Anthony Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn believes Joseph Parker will be in for a shock after the first round of their heavyweight title unification bout in Cardiff on Sunday.
Hearn has praised Parker's calm demeanour throughout the lead up to the fight but says his skills won't be enough against his fighter.
"It's when you get in there and you realise the force, the size and the strength of the man (Joshua) that it will start hitting home," Hearn told 1 NEWS Europe Correspondent Joy Reid during today's public training session.
"And that is when reality hits and you go back to the corner of Kevin Barry after the first round and say 'blimey this isn't what we quite expected'.
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"I think what we know about Joseph is he is calm and there is no quit in him, that's for sure."
Hearn believes Parker and Barry would have prepared for Joshua's reach advantage.
"I think it's an advantage (reach) but at the same time I think Kevin Barry and Joseph Parker they're not going to get in there and be surprised by his reach.
"They would of brought in sparring partners that would have been fitting in the criteria that Anthony Joshua's got," said Hearn.
"They'll be looking to come underneath that jab and underneath that reach, get him on the inside, work him on the inside.
"But Anthony is very good on the inside as well, people don't realise that. I think you are going to see a lot of different attributes from Anthony Joshua in this fight, being able to box long range off the jab, being able to box on the inside."
Hearn predicts Joshua to end the fight in the mid to late rounds.
"I wouldn't be surprised if it went late, I mean Joshua has the power to end it at any time.
"People talk about Joseph's chin and I do believe he's got a good chin. I'm sure he's durable as well but it doesn't matter.
"Joseph has the ability to hurt Joshua as well, you can hurt any heavyweight at the right time but I go for a mid to late stoppage for Anthony Joshua."
"I just think too big too strong but I expect a great fight with plenty of drama and maybe some ups and downs as well."
The two heavyweight fighter's will be facing each other at Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Sunday morning (NZ time).
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