I expect Price to have 1 or 2 more fights after getting the win last night! It's almost like a light switch goes off and Price is gassed instantly tho, I'm not sure he can do anything about that and unless he lands clean early, any HW out there will beat him next time out!
I watched it again twice "Sad I know". Watching it live, Price was on his way out and I was cringing waiting for the one shot to end it. If kash would have kept his composure and put it on him he would have got the KO. Very sad to see Price like that, about to get owned by a sparring partner at best. Allen definitely beats him hands down.
Price and Gash Ali were about to recreate the spectacular double knock down scene from Rocky 2. Albeit in the 5th or 6th round after throwing about a dozen punches each.
Weird, what happened to Price. In the early days he was absolutely smashing decent domestic competition. McDermott inside a round, Harrison. His power looked absolutely world class. Then it all just evaporated.
When Ali hit him in that 5th round your heart skipped a beat because you just expect Price to take the shot badly and fall over. Literally his chin is that bad that the first good connection and you think "this is it". If Gash Alley hadn't been such a tool he'd have won the fight within the next 2 rounds.
Ali got hit by a big right hand and in response rugby tackled Price and bit him. He was done. He was gonna get stopped without a doubt.
One thing I found bizarre was that, just a year ago, he was one fight away from a Wembley Stadium clash with Anthony Joshua with four belts on the line, absolutely crazy, he had done nothing in his career to deserve to be that close to such a fight. The subsequent brutal, sickening and disturbing KO that he suffered should have been the end of him, a fight that summed him up best, a man with extreme KO power but, now, no killer instinct, no defence, and no chin. He should retire because he's struggling against the likes of Tom Little and Kash Ali, it's not a good look and eventually one of these bums will KO him and make an absolute idiot of him. And then of course there's his health, his family........call it a day big man.
I think it’s Pricey’s confidence that is shot. He clearly won the first 2 rounds but he was so tense it was unreal. 3 and 4 he looked like his old self throwing shots fast heavy combinations. Then round 5 he gassed and you can clearly see panic set in with him when he gets tired. Although I do believe Ali was pretty much shot at that point to. I think Price would have finished him. Going forward though I’d want him to swerve the Allen fight. Bad bad match up. I hope he gets another few wins before he cash’s out.
I think Allen is the perfect fight for him. If he loses to Allen there is no coming back. Allen doesn't hit hard enough to put price in a coma. I think price wins that fight to be honest. Price would have beaten alli anyway. He got rocked by a big shot and found a way out of there.
No chance Price beats Allen for me, and I really don't rate Dave either. Allen is more than capable of taking Price shots - seeing as his power just doesn't seem to be as concussive as it once was. Allen has shown a few times he is able to trundle forward and take shots for fun, if he lasts past 5 rounds Price will gas. It doesn't matter if Dave doesn't hit particular hard, he'll still take him out either on his feet or Nick Webb esq.
Big shout out to the absolute shithouse that is Kash Ali. Zero power, zero conditioning and zero heart... get back down in your cave son. Knew he was getting stopped and just wanted out.
A pre Thompson Price would have laid out Gash Ali in about 3-5 minutes (1-2 rounds) Instead what we have today is a shell of a former self, suffering from severe PTSD and so full of nervous energy that after 4 rounds at a slow pace is completely gassed. If Price goes above the level of Gash Ali then he is in serious danger of getting knocked out again. The likes of Dave Allen or Lucas Browne are looking like tough opponents for him now. However that’s not to say that Price doesn’t come through against both, it’s hardly a sure thing.