Barry echoed Sanchez' words: "Both guys are going to get hit by a lot of punches. They're two young heavyweights who like to come forward. It will be entertaining.
"[Parker] is going to have to go to dark places and I'll be happy if he has to go there to win."
The two trainers faced off at a burger joint today but if the pay-per-view folk were hoping for a clash of personalities of even cultures, they would have been disappointed.
Barry and Sanchez spent much of the session big-upping each other and their methods, a degree of cosiness you assume will be absent when their two fighters take the ring.
If you were looking for clues as to the result, Sanchez' repeated reference to the fact he had not had long enough to work with Ruiz Jr (29-0) to make sweeping changes - aside from a 16kg weight loss - might give a hint that he believes Parker (21-0) is favourite.
His, "I still think it's enough time to beat Joseph Parker", and "Hopefully Andy can be successful on Saturday night" was less emphatic than is usefully postured at these talkfests.
While many see the key to the fight as whether Ruiz Jr can avoid Parker's jab, Sanchez views it slightly differently.
His question to fight aficionados would be: "Can Parker get out of the way of Ruiz' right hand?"
Barry said Parker had never fought anybody like Ruiz, though the Carlos Takam fight, won on points this year, helped.
"But Andy Ruiz Jr has never fought anybody like Joseph Parker," Barry continued. "This is the best heavyweight match-up of the year."
And you know what, in the spirit of accord, it seems like they both genuinely believe that.
