David Price has improved

Also anyone who says Thompson 'smashed up' Haye could do with jumping on YouTube and actually watching that fight and it's ending.

A young but heavily hyped prospect punched himself out trying to take a wily - and durable - vet and got stopped on his feet after dropping his opponent quite heavily. He didn't get highlight reel KO'd like some of the 'We hate Haye' brigade would have people believe.

 

Improved?

I thought price even in his last couple of fights before last night looked poor. It was just they were club fighter opponents.

When you throw such a weak jab like price does you are in trouble. It's a pointless punch as it does nothing against his opponents. He just pawns it out there with no conviction and it means the right hand is always possible to land on price.

The opponent last night was always prepared to wait as the inevitable was going to happen. You know the later it goes price is in trouble.

 

Probably the best i ve seen price last night. Even when he was knocking guys over. when you go back and watch the fights again...he was never really all that great. Always lacked confidence from the very start.

Actually quite worrying how he just downs tools when hes had enough. But there was definetely some positives to take from last nite. I actually agree that coldwells improved him.

But again gross mismanagement of prices career again. Everyone wanted a step up but to go from the two bricklayers he fought to hammers too big a jump. With 2 or 3 confidence builders and a bit longer to work with coldwell he would have beat hammer for me. By confidence builders i mean a level between the bricklayers and hammer. Actually think last night should take the pressure off price for good now...no one will be shocked at anyone beating him now. He should give it another go but hes up against it imo. Just doesnt have the essential tools neccesary.

But nothing to lose now although i ve criticised the matchmaking i take my hat off to price for taking the risky fight. No harm in giving it a go and coming up short.

 

Price had to step up. You can't say you want to fight AJ or Parker when just beating novices. If price was any decent he would be beating hammer comfortably.

Price never throws a double jab. It's bizarre!!!

 

It's the same old David Price.
The only real difference I've seen is he is fat now.
He's added a nice bit of suet to his game.

 

Agree he had to step up. But it became apparent after thompson and teper. We were no longer looking at the succesor to the klitchko brothers. Wasted his time fighting the two bricklayers with better management price could have at least had a half decent comeback to an extent.

We know the guy lacks serious confidence and belief. Lets get him back in their on a run of knocking guys out again like he did the first time. Then get him in with hammer. People will say he ll learn nothing from knocking over guys like that. But with a guy that has serious confidence issues could make the difference between winning and losing to guys like hammer.

Never really rebuilt the confidence since thompson...the last thing a guy like price needs is a sink or swim fight atm. Especially when you take into account the man struggles under pressure. Not saying knock over absolute stiffs just dont stick him in with hammer just yet. Get a run going first.

 

The thing is it's all very well saying he shouldn't have fought the likes of Hammer last night but if he wants to be on the undercard of ITV Box office's first show etc then he has to roll the dice with opponents like that.

If he wants to get a run going knocking out bums then he can , but he'd be doing it in Leisure Centres with 4 figure purses, he simply wouldnt do it.

 

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Not really sure he should be saying this, even if I do agree with him

 

Coldwell has been defending himself on twitter about not being that involved in Prices S&C and saying Price has his own separate coach for that.....and some of the comments he has got back have been absolutely golden. This one made me 'LOL'...

@davidcoldwell surely his boxing coach shud tell him he needs new 1s then? after 6 mins he was blowing harder than bellew on eddies c0ck

 

He's attempting to shift the blame many people are putting on him forthe horrible shape Price was in on to Price and his apparently weak psyche.

Coldwell clearly did a terrible job at getting him ready and corner work was also very poor. He should man up and take his licks too rather than try and throw big Dave under the bus.

 

I wonder what excuses he will give in a months time.

 

Bellew's been backing him now saying 'cowards blame trainers' we'll see if he's still saying that when Haye lights him up in London next month.

 

So what, he lost last night against a good fighter! He''s only lost 4 times. His job is a heavyweight boxer, have a rest, get back in the gym and earn some more money because that's what you do.

 

Its hard to blame coldwell for defending himself tbf. At the end of the day its how he earns his living. As he said its not that there not preparing him right its just that hes folding under the lights. Bellew who caldwell trains doesnt have any of these stamina issues. Think prices problems are a bit deeper than the physical training. What do you do. The guys just not good enough for that level of the sport.

Essentially at the end of the day...the mental side of the game is just as important in being a champion as the physical side of the game.

Was actually quite impressed with coldwells corner work last nite with what i seen anyway...was encouraging pricey. But hes got to go out there and do it himself.

 

Saying that just read price and all coldwells guys employ s and c coaches themselves. Madness. Surely the head trainer should be overseeing it all.