Tuesday 7 March 2017 18:34, UK
Wladimir Klitschko is "the dinosaur of his generation" and can prove it by beating Anthony Joshua, his trainer says.
Klitschko will be 41 by the time he takes on Joshua for the IBF and WBA Super heavyweight titles at Wembley Stadium on April 29, live on Sky Sports Box Office.
The Ukrainian has gone back to his Kiev roots to prepare for his first fight as a challenger since 2006 and told Sky Sports News HQ on Monday he is "obsessed" with becoming three-time champion.
And, according to Johnathon Banks, Klitschko has the character to join an elite band of fighters who competed at world level well into their 40s.
"Put it like this," Banks told SSNHQ. "Wladimir is obsessed with his goal to become a rare-breed three-time heavyweight champion.
"Every blue moon we have a dinosaur that enters each division. The last was Bernard Hopkins. Guys his age can't go three rounds, never mind do six or seven-week camps.
"The last dinosaur in the heavyweight division was George Foreman, who won a world title at 45. I believe Wladimir is the dinosaur of this generation."
Banks believes "activity and consistency" is the key to defeating Joshua after Klitschko struggled to land a meaningful punch on Fury.
The two fighters have history in the ring having sparred together in the past, and Klitschko's trainer said: "It was very competitive. Tit-for-tat."
