Josh Warrington believes Anthony Joshua will want to show his aggressive side against Dillian Whyte.
The two heavyweights fight on DAZN on August 12, and if Joshua wins, he is set for a huge fight with Deontay Wilder later this year.
Joshua however will need to show his dominant side, believes Warrington.
Warrington told talkSPORT: “It’s gonna be a tough fight, I do believe this AJ vs. Whyte fight is gonna be a lot closer than the first one.
“I don’t think AJ’s on the slide, but I feel like he’ll wanna prove something.
“Not only to himself, but to everyone else.
“To show that he has still got it, to show that he is still that aggressive animal that he can be.
“But that’s gonna play well into Dillian, because Dillian loves to be in the trenches in a fight.”
Pushed for a prediction, the former two-time featherweight world champion surprisingly went for an upset as he said: “It comes down to who lands first.
“It’s not the end of the road, but I’m gonna be favouring towards Dillian in this one.”
Warrington thinks Joshua has a future in boxing regardless of the outcome.
He said: “I’m not too sure, I’m not too sure.
“Maybe his limelight might die down for a few months, but I don’t feel like he’s done.
“Say if he did lose and he came back against someone like Deontay Wilder and beat Wilder, it’s heavyweight boxing.
“Football teams can be on a good run of form, have one loss and then next week have the chance to make up for it.
“But in boxing, as soon as you take a loss, that’s it, you’re ‘done’.
“But then you come back, you beat somebody else and then you’re back on form again.”