Australias Vic Darchinyan is being extensively tipped to knock out Joseph King Kong Agbeko in a brutal battle between two of boxings biggest punchers in Florida on Sunday.

Agbeko has a nerve-racking knockout record and is the reigning International Boxing Federation bantamweight world champion, but in a boxing poll of writers from the Boston Herald, USA Today and 26 other publications and websites, only six guess a win for the brawler from Ghana.

Sydney-based Darchinyan is the undeniable flyweight champion and is moving up a weight division to take on Agbeko, seeking his third world title belt in a third different weight division.Darchinyan is going to get hit and he is going to get hurt, but not as badly as the other guy,said the Boston Heralds Ron Borges, who predicts a technical knockout win for the Australian in the seventh round.Both fighters are renowned for their punching power.Darchinyan has a 76 per cent KO rate, with 26 of his 32 professional wins resulting in KOs.Agbeko has an 81 per cent KO win rate from downing 22 opponents in his 26 victories.Darchinyans power, according to the poll conducted by the US TV broadcaster of the fight, Showtime, will sway extreme with only three journalists predicting it would not end in a KO.