Former world boxing heavyweight
champion, Wladmir Klitschko, on Tuesday confessed that current champion,
Anthony Joshua, will be too difficult to beat in three years time.
Answering questions on the battle to
win back the titles, which he lost last year, Klitschko said, “I think it is
the perfect time for both of us. In three years, he is going to be too good.
And I am going to be too old, maybe. But this is the time and we just got it at
the right time.”
The Ukrainian admitted it was the
perfect time to face Joshua with Klitschko acknowledging that the chances of
him claiming victory over the Brit decreases with time.
Klitschko and Joshua are due to face off on April 29 at Wembley and the former unified heavyweight champion insisted is not trying to get into his opponent’s head.
“There’s no mind games,” Klitschko
said, adding, “It’s definitely a signature fight for boxing. “We’ll demolish
each other in the ring afterwards but we’re respectful to each other,
respectful to the sport and to the fans and you know what, it pays off. Because
that’s going to polish this amazing sweet science.”
Klitschko and Joshua appeared at a
press conference in New York on Tuesday as they continued to prepare for the
fight. The final batch of tickets have been snapped up, confirming the
attendance at Wembley will be a British post-war record 90,000, while interest
in the fight around the world is huge.
But Joshua is playing down the size of the occasion in his own mind and focusing on performing to his best.
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