the job done because he knows how to fight in either condition.

“If he was gassed, he knows how to fight while he tired,” Banks said. “It don’t matter if he was tired, Klitschko knows how to fight tired and fresh. We made the adjustments that we were supposed to make.”

While many people didn’t think Jennings would go 12 with the champion, Banks assessment of Jennings was high and knew what to expect coming in.

“I assess Bryant Jennings the same way today as I assessed him last week...a strong strong competitor. He will be heavyweight champion of the world one day, just not this weekend. He’s too good not too.”