How do you think would David Price have done against Wilders first 32 opponents?

Arreola has no power now though. So I don't see that happening. Only way he beats Price is by outlasting him and getting a Hammer like result. This version of Arreola is pure ****! Barely beat Harper and lost to Kassi and Kauffman. I think it's probably a 50/50 fight thinking about it more just because of pathetic Price's stamina is. But it's not the nightmare matchup it would have been 6-7 years ago.

 

Price has limitations that wouldn't be improved by being fed more easy prey.
Stamina issues and not being strong enough mentally would find him out soon enough.
I get the point of the thread but Price was found out when he encountered durability.

 

If it went past about 6 rounds, it would be nearly unbearable to watch. Just two men hugging and falling all over the place.

 

I don't see a guy in Wilder's first 32 fights I would bet the house would beat Price. He'd probably get through unscathed, although in boxing anything can happen.

 

Could very well have been a completely different fighter. Some fighters need those so called "walkovers" with a watchful eye looking for their flaws and limits. He may have been rushed. Stamina has a learned aspect and is not solely developed through training techniques.

I think Wladimir Klitschko learned how to work within his limits and found a work around for his stamina issues.

 

So that's everyone before he fought Stiverne for the title. I can't see anyone on that list I'd favour over Price, maybe Scott but even then that Scott was looking to lay down vs Wilder, same Scott obviously lays down vs Price.

Wilder obviously got a lot of criticism for his weak opposition prior to fighting Ortiz and rightfully so. But clearly since winning title and beating guys like Ortiz he's proven himself head and shoulders above Price.

 

Your argument is flawed from the outset.

Deontay Wilder and David Price turned pro at roughly the same time. Wilder and Price fought Audley Harrison at roughly the same time (six months apart).

You're trying to paint David Price as being "rushed" into fights before Wilder was.

But that's nonsense.

Wilder fought TWICE as many fights as Price by the time they fought Harrison because Price got a big TV deal and was making a good income when he turned pro and didn't have to fight too many fights a year. And Wilder turned pro with no TV deal and wasn't making much money at all, so he had to fight a lot.

Even though they basically started their careers at the same time, by the start of 2013, Wilder had 28 fights and Price had 15.

Price wasn't RUSHED. On the contrary. WILDER was rushed. Wilder was rushed back into the rin over and over because he needed to eat and pay his daughter's medical bills.

By 2013, both were ready to step up.

Price got knocked out by Tony Thompson (twice). Wilder left Sergei Liakhovich convulsing on the floor and then later Wilder wasted Malik Scott (who would beat Thompson) inside a round, as well.

When Price stepped up, his career basically ended.

When Wilder stepped up, Wilder became a dominant world champion.

COUNTING the number of fights in which fighters accomplish certain things seems to a new "thing."

In this comparison, in particular, it's ridiculous.

Wilder had more fights in a condensed time frame because he was fighting in small shows and needed the money.

Price fought fewer fights because he didn't need the money. He got a big TV deal. And Price was rolled out by the British media as a star before he ever accomplished anything as a pro.

If Price was rushed back into the ring as often as Wilder was, Price probably would've caved in sooner. It's not like his career wasn't derailed by anyone but ordinary fighters.

 

Wilder stepped up this year, 2018, after 10 years of being a professional.

 

I was comparing Price's "stepping up" against Tony Thompson (and failing miserably) and Wilder stepping up against Liakhovich and Malik Scott, who were on Thompson's level.

The types of guys Wilder was destroying in a round at that time were the types of guys who, at that time, were ending Price's career as a contender.

 

Yeah......and he stepped up against a Cuban fossil and is about to fight a guy who is in reality not prepared for the occasion.