David price named Prospect of the Year by ESPN.

Wow so you consider Khan, Ortiz and Berto success stories? This is no longer a valid conversation.

 

Amir Khan is a huge success story, multi millionaires usually are.

 

True at a level, he got filthy rich on hype and he has skill but no heart for a boxer, I like that he will fight anyone but boxing wise Khan is not a success.

 

I'd disagree, he obviously has heart or he wouldn't get up when he gets knocked down heavily. He just can't take the big shots.

 

Winning a world title alone is a success story, if Price were to win the world heavyweight title that would be a success story. I just dont understand your comment about him being about a 29 year old brit whats wrong with that?

 

no heart? atsch

 

I think he's a frontrunner, heart might have been bad word.

How long does he have left, when people tell me Donaire or Gamboa is a future great, I just don't think a 29 year old should be the future. I think most boxers would take Khans life but prospect of the year to me means you should be the future so if your fighting an undersized Molina that's not a success, this guy was calling Mayweather a chicken chasing a fight.

 

Prospect usually refers to how long they have fought or how many fights which in Price's case would qualify him as a prospect, but i see where you are coming from it's a shame he isnt a few years younger he should still have a good 5 or so years before he starts to decline but the likes of Fury who is 24 years old have alot more time to improve and more of a future.

 

Khan has no heart? Wut? :blood

 

Well he`s fighting another glass jawed yank called Tony Thompson.It would be funny if they both landed same time and ko`d each other.

 

I misused word cause I think Mexican fighters who take a beating are more heart than chin.

Yeah not hating on Brits Prince Naseem on my personal favorites.

 

:good

 

29 isn't exactly 'old' for a HW though...

 

We`ll see when his chin gets tapped.So far,he`s obviously fought noone and if he does fail,he`ll be one of the biggest hypes in the sport.

 

You know, that's a good question. It's one of those fights I would never bet on.

Most likely, Price will overwhelm Thompson with volume. He won't let him breath. This is something that Wlad doesn't do, and why Thompson, who deserves a lot of credit for his performance in that fight, was able to land a few solid flurries. With Price, you don't have time to think. You have huge power coming at you from both sides, and Price doesn't load-up on his shots so they reach their target very quickly. That's why his defensive holes haven't been a factor so far.

Price just loves to go all "Mago" on a fighter, when the time is right, and it hard to counter those flurries, yet it's mainly at those exact times that Price drops his right. I don't think Thompson has the lightning-fast counter skills to land on Price during such flurries. If Price potshots, though, Thompson certainly has the power to punish him for his mistakes, especially since he's a southy. If Price jabs & doesn't protect his right side, & Thompson lands that big left ....

If I were Price, and I couldn't change or didn't want to change that right-hand style, (it does have the advantage of being hard to see coming) then I simply wouldn't ever fight a southpaw on the inside. Come to think of it, that's exactly how Price fought against Harrison. He stayed back and kept his right up pretty much the entire fight, until the final flurry that took Harrison out.

Hmm.. maybe Price knows what he's doing after all. Time will tell.