Deontay Wilder's trainer, Malik Scott, believes Andy Ruiz will be 'knocked out cold' if he takes on the former WBC world heavyweight champion.
Negotiations for a fight between the two former world champions have been ongoing with Wilder urging the 33-year-old to sign the contract.
Now Scott has had his say on the contest and claims that Ruiz will find himself on the wrong end of a Wilder power shot.
"I don’t even want to say what round that I think because it comes across as very brash, but I will say something will happen to Andy Ruiz that has never happened before. He will be knocked out cold," Scott told ES News.
“He has been hit by lighter punchers [Chris Arreol] that don’t hit as hard as Deontay, and he has been down, has been hurt, has been wobbled. Does that make him a bad fighter? Absolutely not.
"I’m just talking about him going up against the hardest puncher in the history of the sport. My prediction is that something will happen to Andy Ruiz that has never been done to him before, and that is, he’ll get knocked out cold."