Video: Wladimir Klitschko and Anthony Joshua face off in pre-fight press conference

  • 28/04/2017

Wladimir Klitschko's recorded a video prediction of Sunday's title fight against Anthony Joshua on a USB drive and sealed it in his robe to be sold off to charity.

The odd revelation from the former heavyweight champion came at the rather subdued pre-fight press conference as both fighters - who have said nothing but nice things about each other in the lead-up to the fight - played nice at the event.

"I'm not Nostradamus but I feel so strongly and my obsession made me in the shape of digitilisation on this USB stick I recorded a video last week and the outcome of the fight, my prediction so to say," the Ukrainian said.

"The only person that's going to be able to open it up and watch it, is the person that's going to buy this robe with the stick. All the money is going to go to the Klitschko foundation, for the kids, to support education, and sport."

Brit Joshua's the current holder of the IBF belt and the clear favourite with the bookies.

With an 18-0 record, the North Londoner oozed confidence when asked what happens on Sunday morning (NZT).

"I win. It's not complicated."

Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko (Getty)
Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko (Getty)

There's a massive discrepancy between the two fighters in what is one of the most anticipated fights in recent memory.

Klitschko is 14 years older than his opponent and has fought 45 times more than Joshua.

But the 41-year-old - who lost his last bout to Tyson Fury back in 2015 - said this one felt different.

"It's amazing to have this promotion where we're actually polishing the sport of boxing, without any F-words promoting the fight, punching each other in the faces with the firsts or throwing chairs or glass bottles at the faces."

It's set to be a record-breaking fight with an estimated 90,000 in attendance at London's Wembley stadium. Tickets to the bout sold out in less than a minute last year with the two rivals set to share a giant purse of around $37 million.

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