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Outright: 2/1
TKO: 10/3
Points: 13/2
Wladimir Klitschko is, in boxing terms, everything that Anthony Joshua is aspiring to be.
Articulate out of the ring and a menace inside it, WK is bidding to join his brother in becoming a three time world heavyweight champion.
Dr Steelhammer has stopped 53 of his 68 opponents inside the distance, making a mockery of the assumption that Joshua is the only one of the two to carry punching power.
It took until his 18th fight for someone to last the distance with Klitschko, the same number of fights that AJ has been involved in. Naturally, it becomes much harder to stop your opponent at elite level.
There is no hiding from the fact that Wladimir was made to look like a spent force last time out against Tyson Fury. He didn't let his hands go and the unorthodox style of the Mancunian, before and during the fight, clearly unsettled him.
Is he back to his best? Or have we seen the last of Wladimir Klitschko at the top of the sport?
Saturday night will answer those questions but one thing is for sure, it's a dangerous game to write off the second longest reigning heavyweight champion of all time.
His Emanuel Steward inspired switch to a more defensive approach makes Wlad very difficult to beat on points. Should AJ fail to finish him off, that 13/2 on the points win looks very tempting.
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