Deontay Wilder has stated that he wants to knock Joseph Parker completely out of the ring.
The former heavyweight world champion is famed for his stunning KO power, having 42 knockouts in his 43 career wins to date.
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However, he confessed this week that he's never KO'd an opponent by viciously sending them through the ropes.
The 38-year-old intends to rectify this in his next fight on December 23 in Saudi Arabia.
Wilder told ESNews: "I wanna knock him out the ring.
"I ain't never knocked a guy out the ropes yet, I wanna add that to the highlight reel, to knock him out of the ropes.
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"I think it'd be very pleasurable for those watching and even myself.
"That's how I visualise things going.
"He's live, he's gonna come with some heart, at least for the first couple of rounds.
"But it's gonna be up to me. I ain't playing no games with any of these fighters, like [my trainer] Malik Scott would say, 'They're all f***ed.'"
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Wilder is fighting Parker on the same card as Anthony Joshua's clash with Otto Wallin, with the pair lined up to potentially face each other in 2024.
Meanwhile Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will meet for the undisputed heavyweight world titles on February 17.
When asked if he'd rather face AJ or the winner of the undisputed fight, Wilder replied: "Both. But if I had it my way, I would go with Joshua because that's the biggest fight in the world.
"It always has been and still is to this day.
"And then after that I'd get the winner of Usyk and Fury."
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